Wuilfredo Antunez #32

WUILFREDO DE JESUS ANTÚNEZ...Favorite team growing up was the NY Yankees... Enjoys NBA 2K26 video game...Enjoys the animated series El Chavo Animado.

2025

Split the 2025 season between High-A Lake County and AA Akron, batting .275 (105-for-382) with 26 2B, seven 3B, 18 HR and 67 RBI in 101 games (.335/.521/.856)…He ranked among organizational leaders in OPS (first), homers (fourth), RBI (T-third) and extra-base hits (third, 51)...Rio Tucani, Venezuela native was signed by Cleveland as an amateur free agent in April 2019...Played in two games in the Arizona Fall League, homering in each game (3-for-6, three runs, four RBI, SB, BB) but was shut down for the fall with right shoulder tendonitis, joining the rehab group in AZ for the rest of offseason...Began the 2025 season as the No. 37 prospect in the organization, according to Baseball America...Began the year in Lake County, spending the first half there before a July 18 promotion to AA Akron...Enjoyed a six-game XBH hit streak, May 24-31 (2 2B, 4RH) and batted .325 (13-for-40) over his last 10 games (nine RBI)...At the time of his promotion to Akron, he was leading the Midwest League in SLG (.517), tied for second in HR (14), third in XBH (34) and sixth in OPS (.853)...From July 31-end of season (9/14) in Double-A, he batted .344 (32-for-93) with seven 2B, three 3B, three HR and 19 RBI in his final 23 games (.951 OPS)...Was on the seven-day IL at Akron the first two weeks of August due to a left thumb sprain... Batted .281 (78-for-278) on the year vs. RHP (.939 OPS, 45 XBH) and .317 (38-for-120) with RISP.

2024

Led Cleveland system in triples (nine) while ranking sixth in extra-base hits (40), seventh in RBI (62) and eighth in SLG (.458)...Led Carolina League in triples.

2023

Finished among Carolina League leaders in triples (T-first, seven) and was fifth in batting average (.275), sixth in slugging percentage (.420) and eighth in OPS (.774)...T-first in the PD system with seven triples and third-highest batting average.

2022

Did not play from Aug. 6, 2019-June 5, 2022 following the canceled 2020 season and the following season on the Developmental List nursing a pair of leg injuries....Began year in the Complex League on 6/6 and was transferred to Lynchburg on 7/21...Limited to just five games in the season due to right ankle sprain.