Jeremy De La Rosa

Jeremy De La Rosa
Free agent
Outfielder
Born: (2002-01-16) January 16, 2002
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left
Throws: Left

Jeremy José De La Rosa (born January 16, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.

Career

The Washington Nationals signed De La Rosa as an international amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic, where he trained at the Quality Baseball Academy, for a reported $300,000 bonus on July 2, 2018. After signing De La Rosa,[1] the Nationals sent him to their instructional league in West Palm Beach, Florida, that fall.[2]

De La Rosa ranked as the Nationals' twelfth-best prospect entering the 2019 season, according to MLB Pipeline.[3] Baseball America praised his "promising tools" and ability to make contact at the plate without swinging out of the strike zone.[2] Mark Scialabba, the Nationals' player development director, named De La Rosa as one of his breakout candidates in 2019.[4] De La Rosa did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

In 2022, De La Rosa split the year between the Single–A Fredericksburg Nationals and High–A Wilmington Blue Rocks, playing in 101 total games and batting a cumulative .280/.358/.436 with 11 home runs, 67 RBI, and 39 stolen bases. On November 15, 2022, the Nationals added De La Rosa to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[6]

De La Rosa was optioned to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators to begin the 2023 season.[7] However, he spent the year with High–A Wilmington, playing in 93 games and batting .240/.324/.361 with 7 home runs, 42 RBI, and 13 stolen bases. On November 10, 2023, De La Rosa was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to the Triple–A Rochester Red Wings.[8]

De La Rosa split the 2025 season between the Harrisburg, Wilmington, and the rookie-level Florida Complex League Nationals, batting a combined .200/.281/.306 with three home runs, 18 RBI, and six stolen bases. He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2025.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ @RISE_Baseball (July 2, 2018). "Congrats to Top 50 international prospect Jeremy de la Rosa on signing with Washington Nationals today. RISE Baseba…" (Tweet). Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b Badler, Ben (April 4, 2019). "2018-19 International Reviews: Washington Nationals". Baseball America. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  3. ^ Erickson, Luke (February 19, 2019). "MLB Pipeline Releases its 2019 Top 30 for Washington". NationalsProspects.com. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Dykstra, Sam (March 22, 2019). "Toolshed: Who's the Nats' next phenom?". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  6. ^ "Nationals' Jeremy De La Rosa: Added to 40-man". cbssports.com. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "Nationals' Jeremy De La Rosa: Optioned to Double-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  8. ^ "Nationals Outright Jeremy De La Rosa, Matt Cronin". mlbtraderumors.com. November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Minor League Free Agents 2025". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
  10. ^ "Transactions". MiLB.com.
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