![]() ![]() On May 7, 2014, the Indios de Mayagüez traded Lindor's LBPRC player rights to the Gigantes de Carolina in exchange for Carlos Correa. However, he has been unable to play there due to Cleveland's intervention. In September, Lindor was drafted by the Indios de Mayagüez in the second round of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente's (LBPRC) first year draft. He had a full-ride scholarship offer in place with the Florida State Seminoles baseball team, but chose to sign with the Indians for $2.9 million in August. The Indians drafted Lindor in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2011 MLB draft. He was named to the USA Today All-USA high school baseball team. The school's baseball facility was named after him in 2013. Lindor attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. Professional career Draft and early career After he signed with the Cleveland Indians in August 2011, his mother and two older siblings joined him in Florida. Lindor moved to Central Florida at the age of 12, with his father, stepmother and youngest sibling, and was enrolled at the Montverde Academy prep school. Lindor's favorite baseball players as a child were all middle infielders: Robbie Alomar, Omar Vizquel, Derek Jeter, Jimmy Rollins and Barry Larkin. He began playing baseball at a young age, assisted by his father, who would hit him ground balls from the top of a hill while the younger Lindor stood partway down the slope, attempting to field them. Lindor was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on November 14, 1993, the third of four children of Miguel Angel Lindor and Maria Serrano. In the minor leagues, he participated in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game, and by 2013, was rated by Baseball America as the Indians' top overall prospect. He became the Indians' first round selection, and eighth overall, in the 2011 MLB draft. He placed second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2015 and was a selection to the 2017 All-WBC Team.īorn in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Lindor began playing baseball at an early age, and he moved with his family to Florida when he was 12. He won his first Silver Slugger Award in 2017. In 2016, he earned his first All-Star selection and Gold Glove Award, becoming the first Puerto Rican shortstop to win the Gold Glove Award. 300 in both his first two major league seasons and provided elite defense. A right-handed thrower and switch hitter, Lindor stands 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg). He previously played for the Cleveland Indians. Smile", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). Francisco Miguel Lindor Serrano (born November 14, 1993), nicknamed " Mr. ![]()
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