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1/17/2018 8:55:00 AM | Baseball
De La Guerra invited to Red Sox camp
Chad De La Guerra, preparing for his fourth season in the Boston Red Sox system, was one of 16 non-roster spring training invitees the club announced on Tuesday. De La Guerra will join the big league club for its Grapefruit League spring training regimen in Fort Meyers, Fla.
A transfer from College of the Canyons, De La Guerra spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in a GCU uniform. The infielder hit .344 with 11 home runs and 51 RBIs in GCU's 2015 WAC Championship season, landing himself on the All-WAC first team.
His most memorable performance came in a Lopes win over Bradley on Feb. 15, 2015, when he went 5-for-6 with two home runs and nine RBIs, the latter a GCU Division I record.
He was a 17th Round draft pick of the Red Sox in the 2015 MLB Draft.
De La Guerra's professional stock skyrocketed this past summer. After 58 games and a .294 average at the Class-A Advanced level, the Santa Maria, Calif. native was promoted to Double-A Portland where he spent the final 52 games of the season and hit .270 with a .353 on-base percentage.
Recognized as much for his defensive consistency in the middle infield, De La Guerra debuted in the MLB.com Prospect Pipeline as Boston's No. 23 prospect. He was also named as the Red Sox's MiLB.com Organizational All-Star at shortstop, saying he "became a name to know in the system." He was rewarded for his summer development with an invite to the Arizona Fall League this past fall.
In addition to all players on a club's 40-man roster, organizations will invite promising prospects as non-roster invitees to their spring training camps. While the individuals remain on their minor-league contracts, they have an opportunity to form chemistry with big league personnel, get a glimpse at the tougher competition, and receive instruction from the major league staff.
Alongside Michael Chavis (No. 2) and Kyle Martin (No. 25), De La Guerra is one of just three non-roster invitees in the organization's Top 25.
Position players are set to report to Red Sox camp on Feb. 18. After exhibition games on Feb. 22, Boston's spring training schedule officially begins on Feb. 23.
A transfer from College of the Canyons, De La Guerra spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in a GCU uniform. The infielder hit .344 with 11 home runs and 51 RBIs in GCU's 2015 WAC Championship season, landing himself on the All-WAC first team.
His most memorable performance came in a Lopes win over Bradley on Feb. 15, 2015, when he went 5-for-6 with two home runs and nine RBIs, the latter a GCU Division I record.
He was a 17th Round draft pick of the Red Sox in the 2015 MLB Draft.
De La Guerra's professional stock skyrocketed this past summer. After 58 games and a .294 average at the Class-A Advanced level, the Santa Maria, Calif. native was promoted to Double-A Portland where he spent the final 52 games of the season and hit .270 with a .353 on-base percentage.
Recognized as much for his defensive consistency in the middle infield, De La Guerra debuted in the MLB.com Prospect Pipeline as Boston's No. 23 prospect. He was also named as the Red Sox's MiLB.com Organizational All-Star at shortstop, saying he "became a name to know in the system." He was rewarded for his summer development with an invite to the Arizona Fall League this past fall.
In addition to all players on a club's 40-man roster, organizations will invite promising prospects as non-roster invitees to their spring training camps. While the individuals remain on their minor-league contracts, they have an opportunity to form chemistry with big league personnel, get a glimpse at the tougher competition, and receive instruction from the major league staff.
Alongside Michael Chavis (No. 2) and Kyle Martin (No. 25), De La Guerra is one of just three non-roster invitees in the organization's Top 25.
Position players are set to report to Red Sox camp on Feb. 18. After exhibition games on Feb. 22, Boston's spring training schedule officially begins on Feb. 23.
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