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Yanquiel Fernández
Cuban baseball player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yanquiel Fernández (born January 1, 2003) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Career
Fernández signed with the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent on July 12, 2019.[1] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Fernández made his professional debut in 2021 with the Dominican Summer League Rockies.
Fernández played 2022 with the Fresno Grizzlies and started 2023 with Fresno before being promoted to the Spokane Indians.[3][4]
On November 14, 2023, the Rockies added Fernández to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He was optioned to the Double–A Hartford Yard Goats to begin the 2024 season.[5] In 122 appearances split between Hartford and the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, Fernández batted a combined .262/.319/.403 with 12 home runs and 64 RBI.
Fernández was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the 2025 season.[6] In 64 appearances for the Isotopes, he slashed .284/.347/.502 with 13 home runs and 39 RBI. On July 1, 2025, Fernández was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[7]
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