Black Milb Players

Andre Jackson is a 25-year-old starting pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization from Tuscon, Arizona. Jackson was one of the top high school baseball players coming out of the state of Arizona, which is one of the hotbeds for top-tier high school baseball players in the Western hemisphere. A…

Jeter Downs is a 23-year-old Afro-Colombian middle infielder in the Boston Red Sox organization with an interesting combination of power and speed for an up-the-middle player. He brings solid on-base skills and a reliable glove to the table as well. — Background + Path to Professional Baseball Jeter Downs is a twenty-three-year-old Afro-Colombian shortstop/second baseman in the Boston Red Sox organization that was born and raised in Colombia until he was four and then moved to Southern Florida with his family, where he grew up. Downs is named after Derek Jeter, as the Yankees Hall of…

After a shoulder injury and the COVID-19 pandemic delayed his meteoric rise through Minor League Baseball, Richie Palacios is back wreaking havoc on pitchers from the left-handed batter’s box. With a crowded toolbox that includes versatility, speed, and on-base skills he has a chance to be a dynamic position player for the Cleveland Guardians very soon. — Background + Path To Professional Baseball

One of the only few Black catchers in MiLB/MLB that is not Afro-Latino, Bo Naylor is one of the core pieces in Cleveland’s farm system. The catcher from Toronto, Canada offers an uncommon blend of intelligence, athleticism, and skill behind the plate. — Background + Path to Professional Baseball Noah “Bo” Naylor is a twenty-one-year-old catcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization from Toronto, Canada. The Naylor family has MLB bloodlines as Bo’s older brother Josh currently plays for the Cleveland Guardians major league ball club. The youngest brother Myles is expected to be a pick in an MLB…

Background + Path to Professional Baseball CJ Abrams is a 20-year-old shortstop in the San Diego Padres organization from Alpharetta, Georgia. Abrams was introduced to the game by his parents, picking up a bat for the first time at 18 months old. Abrams started playing youth baseball at four years old against six-year-olds, one of the…

Background + Path to Professional Baseball Tahnaj Thomas is a twenty-one-year-old starting pitcher from Freeport, Bahamas. Thomas is a prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization but was signed by the Cleveland Baseball Team in December 2016 as an international amateur free agent, receiving a 200,000 dollar signing bonus. …

Background + Path To Professional Baseball Vidal Bruján is a 23-year-old second baseman in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He is a Haitian-Dominican from San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, one of two cities in the Dominican Republic that have a large concentration of individuals of Haitian descent. Many professional baseball players of Haitian descent do…

Kristian Robinson is one of the many talented Afro-Caribbean prospects to come from The Bahamas in recent years.