Franchy Cordero

Franchy Cordero Vargas (born September 2, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his major league debut in 2017 with the San Diego Padres.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cordero and the second or maternal family name is Vargas.
Franchy Cordero
Cordero with the El Paso Chihuahuas in 2019
Kansas City Royals – No. 19
Outfielder
Born: (1994-09-02) September 2, 1994
Azua, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 27, 2017, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.236
Home runs12
Runs batted in36
Teams

Career

San Diego Padres

Cordero signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in November 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Dominican Summer League Padres and spent the whole season there, batting .270 with one home run and 38 RBIs in 61 games. In 2013, he played for the Arizona League Padres where he slashed .333/.381/.511 with three home runs and 17 RBIs in 35 games. Cordero started 2014 with the Fort Wayne TinCaps and was demoted to the Eugene Emeralds during the season.[1][2] In 83 total games between the two teams he batted .255 with nine home runs and 44 RBIs.

He spent 2015 with Fort Wayne where he compiled a .243 batting average with five home runs and 34 RBIs in 126 games. Cordero opened the 2016 season with the Lake Elsinore Storm. During July of the same season, he was promoted to the San Antonio Missions. He also played four games for the El Paso Chihuahuas at the end of the season. In 137 games between the three clubs he batted .290/.344/.450 with 11 home runs and 54 RBIs. The Padres added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.[3]

Cordero began the 2017 season with El Paso. The Padres promoted Cordero to the Major Leagues on May 27, 2017, as regular center fielder Manuel Margot went to the disabled list with a strained calf.[4] He made his major league debut that day, striking out against Stephen Strasburg as a pinch hitter.[5] Cordero started hot, collecting 19 hits in his first 17 games, but then only had one hit in his final 10 games before he was sent back to El Paso on Margot's return.[6] He returned to the Padres for 3 more games in July when Margot was on the paternity list, but finished the season with El Paso. In 93 games for El Paso he slashed .326/.369/.603 with 17 home runs and 64 RBIs,[7] and in 30 games for the Padres he batted .228/.276/.424 with three home runs and nine RBIs, making 22 starts in center and one in left.

Cordero began 2018 on the disabled list with a groin injury,[8] and reported to the Padres after he was activated in early April. He was the Padres regular starter in left field before he was sent to the disabled list on May 28 with forearm soreness.[9] Cordero began a rehab assignment in El Paso in June, but pain in his right elbow led to the diagnosis of a bone spur after an MRI.[10] Surgery on the elbow ended Cordero's Major League season, but he played in the Dominican Winter League.[11] He finished the regular season hitting .237/.307/.439 with 9 home runs, making 22 starts in left field, 10 in center, and 4 in right. On April 20, he hit the second-longest home run in MLB for 2018, at 489 feet.[12]

Kansas City Royals

On July 16, 2020, the Padres traded Cordero and Ronald Bolaños to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Tim Hill.[13] On August 9, 2020, he was placed on the 10-day injured list, but was then transferred to the 45-day injured list on August 10, after suffering a wrist injury.[14] Overall with the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Cordero batted .211 with two home runs and seven RBIs in 16 games.[15]

Scouting report

Cordero is considered to have elite speed, leading all the minor leagues in triples in 2016 and 2017, and ranking in the top 3% of qualified major league players in sprint speed in 2017.[16] He has also shown elite power, ranking 35th in average batted ball exit velocity in 2017, and 20% of his batted balls exiting at 105+ mph.[17]

Personal life

Cordero is a second cousin to fellow major leaguer Socrates Brito.[18]

References
  1. "TinCaps SS Cordero still a teenager, but a talented one". Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. Fox Sports. "Franchy Cordero continues to impress on offense, despite defensive woes". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. Sanders, Jeff. "Youth served as Padres set 40-man roster". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  4. Cassavell, AJ (May 27, 2018). "Padres call up Cordero for center field duty". MLB.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  5. Lin, Dennis. "With Manuel Margot on DL, Franchy Cordero gets first call-up". Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  6. Cassavell, AJ (July 19, 2018). "Cordero eyes consistency in return to Padres". MLB.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  7. "Franchy Cordero Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  8. Cassavell, AJ (March 24, 2018). "Cordero to start season on DL". MLB.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  9. Cassavell, AJ (May 28, 2018). "Cordero goes on DL with Renfroe returning". MLB.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  10. Varela, Ashley (June 30, 2018). "Report: Franchy Cordero likely to undergo season-ending surgery". NBCSports.com. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  11. Center, Bill (December 10, 2018). "Cordero, Myers, Renfroe, Jankowski, Reyes, Pirela Prepared to Play Left in 2019". FriarWire. mlblogs.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  12. Statcast | MLB.com
  13. https://www.mlb.com/news/royals-padres-trade-franchy-cordero-tim-hill
  14. https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/royals-franchy-cordero-transferred-to-45-day-injured-list/
  15. https://www.mlb.com/player/franchy-cordero-614173?stats=career-r-hitting-mlb&year=2020
  16. Petriello, Mike (April 22, 2018). "The most interesting rookie you need to know more about". MLB.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  17. Sullivan, Jeff (January 31, 2018). "The Most Exciting Player on the Padres". FanGraphs.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  18. "Franchy Cordero, Socrates Brito are 2nd cousins". MLB.com. March 29, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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