Friday, July 10, 2015

Meet a Prospect: Cole Figueroa


Cole Figueroa was called up before the finale of the game between the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics while the Yankees sent Jose Pirela down to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Why the Yankees flat out refuse to use Robert Refsnyder in these situations and what they have against the man is beyond me but whatever, more on that later as promised.

Stephen Coleman Figueroa was born on June 30, 1987 to parents Cindy and Bien Figueroa and spent his college career at the University of Florida playing on the Gators baseball team. Figueroa was the starting shortstop for the team and impressed many teams there including the San Diego Padres who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2008 MLB First Year Players Draft. Figueroa was also drafted in the ninth round of the 2006 Draft but elected to not sign with the Toronto Blue Jays, seems like that was a good decision for him.

Figueroa hoped that his father’s baseball blood, Bien is a former major league player with the St. Louis Cardinals, would translate to a great career with the Padres but the team traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays on December 17, 2010. San Diego received Jason Bartlett while trading Figueroa, Brandon Gomes, Cesar Ramos and Adam Russell to Tampa. Figueroa saw his first major league at bat on May 22, 2014 after the Rays called him up and recorded his first major league hit on May 23, a walk off RBI double against the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the 9th inning.


That to date is the highlight of Figueroa’s career as he is now a member of the New York Yankees big league club. Good luck Cole, make the most of the opportunity. 

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