Randy Vásquez (baseball)

Randy Marcelino Vásquez (born November 3, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees.

Randy Vásquez
San Diego Padres – No. 98
Pitcher
Born: (1998-11-03) November 3, 1998 (age 25) Navarette, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 26, 2023, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics (through August 26, 2024)
Win–loss record	6–8
Earned run average	4.02
Strikeouts	88
Teams
New York Yankees (2023) San Diego Padres (2024–present)

Career

New York Yankees

Vásquez signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent on May 21, 2018.^[1] He spent his first professional season with the Dominican Summer League Yankees and Gulf Coast Yankees. He spent 2019 with the rookie-level Pulaski Yankees, making 11 starts and recording a 3.29 ERA with 53 strikeouts in 54.2 innings pitched.^[2] Vásquez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

In 2021, he pitched for the Single-A Tampa Tarpons, High-A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double-A Somerset Patriots. In 23 appearances (21 starts) between the three affiliates, Vásquez pitched to an 8–4 record and 2.52 ERA with 130 strikeouts in 107.1 innings of work.^[4] He was assigned to Somerset to begin the 2022 season.^[5] In the Eastern League championship game, Vásquez pitched eight innings of a combined no-hitter.^[6] In 25 starts for Somerset, he registered a 2–7 record and 3.90 ERA with 120 strikeouts in 115.1 innings of work. On November 15, 2022, the Yankees added Vásquez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[7]

Vásquez was optioned to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to begin the 2023 season.^[8] In 9 starts for Scranton, Vásquez logged a 1–5 record and 4.85 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 42.2 innings pitched. On May 25, 2023, the Yankees announced that Vásquez would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time to start the following day against the San Diego Padres.^[9]

San Diego Padres

On December 6, 2023, the Yankees traded Vásquez, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Jhony Brito, and Kyle Higashioka to the San Diego Padres for Juan Soto and Trent Grisham.^[10][11]

References

1. "How top Yankees prospect, destined for the Bronx rotation, taught himself to pitch with a homemade baseball". May 26, 2022.
2. "Randy Vasquez Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. November 29, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
3. "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
4. "The Yankees should include talented starter Randy Vasquez in their 2023 plans". empiresportsmedia.com. February 18, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
5. "No. 15 Yankees prospect Randy Vasquez showing off 'special arm' in Somerset". May 20, 2022.
6. "Somerset Patriots ride Jasson Dominguez, combined no-hitter to 1st title as Yankees' Double-A club". September 29, 2022.
7. "Yankees' Randy Vasquez: Joining 40-man roster". cbssports.com. November 15, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
8. "Yankees' Randy Vasquez: Reassigned to minor-league camp". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
9. "Yankees' Randy Vasquez: In line for debut Friday". cbssports.com. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
10. "Yankees get Juan Soto in blockbuster trade with Padres". MLB.com. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
11. Gonzalez, Alden (December 6, 2023). "Yankees acquire Juan Soto in 7-player trade with Padres". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)