Jorge Mateo

New York Yankees – No. 93

Shortstop

Born: June 23, 1995
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Jorge Luis Mateo (born June 23, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the New York Yankees organization.

Mateo signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in January 2012, receiving a $250,000 signing bonus.^[1] He made his professional debut that season for the Dominican Summer League Yankees 2. He played for the Dominican Summer League Yankees 1 in 2013 and the Gulf Coast Yankees in 2014.^[2]^[3] In 2015, while playing for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, Mateo stole 82 bases.^[4]

Mateo received a non-roster invitation to spring training in 2016. He began the season with Tampa, and was named to appear in the All-Star Futures Game.^[5] On July 6, 2016, Mateo was suspended for two weeks due to violating the team's code of conduct policy, and could not participate in the Futures Game.^[6] Mateo finished 2016 with a .254 batting average, 8 home runs and 47 RBI's, along with 36 RBI's.^[7] The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster after the season.^[8]

References

↑ "Yankees prospects: Jorge Mateo impresses scouts". NJ.com. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ "State of the organization: Shortstop". LoHud. October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
↑ "19-Year Old Jorge Mateo Is The Yankees' Shortstop Of The Future". Fangraphs. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
↑ http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2016/05/where_yankees_jorge_mateo_might_need_help_may_surp.html
↑ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160629&content_id=186895726&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t587
↑ Tripodi, Chris. "Jorge Mateo faces 2 week suspension". MiLB. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=622761#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL
↑ http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/209196244/yankees-add-six-prospects-to-40-man-roster/

External links

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