Joey Loperfido

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Outfielder Joey Loperfido was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 7th round of the 2021 amateur draft out of Duke University after hitting .374 in 53 games and being named MVP of the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament .

He began his pro career in 2021 with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Low-A East (the once and future Carolina League), but hit only .116 in 19 games. He did much better in 2022 when he split the season between Fayetteville and the Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League, posting a slash line of .316/.408/.492 in 108 games. He slugged 25 doubles and 12 homers, scored 70 runs and drove in 69 and was named a Carolina League postseason All-Star and an Astros organizational All-Star. He had another very good year in 2023 as he made it all the way with AAA after starting at Asheville, earning a promotion to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League after just 8 games, and ending up with the Sugar Land Space Cowboys of the Pacific Coast League. In 124 games, he hit .278/.370/.510 with 27 doubles and 25 homers, scored 79 runs and drove in 78. He was once again an organizational All-Star, and this time it was the AA Texas League that named him to its postseason All-Star team.

In spite of his success in the minors, he was a long shot to make the major league Astros at the start of 2024, given how the team was coming off an appearance in the 2023 ALCS, so he returned to Sugar Land. After 25 games, he was hitting .287 with 13 homers and 27 RBIs, whereas the major league team was struggling badly. He was called up on April 30th to replace injured back-up infielder Grae Kessinger and started in left field that day against the Cleveland Guardians, batting seventh. He went 1 for 5 with a run scored and two RBIs as Houston lost the game, 10-9, in 10 innings.

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