Javier Sanoja | |
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Miami Marlins – No. 46 | |
Outfielder / Infielder | |
Born: Maracay, Venezuela | September 3, 2002|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 7, 2024, for the Miami Marlins | |
MLB statistics (through August 23,2025) | |
Batting average | .244 |
Home runs | 5 |
Runs batted in | 30 |
Teams | |
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Javier Ernesto Sanoja (born September 3,2002) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder and infielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Sanoja signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent on July 2,2019. [1] He did not play in a game 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Sanoja subsequently did not make his professional debut until 2021 with the Dominican Summer League Marlins. In 2022,Sanoja played for the rookie-level Florida Complex League Marlins and Jupiter Hammerheads;in 2023,he split the year between Jupiter and the Beloit Sky Carp.
Sanoja started 2024 with the Double–A Pensacola Blue Wahoos and was promoted to the Triple–A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp after 15 games. [3] In 111 games for Jacksonville,he slashed .291/.354/.431 with six home runs,58 RBI,and 14 stolen bases. On September 7,2024,Sanoja was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [4] In 15 appearances with the Marlins during his rookie campaign,he batted .229/.250/.286 with two RBI. [5]
On April 20,2025,Sanoja hit his first career home run,a three-run shot off of Orion Kerkering of the Philadelphia Phillies. [6]