| Niko Decolati | |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Position: | Right fielder |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Boulder, Colorado |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
Nicholas Quinn Decolati (born August 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball right fielder who is a free agent.
Decolati was born in Boulder, Colorado, before moving to Las Vegas due to his father's job; he attended Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas.[1] As a junior in 2014, he batted .414 with eight home runs.[2] In 2015, his senior year, he hit .411 with ten home runs, 25 RBIs, and 39 runs, and was named the Southern Nevada Player of the Year.[3]
After graduating high school in 2015, Decolati enrolled at Loyola Marymount University where he played college baseball. As a freshman in 2016, he played in 47 games (making forty starts) in which he hit .306 with four home runs and 33 RBIs, earning a spot on the All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team.[4] In 2017, he played in 56 games, slashing .320/.426/.432 with four home runs and 24 RBIs. That summer, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star.[5] [6] As a junior in 2018, he started 54 of 55 games and batted .271 with six home runs and 21 RBIs.[7] After his junior year, he was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the sixth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[8]
Decolati signed with the Rockies and was assigned to the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League. After being a third baseman all through high school and college, the Rockies immediately moved him to right field.[9] He was named an All-Star.[10] Over 69 games in Grand Junction, he batted .327 with 11 home runs and 56 RBIs.[11] In 2019, he missed time at the beginning of the year after suffering a broken wrist, but returned to play in June with the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting .265 with six home runs and 38 RBIs over 77 games.[12] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Decolati was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A West for the 2021 season, slashing .264/.341/.402 with 11 home runs, 56 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases over 100 games.[14] He spent the 2022 season with the Hartford Yard Goats of the Double-A Eastern League but missed time due to injury.[15] Over 44 games, he batted .199 with one home run and 17 RBIs.[16] He became a free agent after the 2024 season.[17]