Kenedy Corona
| Kenedy Corona | |
|---|---|
| Houston Astros – No. 47 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 21, 2000 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 7, 2025, for the Houston Astros | |
| MLB statistics (through July 8, 2025) | |
| Batting average | .000 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Teams | |
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Kenedy Junior Corona (born March 21, 2000) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
[edit]New York Mets
[edit]Corona signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent on April 6, 2019. He split his first professional season between the Dominican Summer League Mets, rookie-level Gulf Coast League Mets, and Low-A Brooklyn Cyclones. In 63 appearances split between the three affiliates, Corona batted .301/.398/.470 with five home runs, 29 RBI, and 19 stolen bases.[1]
Houston Astros
[edit]On December 6, 2019, the Mets traded Corona and Blake Taylor to the Houston Astros in exchange for Jake Marisnick.[2] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Corona played in the Arizona Fall League after the 2023 season.[4] On November 14, the Astros added Corona to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[5] He was optioned to the Triple–A Sugar Land Space Cowboys to begin the 2024 season.[6] Corona made 98 appearances split between Corpus Christi and Sugar Land, batting a cumulative .214/.314/.290 with three home runs, 29 RBI, and 27 stolen bases.
Corona was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land to begin the 2025 season,[7] with whom he batted .228/.315/.351 with six home runs, 28 RBI, and eight stolen bases. On July 7, 2025, Corona was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kenedy Corona Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ^ "Astros trade Marisnick to Mets for 2 prospects". MLB.com.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
- ^ "No. 11 prospect Corona catching up quickly in Fall League". MLB.com.
- ^ Kawahara, Matt. "Astros add outfield prospect Kenedy Corona to 40-man roster". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ "Astros' Kenedy Corona: Dispatched to minor-league camp". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Astros' Kenedy Corona: Sent to minors". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ "Astros Recall Kenedy Corona For Major League Debut". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Águilas del Zulia players
- Asheville Tourists players
- Baseball players from Maracaibo
- Brooklyn Cyclones players
- Corpus Christi Hooks players
- Dominican Summer League Mets players
- Fayetteville Woodpeckers players
- Gulf Coast Mets players
- Houston Astros players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Mesa Solar Sox players
- Sugar Land Space Cowboys players
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen