Brayan Rocchio

Venezuelan baseball player (born 2001)

Baseball player

Brayan Rocchio
Rocchio in 2023
Cleveland Guardians – No. 4
Shortstop
Born: (2001-01-13) January 13, 2001 (age 23) Caracas, Venezuela
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 16, 2023, for the Cleveland Guardians
MLB statistics (through April 30, 2024)
Batting average	.227
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	12

Teams
Cleveland Guardians (2023–present)

Brayan Hommy Rocchio (born January 13, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Rocchio was signed as an international free agent by the Cleveland Indians in July 2017.^[1] He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Indians in 2018.^[2]

Rocchio was promoted to the Arizona League Indians after hitting .323 in 25 games for the DSL Indians.^[3] He had an even better season with the AZL Indians, hitting for a .343 batting average in 35 games. Across both leagues in his first professional season, Rocchio hit .335 in 60 games.^[4] For his 2019 season, he played the full season with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in Low–A ball. He played in 69 games, hitting for a .250 batting average.^[4] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The newly named Cleveland Guardians selected Rocchio to their 40-man roster on November 19, 2021.^{[citation needed]} Rocchio was optioned to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers to begin the 2023 season.^[5]

On April 19, 2023, Rocchio was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.^[6] He did not see game action for the Guardians and was optioned back to Columbus the following day, becoming a phantom ballplayer.^[7] On May 16, Rocchio was again promoted to the major leagues after José Ramírez was placed on the bereavement list.^[8]

References

^ Noga, Joe (March 18, 2020). "No. 6 Brayan Rocchio, SS: Cleveland Indians top prospects right now". Cleveland.com.
^ Hemminger, Brian (January 18, 2021). "Brayan Rocchio is our No. 6 Cleveland prospect. Who should be No. 7?". Covering the Corner.
^ Coblitz, Joseph (January 16, 2019). "Brayan Rocchio: The Next Big Thing". The Sports Daily.
^ ^a ^b "Brayan Rocchio Statistics". Baseball Reference.
^ "Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Top prospect sent to minors". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
^ "Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Call-up official". CBSSports.com.
^ "Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Optioned to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^ "Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Receiving promotion". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.