Isaac Paredes

BIOGRAPHY

Isaac Paredes was born February 18, 1999, in Hermosillo, Mexico. He is a third baseman in the MLB.

In 2019, he began the season for Erie. That summer, Paredes was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox following the season. He would finish the season with 13 home runs, 66 RBIs, a .282 average, and 57 walks to 61 strikeouts with an OBP of .368. Paredes was added to the Tigers 40–man roster following the 2019 season. After the 2019 season, he played for Yaquis of the LVMP.

On August 17, 2020, the Tigers recalled Paredes, and he made his MLB debut later that day against the Chicago White Sox playing third base. In the second at-bat of his career, Paredes hit a bases-loaded, two-RBI single off Gio Gonzalez for his first major league hit. On August 21 against the Cleveland Indians, Paredes hit a grand slam for his first major league home run. He is the first Tiger player to hit a grand slam for his first major league homer since Brennan Boesch in 2010, and the youngest Tiger to hit a grand slam since Al Kaline in 1954.

On April 4, 2022, the Tigers traded Paredes and a competitive balance round B pick in the 2022 MLB draft to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Austin Meadows. After playing for the Durham Bulls, he made his debut with the Rays on May 1 against the Minnesota Twins. On May 18, Paredes had his first career multi-homer game against the Tigers at Tropicana Field. On June 21, he homered three times against the New York Yankees in a 5–4 Rays victory.