Isaac Paredes

Isaac Edgardo Paredes Calderon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 17, 2020

Born February 18, 1999 in Hermosillo, Sonora MEX

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Infielder Isaac Paredes was signed by the Chicago Cubs before the 2016 season. He began his professional career with the AZL Cubs, where he hit .305 in 47 games, before earning a brief late-season promotion to the South Bend Cubs. In 2017, at only 18, he was assigned to South Bend from the start of the season, where he was a full three years younger than the average player in the Midwest League. In 92 games, he hit .264/.343/.401, confirming his stature as a top prospect. On July 30th, he and Jeimer Candelario were traded to the Detroit Tigers in return for two major leaguers, C Alex Avila and P Justin Wilson.

He was named to the roster of the American League team for the 2019 Futures Game. He played 127 games with the Erie SeaWolves of the eastern League that season, and batted .282/.368/.416 with 13 homers and 66 RBIs. He made his major league debut during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, playing 34 games and hitting .220 with 1 homer and 6 RBIs. That was all the action he saw that year, since the minor leagues were shut down by the pandemic. In 2021, he played just 23 games in the majors, batting .208. He spent most of that season with the Toledo Mud Hens of the Triple-A East, hitting .265/.397/.451 in 72 games, with 11 homers and 42 RBIs.

On April 4, 2022, just before the start of the season, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays along with a Compensation Round B pick in the 2022 amateur draft in return for OF Austin Meadows. On June 21st, he had the first three-homer game of his career, and the 7th in Rays history, in a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees. The first two long balls were off Nestor Cortes and the third against Clarke Schmidt. Overall in 111 games that season, he hit .205 with 20 homers and 45 RBIs, finishing with an OPS+ of 113. He was one of the few players on the Rays to have any success in their two-game sweep at the hands of the Cleveland Guardians in the Wild Card Series as he went 2 for 3 with a walk in his four plate appearances. In 2023, he took another bug step forward, playing 143 games and batting .250 with 31 homers and 98 RBIs, upping his OPS+ to 132. That got him some down-ballot consideration in the MVP vote, and that year again, he was one of the few rays players to contribute with the bat as they were once again swept at the Wild Card Series stage, this time against the Texas Rangers. He went 3 for 8 with a double in the two games.

In 2024, he was clearly the Rays' best player over the first half as their starting third baseman, earning his way to the 2024 All-Star Game as Tampa's sole representative. In 101 games, he hit .245 with 16 homers and 55 RBIs. The problem was that the Rays were stuck in fourth place in the very competitive AL East, with only a very limited chance of making the postseason. Management decided to re-tool at the trading deadline and in the span of three days dealt away four veterans who had been team mainstays over the past few seasons: OF Randy Arozarena, Ps Zach Eflin and Jason Adam, and Paredes. In his case, he was sent to the Chicago Cubs on July 28th in return for the Cubs' own third baseman, Christopher Morel, and two prospects in Hunter Bigge and Ty Johnson. He played 52 games for Chicago, hitting .223 with 3 homers and 25 RBIs, his OPS+ falling to 82. The Cubs fell short of the postseason, and on December 13th, he was traded again, this time heading to the Houston Astros alongside P Hayden Wesneski and prospect Cam Smith in return for OF Kyle Tucker.

Notable Achievements[edit]

AL All-Star (2024)
20-Home Run Seasons: 2 (2022 & 2023)
30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2023)

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