Esteban Quiroz #4

Jesus Esteban Quiroz...is the son of Jesus and Maria...has two sisters, Anna and Karen... is nicknamed "Pony"...he and his wife, Melissa, have a son, Esteban Jr... his all-time favorite baseball player is Jose Altuve...as part of the Red Sox Rookie Development Program in January 2018, helped paint murals at the Dimock Center in Roxbury, MA, and visited patients at Boston Children's Hospital.

2018

Spent most the season with Portland (AA), including a rehab assignment with the GCL Red Sox (R), playing 32 games with POR and slashing .283/.406/.547 with five 2B, one 3B, seven HR and 31 RBI...His .547 SLG between POR and RSX set a career high in a single season...Hit .299 (26-for-87) with POR, logging five 2B, seven HR, 24 RBI and a 1.011 OPS...his .598 SLG led the team and his .413 OBP ranked third... Between the two clubs, his 3.42 AB/RBI (31 RBI to 106 AB) set a career best in a season...Played 29 games for the Caneros de Los Mochis in the Mexican Pacific Winter League, slashing .256/.409/.511 with six 2B, one 3B, five HR, 17 RBI and 23 BB.

2017

Named a Mexican League mid-season All-Star in his 1st season with Yucatan...Hit .293 (84-for-287) with 11 HR and a .428 OBP in 89 games ...Started 80 games at 2B and 3 at 3B. Led Yucatan in BB (64) and OBP (.428) as the club finished with the Sur division's best record (63-42, .600). Had the 2nd-highest BB/SO ratio among qualifying Mexican League hitters (1.56, 64 BB/41 SO). Set career highs in XBH (34) and steals (8-for-10) and matched his career best in doubles (23). Hit .359 with a 1.103 OPS vs. LHP (23-for-64, 7 2B, 3 HR). Homered in 4 straight games from 5/7-11, hitting 2 HR on 5/11 at Campeche...Had 12 RBI in those games. Struck out in only 3 of his final 19 regular season games from 7/11-8/4 (16-for-61, 3 SO, 17 BB). Appeared in 6 postseason games as Yucatan swept Leon in 4 games in the opening round before losing to Puebla in the semifinals, 4 games to 1. Prior to the season, reached base in 8 of 10 PA for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic (4-for-6, 2 HR, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 5 RBI)...Homered in the club's 10-9 loss to Italy and in an 11-9 win over Venezuela. Following the season, hit .264 (52-for-197) with a .388 OBP in 59 games for Mazatlan in the Mexican Pacific Winter League.