Shawn Zarraga
Aruban baseball player (1989-)
Shawn Joubert Zarraga (born January 21, 1989) is an Aruban former professional baseball catcher. He played for the Netherlands national baseball team in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 and 2017 World Baseball Classic. He is a phantom ballplayer, having spent a day on the active roster of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016.
Career
Milwaukee Brewers
Zarraga was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 44th round of the 2007 MLB draft out of Trinity Christian Academy in Lake Worth, Florida. He began with the Arizona League Brewers in 2008 and then split 2009 between the Helena Brewers and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. He was promoted to the Advanced-A Brevard County Manatees in 2010 and spent the next three seasons there before a 2013 promotion to the Double–A Huntsville Stars. In late 2014 he was promoted to the Triple–A Nashville Sounds.
Los Angeles Dodgers
On December 18, 2014, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor leaguers Jarret Martin and Matt Long. The Dodgers extended him an invitation to Major League spring training. Zarraga split 2015 between the Double–A Tulsa Drillers and Triple–A Oklahoma City Dodgers, hitting .286 in 62 games.
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