Bats Left Throws Left Hits 10 Runs batted in 3 Height 1.88 m | Batting average .263 Home runs 0 Stolen bases 3 Weight 73 kg | |
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Raimel tapia of colorado rockies
Raimel Antonio Tapia Linarez (born February 4, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Career
The Colorado Rockies signed Tapia as an international free agent in 2010. He spent the 2013 season with the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, and was named the league's player of the month for July. He had a 29-game hitting streak for Grand Junction. After the season, he was named the Topps Pioneer League Player of the Year for 2013 and was named by Baseball Prospectus as the #97 prospect in all of baseball prior to the 2014 season. The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.
Tapia began the 2016 season with the Hartford Yard Goats of the Class AA Eastern League, and was selected to appear in the 2016 All-Star Futures Game. The Rockies promoted him to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in August.
The Rockies promoted Tapia to the major leagues on September 2, 2016.
Scouting report
Tapia has been noted for altering his batting stance during at-bats. He generally stands at the plate with an upright stance except when there are two strikes against him, at which point he crouches deeply, dropping his eye level approximately six inches.
