Ehire Adrianza

Ehire Enrique Adrianza Palma (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈejɾe aðˈɾjansa]; born August 21, 1989) is a former Venezuelan-American professional baseball shortstop.

Adrianza began his professional career in 2006, playing for the Dominican Summer League Giants and hitting .156 in 122 at-bats.

After hitting .258 in 388 at-bats for the Single–A Augusta Greenjackets in 2009, Adrianza helped the High–A San Jose Giants win the California League Championship in 2010.

In 2012, Adrianza played in 127 games for the Double–A Richmond Flying Squirrels, hitting .220/.289/.310 with 3 home runs, 32 RBI, and 16 stolen bases.

[5] On April 5, 2015, Adrianza was designated for assignment by San Francisco after failing to make the Opening Day roster.

[8] On the year, he took the field primarily as a middle infielder, playing in 52 games and hitting .186/.303/.266 with no home runs, 11 RBI, and 3 stolen bases.

[9][10] On April 9, 2016, Adrianza homered off Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers for his second career home run.

Adrianza and the Giants avoided salary arbitration following the season on December 3, agreeing to a one-year, $600,000 contract.

[34] On August 1, 2022, Adrianza was traded to the Braves for minor league outfielder Trey Harris[35][36] and appeared in 6 games, going 2-for-13 with 3 walks.

On March 20, after Vaughn Grissom and Braden Shewmake were optioned to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers, it was announced that Adrianza would begin the season as Atlanta's primary utility infielder.

[38] After playing in five games for Atlanta (and going hitless in 10 at-bats), Adrianza was placed on the injured list with right elbow inflammation on May 5.

[39] He was transferred to the 60-day injured list on May 19 after suffering a left shoulder strain while on rehab assignment with the High-A Rome Braves.

[45] He played in eight games for the team, hitting .192 with one home run and two RBI, before he was placed on the injured list with back spasms.

[53][54] On November 2, 2021, Adrianza was removed from the Braves' World Series roster ahead of Game 6 when his wife went into labor.

Adrianza with the Giants in 2016
Adrianza playing for the Twins in 2018