Zoilo Almonte

Zoilo Manuel Almonte (born June 10, 1989) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the KT Wiz of the KBO League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Chunichi Dragons.

Zoilo Almonte
Almonte with the Chunichi Dragons
KT Wiz
Outfielder
Born: (1989-06-10) June 10, 1989
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
Professional debut
MLB: June 19, 2013, for the New York Yankees
NPB: March 30, 2018, for the Chunichi Dragons
MLB statistics
(through 2014 season)
Batting average.221
Home runs2
Runs batted in12
NPB statistics
(through 2020 Season)
Batting average.316
Home runs31
Runs batted in131
Teams

Career

New York Yankees

Almonte was added to the Yankees' 40 man roster after the 2011 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[1]

For the week of June 11-17, 2012, Almonte was named Eastern League player of the week.[2][3] He was named player of the week of the International League on May 6, 2013.[4] The Yankees promoted Almonte to the major leagues on June 19, 2013.[5] Almonte made his Major League debut in the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers the same day he was called up, grounding out as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 9th inning. He got his first major league hit the next day against Kyle Farnsworth of the Tampa Bay Rays, a pinch-hit single off the third base bag. He hit his first major league home run the very next day off Roberto Hernández of the Rays. [6]

He was optioned back down to AAA on June 4, 2014 after only being called up the previous month. On July 9, 2014 Zoilo Almonte was recalled to the big leagues to replace Masahiro Tanaka who was placed on the 15-day DL. On July 13, 2014, Almonte was sent back down to AAA. On July 28, Almonte was recalled back up to the Yankees replacing pitcher Jeff Francis on the roster after Francis was designated For assignment and released. Almonte was designated for assignment on September 2, 2014, and outrighted to AAA Scranton on September 5.[6]

Atlanta Braves

Almonte signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Braves on November 10, 2014.[7] He was outrighted off the roster on March 31, 2015,[8] and elected free agency on April 9.[9]

Pericos de Puebla

On February 1, 2016, Almonte signed with the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican League.[6]

Sultanes de Monterrey

On April 12, 2016, Almonte was traded from the Pericos to the Sultanes de Monterrey.[6]

Chunichi Dragons

On December 27, 2017, Almonte was officially unveiled as a Chunichi Dragons player for the 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season on an incentive laden ¥50,000,000, one-year deal or roughly $960,000 US dollars..[10]

On March 30, 2018, Almonte made his NPB debut. He re-signed with the Dragons for the 2019 season on a one year deal worth, ¥100,000,000. [11] In three seasons with the team Almonte appeared in 243 games, batting .316/.375/.484 with 31 home runs and 131 RBIs.[6]

On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.[12]

KT Wiz

On December 23, 2020, Almonte signed a one-year, $775,000 deal with the KT Wiz of the KBO League.[6]

References
  1. Yankees add five players to 40-man roster/
  2. "Zoilo Almonte Earns EL Player of the Week | Trenton Thunder News". Milb.com. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. Beverly Schaefer / For The Times. "Trenton Thunder outfielder Zoilo Almonte named Eastern League Player of the Week". NJ.com. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. "Almonte set to debut in Yankees' nightcap | yankees.com: News". Newyork.yankees.mlb.com. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  6. "KBO's Wiz sign new outfielder Zoilo Almonte". Yonhap News Agency. December 23, 2020.
  7. Bowman, Mark (November 10, 2014). "Braves add veteran trio to build org depth". MLB.com. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  8. Bowman, Mark (March 31, 2015). "Almonte outrighted; Braves' outfield competition shrinks". MLB.com. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  9. Todd, Jeff; Polishuk, Mark (April 9, 2015). "Minor Moves: Almonte, De Leon, McGuire". Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  10. "竜、モヤとアルモンテ決定 背番「４４」「４２」年俸ともに５０００万円" [Moya and Almonte confirmed for Dragons. ¥50M per year, presented with 44 and 42.]. Chunichi Sports (in Japanese). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  11. "中日・ビシエド、３年総額１１億円契約". SANSPO.COM（サンスポ）. December 12, 2018.
  12. "2020年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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