Oswaldo Cabrera

Oswaldo Alberto Cabrera Mabaricuna

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

• Debut August 17, 2022

• Born March 1, 1999 in Guarenas, Miranda Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Oswaldo Cabrera has played on the Venezuelan national team before making his major league debut.

Cabrera made his pro debut in 2016, playing for the DSL Yankees 2, hitting .441/.487/.647 with 15 runs in 19 games and earning a quick promotion to the GCL Yankees East. In 7 games there, he batted .455/.471/.818 with 9 runs and 6 doubles, then moved up to the Pulaski Yankees, where he finally faced a challenge, producing at a .240/.305/.333 clip in 26 games; he had a 919 OPS for the year. He was the youngest player to make an Opening Day roster in the 2017 South Atlantic League. He hit .242/.298/.314 for the Charleston RiverDogs and spent part of the year with the Staten Island Yankees (.289/.337/.344 in 23 G).

In 2018, his batting line for Charleston was .229/.273/.320 while he split 2B and SS with Wilkerman Garcia. The next year, he improved to .260/.310/.378 with 29 doubles for the Tampa Tarpons, bouncing around the infield other than 1B. He tied Ryan McBroom for 5th in the Yankees chain in doubles and was 7th in hits (between Armando Alvarez and Ben Ruta). In the Florida State League, he tied Carlos Cortes for 7th in hits, tied Blake Tiberi for 3rd in doubles and was 7th with 171 total bases (between Luken Baker and Kody Clemens).

Cabrera missed 2020 when the minor league season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic. Returning in '21, he hit .256/.311/.492 with 29 doubles, 24 homers, 20 steals in 25 tries and 78 RBI for the Somerset Patriots and briefly made it to AAA with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (15 for 30, 2 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 11 R, 11 RBI, 5 BB for a 1717 OPS!). In the AA Northeast, he tied Adley Rutschman for 10th in runs, led in hits (one ahead of Coco Montes), tied David Villar and Mason Martin for 4th in doubles, was second in homers (one behind Josh Lester), led in RBI (3 ahead of Martin), led in total bases (215, 16 ahead of Martin) and tied for third in steals. That was despite missing part of the year playing for Venezuela in the Americas Olympic Qualifier. He only got into one game for Venezuela, pinch-hitting for Diego Rincones in the 9th against the Dominican Republic's Jairo Asencio and flying out. Venezuela did not make the Olympics. That year, he was among the Yankee chain leaders in runs (tied Michael Beltre and Elijah Dunham for 4th), hits (2nd, 11 behind Oswald Peraza), doubles (2nd, 4 behind Anthony Volpe), homers (2nd, 2 behind Dermis Garcia), RBI (1st, 3 ahead of Volpe) and total bases (249, tied Volpe for 1st).

His brother Leobaldo Cabrera has played in the minor leagues.

Further Reading

• Bill Ladson: "Jack of all trades, mastering many: Why Cabrera could be key in October", mlb.com, October 3, 2024. [1]

Related Sites

• Oswaldo Cabrera on mlb.com
• BR Register page