American baseball player (born 1995)
Baseball player
Robert Vernon Dalbec (born June 29, 1995) is an American
professional baseball
corner infielder for the
Boston Red Sox of
Major League Baseball (MLB). He played
college baseball for the
Arizona Wildcats of the
University of Arizona . Listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 227 pounds (103 kg), he bats and throws right-handed.
Amateur career
Dalbec attended
Legend High School in
Parker, Colorado , where he played for the school's baseball team as a
shortstop and a
pitcher .
[1] He also played on the basketball team during two seasons. He was not selected in the
Major League Baseball (MLB) draft due to his strong commitment to attend the
University of Arizona .
[2] He enrolled as a general studies major.
Dalbec enrolled at Arizona to play
college baseball for the
Arizona Wildcats as a
third baseman ,
first baseman , and
relief pitcher .
[2] In his freshman year, he participated in the
National Collegiate Athletic Association 's
home run derby .
[3] After his freshman season in 2014, he played
collegiate summer baseball for the
Orleans Firebirds of the
Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL),
[4] and participated in the league's All Star Home Run Hitting contest.
[5] As a sophomore, Dalbec hit .319/.410/.601 with 15
home runs in 213 at bats.
[6] Following his sophomore season in 2015, he returned to the Orleans Firebirds, batted .284 with 14 home runs in 33 games,
[7] and was named to the CCBL 2015 All-League team.
[8] He struggled in his junior year, but began to improve his play later in the season, as the Wildcats made the
2016 College World Series .
[9]
[10]
[11]
Professional career
Minor leagues
The
Boston Red Sox selected Dalbec in the fourth round of the
2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft .
[12] He signed with the Red Sox, receiving a $650,000
signing bonus ,
[13] and made his professional debut with the
Class A Short Season
Lowell Spinners , where he spent the whole season, posting a .386/.427/.674
slash line with seven home runs and 33 RBIs in 34 games.
Dalbec spent 2017 with the
Greenville Drive of the
Class A
South Atlantic League ,
[14] slashing .246/.345/.437 with 13 home runs and 39 RBIs in 78 games as well as batting .259 in seven rehab games with the
GCL Red Sox after returning from a wrist injury.
[15]
In 2018, Dalbec started season with the
Salem Red Sox of the
Class A-Advanced
Carolina League .
[16]
[17] In 100 games with Salem, he slashed .256/.372/.573 while leading the league with 26 home runs and 85 RBIs in 344 at bats.
[18] Dalbec was promoted to the
Portland Sea Dogs of the
Double-A
Eastern League on August 3.
[19]
[20] In September, Dalbec was named both Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the 2018 Minor League Awards announced by the Red Sox.
[21] He won the
Carolina League Most Valuable Player Award .
[21] After the regular season, he played for the
Mesa Solar Sox of the
Arizona Fall League .
[22]
In 2019, Dalbec began the season with Portland,
[23] and was promoted to the
Pawtucket Red Sox of the
Triple-A
International League in early August.
[24] Overall during 2019, he slashed .239/.356/.460 with 27 home runs and 73 RBIs in 135 games.
[15]
Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox added Dalbec to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season.
[25] He was optioned to Pawtucket on March 8, 2020.
[26] On July 7, the team announced that he had tested positive for
COVID-19 ; he remained asymptomatic.
[27] On August 30, Dalbec was added to Boston's active roster following the trade of
Mitch Moreland .
[28] Dalbec made his MLB debut that day, against the
Washington Nationals ; his first major league hit was a third-inning home run off of
Javy Guerra , coming in his second major league
at bat .
[29] Through his first 10 major league games, Dalbec hit six home runs, including five straight games with a home run.
[30] During the shortened
2020 Red Sox season, Dalbec batted .263 with eight home runs and 16 RBIs in 23 games.
[31] Following the 2020 season, Dalbec was ranked by
Baseball America as the Red Sox' number three prospect.
[32]
The Red Sox named Dalbec their starting first baseman for
Opening Day in 2021.
[33] On July 29, he became the tallest player ever to make an appearance at shortstop for the Red Sox.
[34] During August, he batted .339 with seven home runs and 21 RBIs, and was named the
AL Rookie of the Month .
[35] For the regular season, Dalbec played in 133 games for Boston, batting .240 with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs.
[31] He appeared in eight postseason games, batting 0-for-12 as the Red Sox advanced to the
American League Championship Series .
[31]
Dalbec began 2022 as Boston's primary first baseman. Following a lack of offensive consistency at the position, the team began using outfielder
Franchy Cordero at first base in May,
[36] then acquired first baseman
Eric Hosmer at the trade deadline in early August.
[37] On September 4, with a .211 batting average for the season,
[38] the team optioned Dalbec to Triple-A to clear roster space for call-up
Triston Casas .
[39] Dalbec was recalled to Boston on September 22, when
Trevor Story was placed on the injured list.
[40] For the season, Dalbec batted .215 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs in 117 games for Boston.
[31] In 13 games with the Triple-A
Worcester Red Sox , he batted .250 with five home runs and eight RBIs.
[41]
In 2023, the Red Sox optioned Dalbec to Worcester for Opening Day.
[42] He was recalled to Boston for a week in April,
[43] and a week in May.
[44]
[45] Through his first 40 games with Worcester, he was batting .310 with 14 home runs and 35 RBIs.
[46] Dalbec was again recalled to Boston for less than a week in the second-half of June.
[47]
[48] In mid-September, Dalbec was recalled by Boston due to an injury to Casas.
[49]
International career
On October 10, 2019, Dalbec was selected for the
United States national baseball team in the
2019 WBSC Premier 12 .
[50] He was named the best first baseman in the tournament.
[51]
Personal life
Dalbec grew up in
Seattle and was a fan of the
Seattle Mariners ,
Seattle Seahawks , and
Oklahoma City Thunder .
[52]
[53] He is interested in the music industry and is able to play the
guitar and
piano .
[54]
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Further reading
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