Andy Pages

Andy Pages
Pages with the Great Lakes Loons in 2021
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 44
Outfielder
Born: (2000-12-08) December 8, 2000 (age 23)
Havana, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 2024, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
(through 2024 season)
Batting average.248
Home runs13
Runs batted in46
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Andy Pages (PAH-hez; born December 8, 2000) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.

Career

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Los Angeles Dodgers

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Minor leagues

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Pages signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $300,000 in 2018 after defecting from Cuba, where he was a star in the 15-and-under league in 2015, hitting .364/.484/.581 with 25 walks and just three strikeouts in 161 plate appearances.[1] He appeared in 10 games for the Arizona League Dodgers and 42 for the Dominican Summer League Dodgers that year, hitting .229.[2] The following season, with the rookie level Ogden Raptors, he led the league in extra base hits with 43 and ranked second in homers (19), RBI (55), total bases (153) and slugging (.651) as an 18-year-old.[3] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was assigned to the Great Lakes Loons for 2021.[4] He played in 120 games for the Loons, hitting .265 with 31 home runs and 88 RBI.[2] He was selected as a post-season High-A Central all-star, and he was also named Most Valuable Player and Top MLB Prospect of the league.[5] In 2022, he played for the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Texas League, hitting .236 with 26 home runs and 80 RBI.[2]

On November 15, 2022, the Dodgers added Pages to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[6] Pages returned to Tulsa to begin the 2023 season[7] where he hit .284 in 33 games.[2] He was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers on May 16.[8] Pages appeared in only one game in Triple-A, striking out twice in three at-bats[2] before tearing the labrum in his shoulder and missing the rest of the season.[9]

2024

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After spring training, Pages returned to Oklahoma City to begin the 2024 season[10] and was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on April 16.[11] He started in center field that day against the Washington Nationals and singled in his first MLB at-bat off Patrick Corbin.[12] Pages hit his first MLB home run off Grant Hartwig of the New York Mets on April 21.[13] On May 3, he had four hits, including his first MLB walk-off in a game against the Atlanta Braves.[14] In 116 games, Pages batted .248 with 13 home runs and 46 RBI.[15] He was hitless in two at-bats in the 2024 NLDS.[15]

In Game 5 of the 2024 National League Championship Series, Pages hit two home runs, becoming the first Dodgers rookie to homer twice in a single playoff game.[16] He had a total of four hits, in 17 at-bats in the series.[15] He was on the active roster for the 2024 World Series but did not appear in the series, which the Dodgers won in five games.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Badler, Ben (April 30, 2018). "International Reviews: Los Angeles Dodgers". Baseball America.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Andy Pages Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Andy Pages scouting report". MLB Pipeline. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Harris, Blake (June 26, 2021). "Andy Pages continues to impress in High-A". SB Nation. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Postseason All-Stars". milb.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Stephen, Eric (November 15, 2022). "Dodgers add Diego Cartaya, Michael Busch, Andy Pages, Jonny DeLuca to 40-man roster". SB Nation. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Dodgers' Andy Pages: Optioned to minors by LAD". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Stephen, Eric (May 16, 2023). "Dodgers outfielders Andy Pages, Jonny DeLuca promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City". SB Nation. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  9. ^ McDonald, Darragh (June 4, 2023). "Dodgers' Prospect Andy Pages Undergoes Shoulder Surgery". mlb trade rumors. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  10. ^ Stephen, Eric (March 29, 2024). "Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Oklahoma City sets preliminary roster for 2024". SB Nation. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "Dodgers calling up slugging prospect Pages (source)". MLB.com. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Toribio, Juan (April 16, 2024). "Pages cracks first MLB hit on first pitch he sees". MLB.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "Andy Pages' first MLB HR | 04/21/2024". MLB.com.
  14. ^ Toribio, Juan (May 3, 2024). "Rookie sensation Pages delivers walk-off single on 4-hit night". mlb.com. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d "Andy Pages Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  16. ^ McCalvy, Adam (October 19, 2024). "Andy Pages hits two home runs in NLCS Game 5". MLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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