Leo Jiménez #49

Leonardo Joel Jiménez...Signed with the Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 2, 2017...His favorite player growing up was Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter...Is one of five players in Toronto history born in Panama alongside Juan Berenguer, Davis Romero, Julio Mosquera and Paolo Espino...Ranked by Baseball America as Toronto’s No. 16 prospect in 2021, its 10th-best prospect entering the 2022 season, and its seventh-best prospect entering the 2024 season...Listed as the fifth-highest ranked prospect entering the 2024 season, according to MLB.com.

2025

Launched his first home run of the season on July 12 at ATH, sending the ball 402 feet to left center field...Marked his first HR since Sept. 3, 2024 vs. PHI... Recalled to the MLB roster on July 1... Played 19 games with Triple-A Buffalo, slashing .304/.437/.375 with four doubles, four RBI, 12 runs scored, a 15.5% walk rate and an .812 OPS.

2024

Between the Majors and Triple-A, hit .250 (90-for-360) over 120 contests with 19 doubles, 11 homers, 58 runs scored, 42 RBI, a 9.6% walk rate, a 21.3% strikeout rate, a .374 OBP, a .345 wOBA, a .768 OPS and a 21.9% barrel rate...Became the fifth Panama-born player to suit up for the Blue Jays (Juan Berenguer, Julio Mosquera, Davis Romero, & Paolo Espino)...In 57 games played with Buffalo in 2024, hit .271 (49-for-181) with 8-2B, 7HR, 23RBI, 30BB, a .416 OBP, an .847 OPS and a 129 wRC+...Against left-handed pitching, batted .288 (15-for-52) with five doubles, a homer, five RBI, a .377 OBP and an .819 OPS...Was hit by a pitch 16 times on the year, trailing only Reed Johnson (20 in 2003) for the most in a single season by a Blue Jays rookie...Recalled to the Major League roster on July 2...Made MLB debut on July 4 vs. HOU (before appearing in a suspended game on June 26 at BOS)...Made his MLB debut on July 4 vs. HOU, playing shortstop while going 0-for-1 with a walk...On July 7 at SEA, recorded his first MLB hit with a single off George Kirby in the second inning...Later singled again in the seventh, his first career multi-hit game...Recorded three doubles on Aug. 7 vs. BAL, becoming the fifth rookie in franchise history to double three times in a game and first since Rowdy Tellez (Sept. 6, 2018 vs. CLE)...Notched his first career MLB home run on Aug. 12 at LAA with a two-run shot in the third inning, the first Panamanian-born player to homer for the Blue Jays...On Aug. 16 at CHC, crushed his second home run of the year, a solo shot to center field in the fifth...Travelled 424 feet, his longest tracked professional home run...Drove in a career-high three runs on Aug. 31 at MIN (2-for-4, 3RBI, BB, K)...On Sept. 24 vs. BOS, recorded his first career base hit and RBI as pinch-hitter, with an RBI double in the ninth inning...Over his last 37 games of the season with a plate appearance, batted .250 (27-for-108) with eight doubles, four homers, 16 RBI, 12 HBP, a .362 OBP and an .797 OPS.

2023

Made his third straight trip to MLB Spring Training, going 4-for-17 (.235) with a double in 12 games...Combined for seven games played at shortstop and five games played at second base... Split the 2023 season between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo... Named an Eastern League All-Star, after batting .270 (95-for-352) and setting career highs in games played (94), at-bats (352), runs scored (62), hits (95), doubles (18), home runs (8), RBI (47) and stolen bases (eight) with a .366 OBP and a .767 OPS... Made 59 starts (62 games) at shortstop logging 510.0 innings, also playing 25 games at second base and made eight appearances as the designated hitter.

2022

Spent the campaign with High-A Vancouver...Batted .230 (56-for-244) over 69 games with career-highs in doubles (14), triples (3), home runs (6), RBI (40) and stolen bases (7)... On July 16 vs. HIL, notched multiple triples in a single game for the first time in his professional career...Finished the game 3-for-4 with two triples, a home run and two RBI, while scoring four times.

2021

Appeared in eight Spring Training games, going 3-for-6 (.500) with two runs, a double and a strikeout... Played five games for FCL Blue Jays before spending the rest of the year with Low-A Dunedin... Combined to play 59 games, batting .320 with 10 doubles, a home run, 21 RBI and a 54BB/36K ratio (.523 OBP, 1.138 OPS)... Was hit by a pitch 21 times in 54 games with Dunedin, the fifth most among all Minor League baseball players... Played 15 games for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League, batting .237 (9-for-38) with four extra-base hits, four RBI, eight walks and eight strikeouts... Added to Toronto’s 40-man roster at the end of the year to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft.

2020

Spent the shutdown working out at a facility near his home in Panama... Made his way to Dunedin, Fla., at the end of the summer to take part in the Fall Development League.

2019

Began his 2019 campaign with Rookie-level Bluefield where he hit .298 with a .754 OPS...Promoted to Class-A Lansing for a pair of games at the end of the season and picked up one hit in six at-bats...Combined for 40 games at shortstop, 17 games at second base and one contest at third