Rangel Ravelo

Rangel Ravelo (born April 24, 1992) is a Cuban professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League.

[3][4] After the season, he was named the Barons Player of the Year after hitting .309 with a .859 on-base plus slugging (OPS) and 11 home runs.

[5] After the 2014 season, the White Sox traded Ravelo, Josh Phegley, Marcus Semien, and Chris Bassitt to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa.

With no natural position to play at Triple-A, due to Matt Olson's full-time first base assignment, and being too advanced for Double-A, Ravelo was released before the start of the season.

[8] On April 7, 2017, Ravelo signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals,[9] and was assigned to the Memphis Redbirds, where he spent the whole season, posting a .314 batting average with eight home runs and 41 RBIs.

[13] On September 5, 2019, Ravelo hit his first career Major League home run off of former Cardinals farmhand Kyle Barraclough in the 8th inning of a win against the San Francisco Giants.

[17] He was assigned to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he slashed a torrid .407/.504/.758 with 8 home runs and 27 RBI in 26 games.

On February 8, 2023, Ravelo signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres with an invitation to spring training.