2021 SWB Railriders Media Guide
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2021 swb railriders 2021 swb railriders 2021 swb railriders 2021 swb railriders ALBERT ABREU | RHP R/R | 6’2” | 190 LBS | Opening Day Age: 25 | Guayubín, Dominican Republic | Trade (Houston), 11/17/2016 | MLB Service: 0.025 | 2020 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York Yankees 0-1 20.25 2/0 0 1.1 4 2 2 .500 4.50 MLB CAREER (1 Year) 0-1 20.25 2/0 0 1.1 4 2 2 .500 4.50 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 19-30 3.77 105/87 5 439.0 373 446 221 .228 1.33 2021 Preseason Prospect Rankings: Baseball America - NYY No. 17; MLB Pipeline - NYY No. 18; FanGraphs - NYY No. 33 2020: Went 0-1 with a 20.25 ERA (1.1IP, 4R/3ER) in two relief appearances over three stints with the Yankees (“29th Man” on both 8/8 and 8/26, 8/30-9/4)... Made his Major League debut in Game 2 on 8/8 at Tampa Bay, allowing 2ER in 1.1IP (3H, 2BB, 2K, 1HP)… Collected his first career strikeout in the fifth inning (Willy Adames, foul tip)… Was the Yankees’ “29th Man”for the day’s doubleheader…prior to his debut, had never pitched professionally above the Double-A level... Took the loss on 9/3 at the Mets after allowing a “walk-off” two-run HR to Pete Alonso to lead off the 10thinning (0.0IP, 1H, 2R/1ER, 1HR)... Following the season, pitched for Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Winter League, going 0-3 with a 2.79 ERA (19.1IP, 6ER) in five starts. 2019: Spent the entire season with Double-A Trenton, setting a new career high in wins (5) and games started (20)... Threw his most innings in a season (96.2 IP) since joining the Yankees organization, and his most since throwing 101.2 in 2016 while with Single-A Quad Cities and A-Advanced Lancaster in the Houston organization... Turned in five quality starts (6.0 IP, 3 ER or fewer) on the season, including 7.0 shutout innings while allowing only two hits on May 31 vs. Harrisburg... Missed approximately three weeks on the MiLB Injured List from July 24-August 13. PERSONAL: Full name is Albert Enmanuel Abreu Dias... Acquired by the Yankees with RHP Jorge Guzman from the Houston Astros in exchange for C Brian McCann on November 17, 2016... Added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster 11/20/17... Following the 2017 season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 6 prospect and No. 77 prospect in baseball. GREG ALLEN | OF S/R | 6’0” | 185 LBS | Opening Day Age: 28 | San Diego, CA | San Diego State University | Trade (San Diego), 1/06/2021 | MLB Service: 2.010 | 2020 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs Cleveland 15 .160 4 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 San Diego 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2020 Totals 16 .154 4 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 MLB CAREER (4 Years) 221 .239 133 77 22 6 8 57 32 6 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 483 .276 510 358 97 15 23 165 167 47 2020: Combined with Cleveland and San Diego to bat .154 (4-for-26) with 4R, 1 double, 1HR and 4RBI in 16 games…began the season with Cleveland and played 15 of his 16 games with the Indians, batting .160 (4-for-25) with 3R, 1 double, 1HR and 4RBI…was acquired by San Diego from Cleveland along with RHP Mike Clevinger and a player to be named later in exchange for INF Gabriel Arias, LHP Joey Cantillo, C Austin Hedges, INF Owen Miller, OF Josh Naylor and RHP Cal Quantrill on 8/31…Was designated for assignment by the Padres on 12/31… was designated for assignment on 2/23/21 and outrighted to Triple-A on 3/1/21… 2019: Made his first career Opening Day roster and batted .229 (53-for-231) with 30R, 9 doubles, 3 triples, 4HR, 27RBI and 8SB in 89 games over four stints with Cleveland (3/28-4/28, 5/25-6/3, 7/6-30, 8/6-9/29)…hit .345 (19-for-55) when leading off an inning… in 48 games with Triple-A Columbus, hit .268 (53-for-198) with 37R, 9 doubles, 3 triples, 5HR, 17RBI and 10SB… PERSONAL: Full name is Greg Lomack Allen… Acquired by the Yankees from San Diego in exchange for LHP James Reeves on 1/6/21 ... His cousin, DeWayne Patmon, played collegiate football at Michigan and for the New York Giants… Graduated from Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, Calif., in 2011, where he won four varsity letters as a baseball player… Majored in business at San Diego State University… Played three baseball seasons there for Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, his childhood idol… As a junior, hit .305 with 52R and 8 doubles in 61 games and led the Mountain West Conference with 25SB en route to being named the school’s 2013-14 Male Student-Athlete of the Year. | 2021 