Bryan Lavastida #10

Full name BRYAN LAVASTIDA...Single..Graduated in 2017 from Westland Hialeah High School in Hialeah, FL and played one season at Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL) in 2018 prior to being drafted by Cleveland...Was a 2018 Suncoast Conference First Team selection in his only campaign in Tampa...Favorite players growing up were Barry Bonds and Derek Jeter...Favorite teams are the Miami Heat and Florida Panthers...Enjoys spending time on the water in South Florida.

2021

Made the jump from High-A to Triple-A in 2021, starting the year in High-A Lake County and spending time at Double-A and Triple-A, batting a combined .289 (83-for-287) with an .836 OPS in 84 games....Was on the Injured List at Lake County, May 13-June 2, with a left wrist injury...At the time of his promotion to AA Akron on July 30, his .303 average would have ranked third in the High-A Central...Reached base in 22 straight games, June 24-July 23...Went 3-for-5 w/a homer and 4 RBI in his Akron debut, July 31 at Erie...Batted .300 (24-for-80) in his first 23 games with Akron (.843 OPS, 2 HR, 14 RBI) before being promoted to Columbus on Sept. 1...Hit in 2 of his 7 games with Columbus before being sent back to Akron on Sept. 13 for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs....Went 6-for-12 in three games in the postseason for the Double-A Northeast champs (3 runs, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI)...Combined on the year, he batted .327 (16-for-49) vs. LHP and .303 (27-for-89) with RISP...Following the season, worked out with the infielders in Arizona during fall instructional league...Entered 2021 season in Depth Camp in Feb. and appeared in two ML exhibition games.

2020

Did not play due to the cancelled Minor League season...Entered 2021 as the No. 29 prospect in the Cleveland farm system (MLB.com).

2019

Finished in the top five in the New York-Penn League in batting average (4th, .335), on-base percentage (3rd, .408), slugging percentage (4th, .483), OPS (2nd, .892), hits (5th, 70), doubles (2nd, 19), and runs (T5th, 39)...Was a Baseball America Short-Season All-Star and was named MiLB.com NYP Player of the Month in August (.413/.486/.554/1.040).