BIOGRAPHY
Raimel Tapia was born February 4, 1994, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He is a left fielder in the MLB.
He played baseball growing up in the Dominican Republic and the Colorado Rockies signed Tapia as an international free agent in 2010. He spent the 2013 season with the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, and was named the league's player of the month for July. After the season, he was named the Topps Pioneer League Player of the Year for 2013. Tapia began the 2016 season with the Hartford Yard Goats of the Class AA Eastern League, and was selected to appear in the 2016 All-Star Futures Game. The Rockies promoted him to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in August.
The Rockies promoted Tapia to the major leagues on September 2, 2016. On July 20, 2018, Tapia hit a two out, two strike, go-ahead pinch grand slam in the top of the 7th inning against Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Archie Bradley to give the Rockies an 11-8 lead. It was the first grand slam of Tapia's career and would ultimately prove to be the difference as the Rockies would go on to win the game 11-10. In 2018, in 25 at bats he hit .200/.259/.480. He had the fastest baserunning sprint speed of all major league designated hitters, at 28.6 feet/second.
In 2021 he batted .273/.327/.372.
On January 26, 2023, Tapia signed a minor-league contract with the Boston Red Sox and was named a non-roster invitee to spring training. On March 28, it was reported that Tapia would receive the final spot on the team's Opening Day roster; his contract was selected by the Red Sox on March 30.
On June 14, 2023, Tapia signed a major league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.
