Sherten Apostel

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Sherten Apostel
Apostel with the Round Rock Express in 2022
Free agent
Third baseman / First baseman
Born: (1999-03-11) March 11, 1999 (age 25)
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 12, 2020, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.100
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Sherten Wimbert Ramiro Apostel (born March 11, 1999) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball third baseman and first baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.

Career

Pittsburgh Pirates

Apostel signed with the

DSL Pirates, hitting .205/.308/.275/.583 with one home run and 8 RBI in 48 games.[3] Apostel returned to the DSL Pirates in 2017, hitting .258/.422/.495/.917 with 9 home runs and 48 RBI in 61 games.[3] After spending the first half of the 2018 season in extended spring training, he was assigned to the Bristol Pirates and hit .259/.406/.460/.866 with 7 home runs and 26 RBI in 41 games.[4][3]

Texas Rangers

Apostel was traded to the

Class A-Advanced Carolina League on July 17.[11][12] He produced a .237/.352/.378/.730 slash line with 4 home runs and 16 RBI for Down East.[13][14]

Apostel was added to the Rangers' 40–man roster following the 2019 season.

Triple-A West, hitting a combined .235/.321/.416/.737 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI.[17] He opened the 2022 season back with Round Rock.[18]

On April 7, 2022, Apostel was designated for assignment.[19] He was outrighted to AAA on April 14.[20] He elected free agency on November 10, 2022.

Chiba Lotte Marines

On April 21, 2023, Apostel signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball.[21] He spent the season on their farm team and became a free agent after the season’s conclusion.

Personal life

Apostel's brother, Shendrik, is a professional baseball first baseman.[22]

References

  1. ^ Dreker, John (July 9, 2015). "Pirates Sign Third Baseman From Curacao For Six-Figure Bonus - Pirates Prospects".
  2. ^ Jamey Newberg (February 22, 2019). "Confidence, clarity and confirmation: A behind-the-scenes look at the 'player to be named later' process". The Athletic. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sherten Apostel Player Page". MLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Doug Gulasy (August 17, 2018). "Pirates send minor-league third baseman Apostel to Rangers to complete Kela trade". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Jeff Wilson (August 17, 2018). "Rangers complete July trades. Who are final two players to be named later?". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Staff reports (August 31, 2018). "Spokane Indians reach tie for first place on heels of Sherten Apostel home run". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  7. ^ Mark Parker (March 27, 2019). "Hickory Crawdads learn 2019 roster, including top two Rangers prospects". Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  8. ^ Ashley Salinas (March 27, 2019). "Crawdads Announce Opening Night Roster". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Jamey Newberg (July 1, 2019). "Ranking the best individual hitting, fielding and pitching tools in the Rangers' farm system". The Athletic. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  10. ^ Jamey Newberg (July 22, 2019). "Long-term looks: With a 12-month overhaul, the Rangers have hope at the hot corner". The Athletic. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  11. ^ Matt Present (August 20, 2019). "Apostel Homers Twice as Woodies Edge 'Peckers". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  12. Fangraphs.com
    . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  13. ^ Jamey Newberg (September 26, 2019). "Breakouts: Six Rangers prospects who took the biggest leaps forward in 2019". The Athletic. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  14. ^ Keegan Matheson (September 8, 2019). "Here are Saturday's 10 best prospect performers". MLB.com. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  15. ^ Evan Grant (November 20, 2019). "Rangers add six prospects to 40-man roster, topped by OF Leody Taveras and 3B Sherten Apostel". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  16. ^ T.R. Sullivan (September 12, 2020). "No time to change socks, still time for 1st hit". MLB.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  17. ^ Kennedi Landry (April 30, 2021). "Where will Rangers' top prospects begin '21?". MLB.com. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "Preliminary 2022 Round Rock Express Roster Announced". MiLB.com. March 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  19. ^ Staff Reports (April 7, 2022). "Rangers' Sherten Apostel: Removed from 40-man roster". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  20. ^ "Rangers activate RHP Garrett Richards from 10-day Injured List, recall RHP Nick Snyder from Round Rock (AAA)". MLB.com. April 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  21. ^ "アポステル選手 入団について". 千葉ロッテマリーンズ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  22. ^ "Shendrik Apostel Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

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