BIOGRAPHY
Bobby Dalbec was born June 29, 1995, in Seattle, Washington. He is a third baseman in the MLB.
The Boston Red Sox selected Dalbec in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. He signed with the Red Sox, received a $650,000 signing bonus, and made his professional debut with the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners, where he spent the whole season, batting .386/.427/.674 with seven home runs and 33 RBIs in 34 games.
In 2019, Dalbec began the season with Portland and was promoted to the Pawtucket Red Sox of the Triple-A International League in early August. Overall during 2019, he batted .239/.356/.460 with 27 home runs and 73 RBIs in 135 games.
The Red Sox added Dalbec to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season. He was optioned to Pawtucket on March 8, 2020. On July 7, the team announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19; he remained asymptomatic. On August 30, Dalbec was added to Boston's active roster following the trade of Mitch Moreland. Dalbec made his MLB debut that day, against the Washington Nationals; his first major league hit was a third-inning home run off of Javy Guerra, coming in his second major league at bat. Through his first 10 major league games, Dalbec hit six home runs, including five straight games with a home run. Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, Dalbec batted .263 with eight home runs and 16 RBIs in 23 games. Following the 2020 season, Dalbec was ranked by Baseball America as the Red Sox' number three prospect.
The Red Sox named Dalbec their starting first baseman for Opening Day in 2021. On July 29, he became the tallest player ever to make an appearance at shortstop for the Red Sox. During August, he batted .339 with seven home runs and 21 RBIs, and was named the AL Rookie of the Month.
Dalbec began 2022 as Boston's primary first baseman. Following a lack of offensive consistency at the position, the team began using outfielder Franchy Cordero at first base in May, then acquired first baseman Eric Hosmer at the trade deadline in early August. On September 4, with a .211 batting average for the season, the team optioned Dalbec to Triple-A to clear roster space for call-up Triston Casas. Dalbec was recalled to Boston on September 22, when Trevor Story was placed on the injured list. For the season, Dalbec batted .215 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs in 117 games for Boston. In 13 games with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, he batted .250 with five home runs and eight RBIs.