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Media Guide | Triple-A, New York Yankees | www.swbrailriders.com | 17 2021 swb railriders 2021 swb railriders ARMANDO ALVAREZ | INF R/R | 6’1” | 205 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | Miami, FL | Eastern Kentucky University | 17th Round, 2016 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2020 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs Did Not Play MiLB CAREER (4 Years) 374 .264 362 166 85 5 29 193 9 8 2020: Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic… 2019: Finished second in the Yankees organization in RBI (76), tied for third in 2B (31), fifth in H (121) and XBH (43), and sixth in TB (187) between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre... Went 3-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI on 8/18 vs Gwinnett... Had a season-long nine-game hitting streak with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from 5/1-10, batting .462 AVG/.475 OBP/.667 SLG (18-for-39) with 9 R, 8 2B, 6 RBI, 4 K, 0 BB, 1 HBP... Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star for the second straight season. 2018: Selected as an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star with Double-A Trenton hitting .262/.314/.440 (94-for-359) with 54 R, 25 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 54 RBI and 12 SB in 99 G with the Thunder... Appeared in 9 G with the Tampa Tarpons (High-A) from 5/29 - 6/6 and batted .185 (5-for-27) with 2 HR and 2 RBI... Also named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star. PERSONAL: Full name is Armando Francisco Alvarez... Played two seasons at Eastern Kentucky (2015-16) after one season at both Florida International University (2013) and Miami Dade Community College (2014)... Hit .367/.415/.608 (163-for-444) with 28 2B, 25 HR and 105 RBI over 105G at Eastern Kentucky... In 2016, was named Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Co-Player of the Year and earned a spot on the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region Second Team after leading the NCAA in hits during the regular season (97)... Graduated in 2012 from Miami Killian H.S. (FL)... Went by the nickname "Mandy" through the end of the 2019 season. TREY AMBURGEY | OF R/R | 6’2” | 210 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | Lake Worth, FL | St. Petersburg College | 13th Round, 2015 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2020 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs Did Not Play MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 496 .269 510 287 103 17 59 255 63 14 2020: Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic… 2019: Spent the entire season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, batting .274 AVG/.329 OBP/.494 SLG (129-for-470) with 73 R, 31 2B, 3 3B, 22 HR, 62 RBI and 6 SB in 124 games… set career highs in runs, hits, doubles and HRs… ranked second in R, third in H, tied for third in 2B, fourth in HR and fifth in RBI among Yankees minor leaguers… tied for fifth in 2B, tied for sixth in XBH (56) and was ninth in H in the International League… was placed on the minor league injured list on 9/3 and missed the Governors’ Cup playoffs… Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star for the second consecutive season and the third time in his career (2015, 2018). 2018: Named both an Eastern League Mid-Season and Postseason All-Star at Double-A Trenton, hitting .258/.300/.418 (124-for-481) with 65 R, 25 2B, 2 3B, 16 HR, 74 RBI and 12 SB... His 74 RBI were tied for the most in the Yankees MiLB with OF Dom Thompson- Williams who played most of the season with High-A Tampa...Also named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star. PERSONAL: Full name is Tommy Wayne Amburgey... Hit .368/.409/.522 with 32 SB his final year at St. Petersburg College (FL) before being selected by the New York Yankees in the 2015 Draft... Graduated from Park Vista Community H.S. (FL). 18 | 2021 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Media Guide | Triple-A, New York Yankees | www.swbrailriders.com | 2021 swb railriders 2021 swb railriders MIGUEL ANDÚJAR | INF/OF R/R | 6’0” | 211 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | Non-Drafted Free Agent, 7/02/2011 | MLB Service: 2.117 | 2020 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs New York Yankees 21 .242 15 5 2 1 1 5 0 0 MLB CAREER (4 Years) 187 .283 195 89 51 3 28 102 3 1 MiLB CAREER (7 Years) 599 .274 625 297 131 15 52 340 30 13 2020: Hit .242 (15-for-62) with 5R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR and 5RBI in 21 games over four stints with the Yankees (7/23-8/5, 8/16- 19, 8/25-29, 9/4-15)..