Isaac Edgardo Paredes Calderón (born February 18, 1999) is a Mexican

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for the

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(MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020 with the

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Career

Chicago Cubs

Paredes signed with the

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as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Arizona League Cubs and posted a .305 batting average with one home run and 26 RBIs in 47 games. He played in three games with the

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that season. He started 2017 with the South Bend Cubs.

Detroit Tigers

On July 31, 2017, Paredes was traded along with Jeimer Candelario to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Alex Avila and Justin Wilson. The Tigers assigned him to the West Michigan Whitecaps where he spent the remainder of the season. In 124 total games between South Bend and West Michigan he batted .252 with 11 home runs and 70 RBIs. After the 2017 season, he played for

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of the

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(LMP). In 2018, he spent splitting time between the Lakeland Flying Tigers and Erie SeaWolves where he hit .278 with 15 home runs and seventy RBIs over the course of 123 games with the two teams. After the 2018 season, he played for Yaquis of the LMP. In 2019, he began the season for Erie. That summer, Paredes was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game. He was selected to play in the

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for the Mesa Solar Sox following the season. He would finish the season with 13 home runs, 66 RBIs, a .282 average, and 57 walks to 61 strikeouts with an OBP of .368. Paredes was added to the Tigers 40–man roster following the 2019 season. After the 2019 season, he played for Yaquis of the LMP. On August 17, 2020, the Tigers recalled Paredes, and he made his MLB debut later that day against the

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playing third base. In his second at-bat of his career, Paredes hit a bases-loaded, two-RBI single off Gio Gonzalez for his first major league hit. On August 21 against the

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, Paredes hit a grand slam for his first major league home run. He is the first Tiger player to hit a grand slam for his first major league homer since Brennan Boesch in

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, and the youngest Tiger to hit a grand slam since

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in 1954. In 34 games during the 2020 season, Paredes hit .220 with one home run and six RBIs. After the 2020 season, he played for Venados de Mazatlán of the LMP, where he hit .379 in 42 games. He has also played for Mexico in the

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. Paredes did not earn a spot on the Tigers' major league roster to start the 2021 season. He was recalled from Triple-A

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on June 8 and was in the lineup that evening. Paredes went on the 10-day injured list on July 22 with a sore hip.

Tampa Bay Rays

On April 4, 2022, the Tigers traded Paredes and a competitive balance round B pick in the

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to the

in exchange for Austin Meadows. After playing for the Durham Bulls, he made his debut with the Rays on May 1 against the

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. On May 18, Paredes had his first career multi-homer game against the Tigers at

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. On June 21, he homered three times against the

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in a 5–4 Rays victory.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Isaac 1999 births Living people Arizona League Cubs players Baseball players from Sonora Detroit Tigers players Durham Bulls players Erie SeaWolves players Lakeland Flying Tigers players Major League Baseball players from Mexico Major League Baseball shortstops Mesa Solar Sox players Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States South Bend Cubs players Sportspeople from Hermosillo Tampa Bay Rays players West Michigan Whitecaps players Yaquis de Obregón players