Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Oscar Mercado was born December 16, 1994, in Cartagena, Colombia. He is a right fielder in the MLB.

Mercado played for the Colombian national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He spent the 2017 season with the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League, where he slashed .287/.341/.428 with 13 home runs, 46 RBIs, and 38 stolen bases in 120 games. After the season, the Cardinals assigned Mercado to the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). Mercado appeared in a total of 22 games for the Saguaros, posting a .264 batting average with 11 RBIs and six stolen bases. The Cardinals added him to their 40-man roster after the AFL was over to protect him from being chosen in the Rule 5 Draft. Mercado began 2018 with the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

On July 31, 2018, the Cardinals traded Mercado to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Conner Capel and Jhon Torres. He was assigned to the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League and finished the season there. In 132 games between Memphis and Columbus, he slashed .278/.349/.390 with eight home runs, 47 RBIs, and 37 stolen bases. He began the 2019 season with Columbus.