Edwin Daniel Bellorín Morales (born February 21, 1982, in
San Félix,
Venezuela) is a former
catcher.
Career
Bellorín was signed by the
Los Angeles Dodgers on September 10, 1998, as an undrafted
free agent. He spent six years in the Dodgers minor league system, never playing more than 100 games in a season. He declared free agency on October 15, 2006, and would later sign with the
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...
for the
2007 season. He began the year with the
Colorado Springs Sky Sox
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox were a Minor League Baseball team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team played in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and was the Triple-A affiliate of the major league Milwaukee Brewers (2015–2018), Colorado Rockie ...
, the Rockies Triple-A affiliate. On August 6, 2007, he had his contract purchased by the big league club. He replaced struggling catcher
Chris Ianetta on the Rockies' active roster.
On August 7, 2007, Bellorín played in his first MLB game, which was an 11–4 Rockies home win over the
Milwaukee Brewers
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. He made one plate appearance, hitting into a
double play
In baseball and softball, a double play (denoted as DP in baseball statistics) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play. Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs.
In Major Leag ...
, then injured his
hamstring running to
first base
A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ...
. He was placed on the
disabled list
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the injured list (IL) is a method for teams to remove their injured players from the roster in order to summon healthy players. Before the 2019 season, it was known as the disabled list (DL).
General guidelines
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afterwards.
On September 24, 2008, Bellorín recorded his first MLB hit, an
infield single
An infield hit is an outcome in baseball in which the batted ball stays in the infield, but neither the batter (baseball), batter nor any baserunning, runners are out (baseball), put out. If the batter and runners reach safely due to an error (base ...
, off
Billy Sadler
William Henry Sadler IV (born September 21, 1981) is a former right-handed relief pitcher. He is a 2000 graduate of Pensacola (Florida) Catholic High School and was named Florida Class 3A Player of the Year his senior year
He attended Pensacola ...
in the top of the seventh inning of a Rockies 15–6 road victory over the
San Francisco Giants.
Bellorín re-signed with the Rockies on January 14, .
He was declared a minor league free agent on October 16, .
The Royals have traded minor league catcher Edwin Bellorin to the Astros for cash considerations, tweets Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. The club promoted backstop Manuel Pina from Double-A to the club's Triple-A affiliate in his place.
After spending the first six years of his professional career in the Dodgers' farm system, Bellorin was with the Rockies' Triple-A affiliate from 2007 through 2009. During that span he made eight big league appearances with the club. With Triple-A Omaha in 2010, the 28-year-old hit just .162/.231/.185.
Bellorin signed with the
Wichita Wingnuts in the 2010 off-season after being released by the Houston Astros.
See also
*
List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
References
External links
Bellorin lands on DL*http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/07/royals-trade-edwin-bellorin-to-astros.html
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1982 births
Living people
Colorado Rockies players
Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
Gulf Coast Dodgers players
Jacksonville Suns players
Las Vegas 51s players
Major League Baseball catchers
Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
Omaha Royals players
Sportspeople from Ciudad Guayana
Round Rock Express players
South Georgia Waves players
Tiburones de La Guaira players
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
Vero Beach Dodgers players
Wichita Wingnuts players