He great moment of Joey Meneses with the Culiacán tomato growers in the Mexican Pacific Leagueof paid off.
He sinaloense gunboat received and minor league contract con New York Metswith an invitation to the training camp, to try to return to the best baseball in the worldwith an organization with serious aspirations to be in the World Series.
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“I am very excited to be able to join this team,” Meneses told Excélsior. “A few days ago my agent spoke to me, he told me about this possibility, and we analyzed to see if it was really appropriate. “We came to the conclusion that it was a very good opportunity.”
After 10 seasons in the minor leagues, Meneses debuted in 2022 in the Major League Baseball (MLB)with 30 years of age, in Nationalsand put up respectable numbers in his first campaign with 13 home runs and 54 RBIs, in just 56 games.
In 2023 had trouble finding long range hittingand hit the same number of homers as a year before, but in 154 games.
For the 2024 season, in 76 gamesonly he managed to hit three home runswhen it was sent to minor leaguesand did not return the rest of the season, although he had the best batting average on the team.
You have to understand what baseball is like now,” explained Meneses. “You can hit for average, but it is very important, the range, hitting doubles, home runs, triples, and I gave it to us. Although it hurt, the decision they had to lower me is perfectly understandable.
Now I have a new opportunity, I have the advantage of already knowing what the Major Leagues are like, of already knowing what that life is like, and now I have to make the adjustments to be more effective.”
Meneses seems to have found in the Pacificthe consistency of his power and good hitting. He has a batting percentage of .337, with 33 RBIs and seven long-range sticks with the Tomateros of Culiacán.
A LIFE OF FIGHT
The Mexican baseball player spent 10 years playing in the minor leagues.
2022
dream debut
Joey Meneses debuted at 30 years old and he did it on August 2 with a home run against the Mets, his new team.
2023
The green one turns
CabaJoey was part of the Mexican National Team that took third place in the World Classic
2023
Power descends
After surprising in his debut season, Meneses lowered his offensive production.
2024
Sent to minors
Despite having the best batting average in Washington, Meneses was sent to the minors.
THE DATA
Meneses had 41 hits in his first 30 games in MLBa Washington Nationals franchise record for a rookie
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