Adalberto Mejía

Adalberto Mejía (born June 20, 1993) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Angels, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Fubon Guardians.

Adalberto Mejía
Mejía with the Twins in 2019
Pitcher
Born: (1993-06-20) June 20, 1993
Bonao, Dominican Republic
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
Professional debut
MLB: August 20, 2016, for the Minnesota Twins
CPBL: July 20, 2021, for the Fubon Guardians
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2019, for the Los Angeles Angels
MLB statistics
Win–loss record6–9
Earned run average4.62
Strikeouts128
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record1-1
Earned run average4.84
Strikeouts19
Teams

Professional career

San Francisco Giants

Mejía signed as an international free agent with the San Francisco Giants. He pitched for the Augusta GreenJackets of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2012, and was named the league's Pitcher of the Week for June 18–24.[1] He pitched for the San Jose Giants of the Class A-Advanced California League in 2013,[2] where he had a 3.31 earned run average (ERA). The Giants assigned Mejía to the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Class AA Eastern League in 2014,[3] and he had a 4.67 ERA. After the season, Minor League Baseball suspended Mejía for the first fifty games of the 2015 season for testing positive for sibutramine, a banned substance.[4] The Giants added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.[5] He began the 2016 season with the Sacramento River Cats of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.[6]

Minnesota Twins

On July 28, 2016, Mejía was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Eduardo Núñez. The Twins assigned him to the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League.[6] The Twins promoted Mejía to the major leagues on August 20.[7]

Mejía spent time in with the Twins and in AAA in 2017. For the year he had a 4-7 record with a 4.50 ERA, in 21 starts.[8]

He started 2018 in Rochester, and was called up on June 29.[9] He was placed on the disabled list on August 10, appearing only in 5 games.[10]

Mejía started 2019 in the Twins bullpen.[11] Mejía was placed on the injured list on May 2.[12]

On July 13, 2019, Mejía was designated for assignment by the Twins after posting an ERA of 8.80 in 13 games.[13]

Los Angeles Angels

On July 20, 2019, Mejía was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels.[14] On July 26, he was designated for assignment.[15]

St. Louis Cardinals

On July 30, 2019, Mejía was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals.[16] On August 6, Mejía was designated for assignment.[17]

Los Angeles Angels (second stint)

On August 8, 2019, Mejía was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels.[17] On August 20, Mejía was designated for assignment. On September 1, the Angels selected his contract. Mejia was designated for assignment on January 7, 2020. He was released on January 10.

Chicago White Sox

On January 21, 2020, Mejía signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox. Mejía did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] On August 24, 2020, Mejía was released by the White Sox organization.[19]

Fubon Guardians

On May 19, 2021, Mejía signed with the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.[20] On July 20, Mejía made his CPBL debut against the Wei Chuan Dragons.[21] He was released on September 29, 2021.

References
  1. "Augusta GreenJackets Pitcher Adalberto Mejía's Hitless Bid Wins SAL Honors". wjbf.com. June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  2. "San Jose Giants feature familiar name and promising pitching prospects". mercurynews.com. 10 April 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  3. "Adalberto Mejia finding form for Richmond Flying Squirrels". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  4. "San Francisco Giants No. 4 prospect Adalberto Mejoa, free agent Luis Morel suspended". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  5. "Twins protect 7 prospects from Rule 5 Draft". Minnesota Twins. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  6. Neal III, La Velle E. (July 28, 2016). "Twins trade All-Star Eduardo Nunez to San Francisco: Eduardo Nunez's best season encouraged Giants to part with lefthander Adalberto Mejia". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  7. Twins call up Mejia to give pitching staff a fresh arm - StarTribune.com
  8. "Adalberto Mejia 2017 Pitching Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  9. "Adalberto Mejia To Start Against Cubs Saturday". www.rotoballer.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  10. "Minnesota Twins: Logan Morrison set to have hip surgery, done for season". Puckett's Pond. 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  11. "Twins' 25-man roster officially set". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  12. "Twins' Adalberto Mejia: On IL with calf strain". CBSSports.com. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  13. RotoWire Staff (July 13, 2019). "Twins' Adalberto Mejia: Designated for assigment [sic]". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  14. "Angels PR". Twitter.
  15. RotoWire Staff (July 26, 2019). "Angels' Adalberto Mejia: DFA'd by Angels". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  16. Cardinals, St Louis [@Cardinals] (2019-07-30). "We have claimed LHP Adalberto Mejía off waivers from the Angels, who will be added to the team's 25-man roster upon reporting. INF Jedd Gyorko has been transferred to the 60-day IL to make room for Mejía on the team's 40-man roster.pic.twitter.com/bDG72pYTF0" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-07-30 – via Twitter.
  17. Maria Torres (August 8, 2019). "Aldalberto Mejia is back with Angels after brief St. Louis sojourn". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  18. "2020 Minor League Season Canceled". mlbtraderumors.com. 30 June 2020.
  19. "White Sox Release Bryan Mitchell, Adalberto Mejia". 24 August 2020.
  20. @GOCPBL (19 May 2021). "According to ETtoday, the Fubon Guardians have signed Adalberto Mejia. The 27-year-old left-hander already arrived…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. @GOCPBL (20 July 2021). "Adalberto Mejía is making his #CPBL debut tonight for the Fubon Guardians" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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