José Miranda (baseball)

José Francisco Miranda (born June 29, 1998) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball infielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

José Miranda
Miranda with the St. Paul Saints in 2021
Minnesota Twins – No. 64
Infielder
Born: (1998-06-29) June 29, 1998
Manati, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 2, 2022, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.254
Home runs18
Runs batted in79
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Career

Miranda was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft out of Leadership Christian Academy in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[1] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Twins.

Miranda played 2017 with the Elizabethton Twins, 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Fort Myers Miracle and 2019 with Fort Myers and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.[2][3] He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Miranda started 2021 with the Wichita Wind Surge before being promoted to the St. Paul Saints.[5] In his first game with the Saints, he hit three home runs.[6] That year, Miranda won the Twins Minor League Player of the Year award.[7] He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[8]

He opened the 2022 season back with St. Paul. On May 2, 2022, Miranda was called up to the major leagues for the first time and made his MLB debut that night versus the Baltimore Orioles.[9] On May 6, Miranda hit his first career home run off of Zach Logue of the Oakland Athletics.[10] Miranda won the rookie of the month in July where he had 13 runs, 24 hits, 2 doubles, 5 homeruns, and 19 RBI in 20 games played and slashed .353/.405/.603.[11] Miranda started a 3–6 triple play in the fourth inning on August 22 when Texas Rangers batter Nathaniel Lowe lined out to him. Miranda then doubled Corey Seager on the first base bag and threw to shortstop Carlos Correa to put out Marcus Semien at second base.[12]

On July 15, 2023, Miranda was placed on the injured list with a sore shoulder.[13] The next day, he was shut down for at least a week after receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection in the same shoulder.[14] He was transferred to the 60–day injured list on September 1.[15] On September 13, it was announced that Miranda would undergo season–ending shoulder surgery.[16]

Personal life

His cousin is actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda.[17]

See also

References
  1. "Twins draft infielder Miranda at No. 73". MLB.com.
  2. "Miranda powers Miracle in Game 1".
  3. "Jose Miranda Learning Less is More".
  4. "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  5. "Jose Miranda and Josh Winder promoted to Triple-A St. Paul".
  6. "Jose Miranda homers three times in Saints debut on 23rd birthday". Star Tribune.
  7. "Former Miracle infielder Miranda wins Twins Player of the Year".
  8. "Twins' Jose Miranda: Shielded from Rule 5 draft".
  9. Trezza, Joe (May 3, 2022). "Jose Miranda, Lin-Manuel's cousin, gets callup from Twins". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  10. "Jose Miranda's first career homer | 05/06/2022". MLB.com.
  11. "July top rookie honors go to Miranda, Strider". MLB.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  12. Park, Do-Hyoung (August 22, 2022). "Twins turn their second triple play of the season". MLB.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  13. "Twins' Jose Miranda: Heading to IL with shoulder issue". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  14. "Twins' Jose Miranda: Plasma injection in shoulder". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  15. "Twins' Jose Miranda: Moves to 60-day IL". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  16. "Twins' Jose Miranda: Undergoing shoulder surgery". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  17. "Twins prospect Jose Miranda carves his own slice of fame with three-homer debut". Star Tribune.
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