Marcos Almonte (minors02)

Marcos Yordan Almonte

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 163 lb.

• Born March 28, 1996 in Santiago D.R.

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Biographical Information

Marcos Almonte has played in the minors and for the Dominican national team.

Almonte was signed by Houston Astros scouts Oz Ocampo, Roman Ocumarez and Jose Ortiz in February 2014. He hit .236/.361/.355 between the DSL Astros Blue and DSL Astros Orange that summer, with 44 runs, 42 walks and 20 steals in 29 tries; he mainly played short but also saw action at second, third, left and center. He split 2015 between the two DSL teams (.277/.356/.441 in 43 games for the Astros Orange, .242/.324/.303 in 8 for the Astros Blue) and the GCL Astros (.299/.321/.364 in 19 G), stealing 19 bases in 27 attempts while mainly playing second.

In 2016, he was with the Tri-City ValleyCats (.223/.298/.298 in 31 G) and Greeneville Astros (.238/.286/.381 in 23 G), now being used in center for the most part. He hit .248/.276/.382 for the 2017 Quad Cities River Bandits with only 10 walks in 84 games; the utility man saw action at six different positions. He began 2018 with the River Bandits (.221/.276/.286 in 23 G) then was released; the Atlanta Braves signed him. He then played for the Rome Braves (.197/.233/.262 in 39 G) and Danville Braves (2 for 4). He moved to the indy leagues in 2019, batting .257/.276/.338 for the Rockland Boulders, again in a utility role.

he played one game for the Dominicans in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, pinch-running for Wildert Pujols; he did not play in the field or come to the plate.