Kyle Jensen
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Position:
OF
Born:
5/20/1988
Height:
6'3
Weight:
230
B/T:
R/L
Acquired:
Signed as a minor league free agent November 11, 2015 (ARI). Originally drafted in the 12th round of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft (MIA).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| CURRENT SEASON STATS: .289 with 30 homers and 120 RBIs in 133 games at Reno (Triple-A), with 34 doubles and a .546 SLG. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Contract purchased from Reno on September 3. MLB Debut Date: 9/3/2016 |
Debut Details
| September 3, in a 9-4 win against the Colorado Rockies. Pinch-hitting for pitcher Randall Delgado with one out in the top of the eighth inning, he lined out to right field against Rockies reliever Justin Miller. |
Player Notes
| Jensen showed off his big-time power potential in his first season with the Diamondbacks, leading the Pacific Coast League in homers and RBIs and finishing fifth in slugging. He came up through the Marlins organization, spending six years with them, including making their organizational All-Star teams in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014. In November of 2014, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later and, though outrighted off of the Dodgers’ 40-man roster a month later, spent the 2015 campaign with the system at Oklahoma City (Triple-A), hitting .259 with 20 homers and 71 RBIs along with 28 doubles for a .484 SLG. In November, he declared minor league free agency and was signed by Arizona four days later. |