Kevin Maitán, Known as the player who has received the most money to join Major League Baseball (MLB) in the international signing system, he has a new opportunity. The Minnesota Twins bought the Venezuelan’s contract from the Atlantic League team in which he played and he will be back in the Minor Leagues.
It is a chance that the 24-year-old baseball player earned after hitting .333/.410/.611 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 54 official at-bats with the Charleston Dirty Birds. Defensively he only has one error as a third baseman, although he has also been at first base.
With that production, Kevin Maitan received a new contract from MLB. Since 2023, when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released him, he did not belong to an organized baseball club, but finally the Twins will try to recover the career of a young man who has been a protagonist in the universe of the Major Leagues since he was a teenager.
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It is necessary to remember that the Atlanta Braves gave him $4.25 million on July 2, 2016, however, a scandal involving the then general manager With John Coppola made the MLB force that currency to release Maitan.
Later the Venezuelan received another 2.2 million dollars to join the seraphs. A total of 6.45 million bonuses between both teams that bet big to keep one of the great talents in Latin America in the last decade.
However, the development of Kevin Maitán It was not what was expected. For life in the lower categories he has hit .231 / .300 / .343 with 35 homers in 432 games. He hasn’t gone beyond Double A.
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The Twins have not yet announced the destination that Kevin Maitan will have within their organization. It is quite likely that he will join the Double A club and try to show that offense that he had in the Atlantic League.
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2024-05-13 21:14:31
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