Yanquiel Fernandez #82

Signed as a non-drafted international free agent, July 12, 2019...(signed by Rolando Fernandez and Marc Russo)...Contract selected by Colorado from Double-A Hartford, Nov. 14, 2023.

2023

Played 117 games across three levels (Single-A, High-A, Double-A), slashing .265/.313/.486 with 25 doubles, three triples, 25 home runs and 92 RBI...Played three games with Single-A Fresno before being promoted to High-A Spokane on April 11... Slashed .319/.355/.605 over 58 games with the Indians, tallying 14 doubles, three triples, 17 HR and 64 RBI...Named the Northwest League Player of the Month (May) after slashing .385/.419/.727 with six doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 35 RBI … hit safely in 24 of 28 games with 13 multi-hit efforts...Also named a NWL Post-Season All-Star, a Baseball America High Class A All-Star and was twice named the NWL Player of the Week (May 14 and June 11)...Tied for fifth in the NWL in home runs (17) and eighth in RBI (64)...Recorded two 13-game hitting streaks with the Indians, tied for the seventh-longest streaks of the season in the NWL…homered in four straight games June 4-8, tied for the longest such streak in the league...Promoted to Double-A Hartford on June 20 and appeared in 56 games for the Yard Goats, slashing .206/.262/.362 with 10 doubles, eight home runs and 25 RBI...Appeared in the SiriusXM All-Star Future’s game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash.…played right field and went 1-for-2 with one run scored and one strikeout...Logged a 103.3 mph throw from right field to third base in the seventh inning, which would rank as the second-fastest throw by a Rockie in the StatCast era behind Brenton Doyle’s 105.7 mph throw to hold Davis Schneider at third base on Sept. 2, 2023 vs. Toronto...Played 23 games with Leones De Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League, going 20-for-89 (.225) with one double, one home run and seven RBI...Had his contract selected and was added to the Rockies’ 40-man roster on Nov. 14