Miguel Amaya #6

Miguel was selected to the 40-man roster, November 20, 2019...entering the 2021 season, is ranked as the organization's third-best prospect by MLB.com...was selected to the MLB All-Star Futures Game in 2018 and 2019...Has batted .243 (289-for-1,191) with 71 doubles, 27 homers and 157 RBI in 331-career minor league games...has thrown out 145-of-388 (.374) runners attempting to steal...Ranked as the fourth-best prospect by Baseball America in the Cubs system entering 2020 (was ranked second entering 2019)…Was a Midwest League mid-season All-Star in 2018 and a 2019 Rising Star in the Arizona Fall League this past offseason...A native of Panama, he originally signed with the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent on July 17, 2015.

2020

Miguel spent the season at the Cubs South Bend alternate site.

2019

Played the entire season at Single-A Myrtle Beach as a 20-year-old...batted .235 (80-for-341) with 24 doubles, 11 homers and 57 RBI in 99 games...posted a .351 on-base percentage and a .402 slugging percentage, good for a .753 OPS...Threw out 34.8 percent of runners attempting to steal (46-of-132)...Batted .251 (44-for-175) with a .440 slugging mark after the All-Star Break, compared to a .217 mark (36-for-166) with a .361 slugging mark prior to the All-Star Break.

2018

Appeared in a career-high 116 games with Single-A South Bend, his first pro campaign with a full season club...batted .256 (106-for-414) with 21 doubles, two triples, 12 homers, 52 RBI and 50 walks...was named a Midwest League mid-season All-Star...Batted .308 (28-for-91) against lefties compared to .241 (78-for-323) against righties...Posted four-straight multi-hit games, July 7-11, going 9-for-17 with two doubles and two home runs.

2017

In his first season in the United States, he batted .228 (52-for-228) with 14 doubles and three homers in 58 games with Single-A Eugene.

2016

Made his pro debut with the Dominican Summer League Cubs, batting .245 (51-for-208) with 12 doubles, one homer and 22 RBI in 58 contests.