José Miguel Fernández #20

2017 Highlights

Signed to a minor league contract by the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 11…Invited to spring training on February 26…Assigned to Tulsa for Opening Day…Hit a season-high four hits on June 6 at Arkansas, he went 4-for-4 with a walk, 2 RBI and a run…Had a three-day stint with Oklahoma City from June 26 - 28, going 3 for 10 with a double and RBI in a series at Memphis…Texas League Player of the Week for June 12 - 18, going 14-for-26 (.538) with 2 HR and 8 RBI…Hit .345 in June for Tulsa with 3 homers and 16 RBI…Had two multi-home run games on July 6 vs. Frisco and July 8 vs. Midland. He scored three runs in both of those games…Eight of his 16 home runs with Tulsa came in the month of July…Placed on the disabled list on July 30, putting him out for the rest of the season…Released by the Dodgers on November 14.

PERSONAL: Full name is José Miguel (Diaz) Fernández…Played eight seasons of professional baseball in the Cuban National Series for Matanzas, posting a career .319/.403/.424 slashline with 37 homers and 318 RBI in 608 career games…Hit .326 with 16 doubles, five homers and 42 RBI in his final full season and ranked second in the league in OBP with a .482 mark, drawing 65 walks against just 10 strikeouts in 314 plate appearances…Was ranked No. 3 on Baseball America's April 2014 rankings of the Top 20 Cuban prospects list…Played second base for the Cuban National team and represented Cuba in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, posting a .524 (11-for-21)/.545/.667 slashline with three doubles and six RBI…Suspended from the Cuban National Series in the 2015-16 season for attempting to defect…Played in the Dominican Winter League in 2016 for Aquilas.