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| Roemon Fields | |
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| Center fielder | |
| Born:November 28, 1990 Seattle, Washington | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left |
Roemon C. Fields (born November 28,1990) is an American professional baseball center fielder who is a free agent.
Fields attended Rainier Beach High School,and was not drafted in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. [1] He then attended Yakima Valley Community College for a year,before transferring to Bethany College in Kansas. In 2012,Fields was invited to take part in a pre-draft workout at Kauffman Stadium,but again went undrafted,and returned to Bethany College. In two seasons at Bethany,he batted .399 with 59 stolen bases. [2] After the 2013 collegiate season,Fields stopped playing baseball and worked at a Lids franchise in addition to delivering mail for the post office. [1]
Later in 2013,Fields' manager at Yakima invited him to participate in the 2013 World Baseball Challenge,as he was coaching the USA team. [2] Fields batted .379 with three stolen bases in eight games in the tournament, [2] earning him a contract offer with the Blue Jays organization. [1] Fields signed on August 27,2013,and made his professional baseball debut with the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians in 2014. [1] In 72 games,Fields hit .269 with one home run and 26 RBI. [3] He also established a new Canadians franchise record for stolen bases in a single season,with 48. [1]
Fields played in five spring training games for Toronto in 2015,and began the season with the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. [1] [3] He advanced to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats,and then to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He was returned to New Hampshire on August 12. In total for 2015,Fields played in 121 games and hit .262 with two home runs,33 RBI,and 46 stolen bases. [3] Fields was invited to Major League spring training on January 12,2016, [4] and reassigned to minor league camp on March 12. [5] He was assigned to New Hampshire to open the 2016 minor league season. [6] In 130 games for the Fisher Cats,Fields hit .227 with four home runs,32 RBI,and 44 stolen bases. [3] Fields played in 119 games in 2017,mostly with Buffalo,and hit .283 with 34 RBI and 50 stolen bases. [3] On January 24,2018,the Blue Jays invited Fields to spring training. [7] He played 100 games with the Bisons in 2018,batting .238 with two home runs,27 RBI,and 25 stolen bases. [3] Fields returned to the Bisons in 2019,appearing in 99 games with a .254 average,two home runs,22 RBI,and 16 stolen bases. [3]