Odubel Herrera to Debut in Majors for Phillies
Odubel Herrera, the starting second baseman for the Hickory Crawdads in 2011, will become the 132nd former player to get to the major leagues when he starts in centerfield for the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday against the Boston Red Sox.
Herrera was a steady force in the Crawdads lineup during their playoff run. The South Atlantic League All-Star batted .306 with 26 doubles, three triples, three homers and 56 RBI. The speedster also stole 36 bases and scored 72 runs. His 110 singles are the seventh most in a single-season for Hickory. As a second baseman he is in the top-ten in most of the Crawdads single-season and overall club marks, including the second most double plays (72) turned at the position.
He made the climb up the Rangers chain, playing at High-A Myrtle Beach from 2012 to 2014 and AA Frisco in 2013 and 2014, during which he played in the Texas League All-star game both seasons.
Herrera was a "Rule 5" pick of the Phillies in December and put together a stellar spring training as he batted .343 and stole seven bases in 21 games.
PROMOTION BY THE NUMBERS:
*Odubel Herrera is the 132nd former Crawdads player to get to the major leagues.
*He is the 26th player of the current affiliation with the Texas Rangers to play in the majors.
*He is the fifth former player to play for the Phillies (Steve Lerud, Brad Lincoln, Aaron Rowand, Danny Sandoval)
*He is the seventh former Crawdads second baseman to get to the majors (Jeff Keppinger, Frank Menechino, Liu Rodriguez, Ryan Rua, Craig Stansberry)
*He is the 21st international signee to play in Hickory and go on to the majors.
*He is the 100th Crawdads player to play one season and go on to the majors.
*He is the 12th Venezulan-born player to come to Hickory and then play in the majors. (Jose Castillo, Wilmer Font, Rougned Odor, Magglio Ordonez, Joseph Ortiz, Martin Perez, Liu Rodriguez, Romulo Sanchez, Danny Sandoval, Luis Sardinas, Tomas Telis)
*He is the seventh member of the 2011 team to go on to the majors.