Richie Palacios #67

Full name RICHARD JORDAN PALACIOS (\\pah-LA-see-ohs\\)...Played three seasons at Towson University in Maryland... Was named 2018 2nd Team ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region and second-team All-CAA as a junior, batting .301 with 18 2B, eight HR, 31 RBIs and 56 RS (52 BB, 25 2B)...One of two players in Division I baseball with 50 BB/RUNS, 25 SB...In 2016, named CAA Rookie of Year, first Team Freshman All-American by NCBWA and second-team freshman All-American by D1Baseball.com and Baseball America, batting .329 with six 2B, five 3B, six HR and 38 RBI...Established a new school freshman record with 74 hits and set a new school record with 32 SB…Ranked second in the NCAA in stolen bases among freshmen and reached safely in 48 games at one point...Graduated from Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn in 2015...Hit .450 as a senior… Father, Richard, reached AAA with the Detroit Tigers and his uncle, Rey, played for the Kansas City Royals, 1988-90…His brother, Josh, played at Auburn, was 2016 fourth-round pick by Toronto and debuted with the Blue Jays in 2021...Favorite professional teams are the New York Yankees, New York Giants and Brooklyn Nets…Favorite athlete growing up was Derek Jeter…Attended Jeter’s last home game with the Yankees.

2022

Spent four stints at the Major League level, his first taste of MLB action after entering the season with just 618 professional plate appearances (spent 110 days w/CLE)… Last stint with Cleveland came, Aug. 23-Sept. 20…Made ML debut on Apr. 25 at LA Angels (single off Mike Lorenzen for first hit)...24th-best prospect in the system according to Baseball America...Overall with Cleveland he made 20 starts in LF, 10 starts at DH and appeared in two games as a defensive replacement at second base…Was adept at pinch-hitting for Terry Francona, going 5-for-19 (.263) with three 2B and six RBI (T2nd most in AL; Harold Ramirez led league with 7)…Had only six PA against LHP at the ML level...Batted .279 (50-for-179) at AAA Columbus (10 2B, 5 3B, 4HR, 36RBI) in 45 G…Over his last 11 Triple-A games batted .333 (15/45) with three XBH and six RBI…Enjoyed a 21-game on-base streak from 4/21-7/28 between ML stints and had a 12-game hitting streak in that span…Stole 32 straight bases w/o a CS from 6/9/21-8/17/22 (22 @AAA; 1ML)…Hit .344 in Huntington Park…At Triple-A made three starts at 2B, 40 GS in LF and two GS in CF.

2021

Split the season between AA Akron and AAA Columbus, just his second professional season and his first since debuting in 2018...Was a member of the Depth Camp squad in February and was 2-for-4 w/a 2B in 6 spring exhibition games...Led the system in average (.297) and doubles (33) and was T-2nd in runs (72), 3rd in steals (20) and fourth in walks (58) and extra-base hits (44)... His 33 doubles were T-12th in all of Minor League Baseball...Began the year in Akron, hitting .333 (30-for-90) in 24 July games (21 runs, 7 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 22 RBI) before being elevated to Columbus on July 30, spending the rest of the season with the Clippers... Was on the Injured List at AAA, Aug. 19-Sept. 2, with a left hamstring strain...Over his final 11 games at Triple-A (9/16-on), Richie batted .361 (13-for-36) with 6 runs, 10 walks, 3 2B, 1 3B and 4 RBI (.989 OPS)...Enjoyed a five-hit game on July 14 at Harrisburg and a four-hit, three-double game, June 9 at Altoona...Combined on the year he appeared in 68 games at second base, 16 in CF, 6 in LF and 3 in RF...On the year he batted .350 (35-for-100) with RISP... Continued his breakout year in the Arizona Fall League, batting .269 (21-for-78) with 8 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR and 11 RBI in 20 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions (.900 OPS, 17 RS, 4 SB)...Was named to the Rising Stars Fall Stars Game and finished T-2nd in doubles (8) and T-5th in extra-base hits (12)...Enters 2022 the 13th-best prospect in the system and best strike-zone discipline (Baseball America).