| Sherten Apostel | |
| Position: | Third baseman / First baseman |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Willemstad, Curaçao |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 12 |
| Debutyear: | 2020 |
| Debutteam: | Texas Rangers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Statyear: | 2020 season |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .100 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 0 |
| Teams: | |
Sherten Wimbert Ramiro Apostel (born March 11, 1999) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball third baseman and first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.
Apostel signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent in July 2015, for a signing bonus of $200,000.[1] [2] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the DSL Pirates, hitting .205/.308/.275/.583 with one home run and 8 RBI in 48 games.[3] Apostel returned to the DSL Pirates in 2017, hitting .258/.422/.495/.917 with 9 home runs and 48 RBI in 61 games.[3] After spending the first half of the 2018 season in extended spring training, he was assigned to the Bristol Pirates and hit .259/.406/.460/.866 with 7 home runs and 26 RBI in 41 games.[3]
Apostel was traded to the Texas Rangers on August 17, 2018, as the PTBNL a previous trade that saw the Pirates acquire Keone Kela trade.[4] [5] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the Low-A Northwest League and hit .351/.469/.459 with one home run and 10 RBI in 12 games.[6] [7] Apostel was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads of the Single-A South Atlantic League to open the 2019 season.[8] [9] There, he turned in a .258/.325/.470 batting line with 15 home runs and 43 RBI over 80 games.[3] [10] He was promoted to the Down East Wood Ducks of the High-A Carolina League on July 17.[11] [12] Apostel produced a .237/.352/.378 slash line with four home runs and 16 RBI for Down East.[13] [14]
On November 20, 2019, the Rangers added Apostel to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[15] He was called up to the major leagues for the first time on September 12, 2020, made his debut that day against the Oakland Athletics, and recorded his first hit off of Yusmeiro Petit.[16] Apostel split an injury filled 2021 season between the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central, and the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A West, hitting a combined .235/.321/.416 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI.[17] He opened the 2022 season back with Round Rock.[18]
On April 7, 2022, Apostel was designated for assignment by Texas.[19] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A Round Rock Express on April 14.[20] In 19 games for Round Rock, Apostel slashed .224/.325/.433 with three home runs and 15 RBI. He elected free agency following the season on November 10.[21]
On April 21, 2023, Apostel signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball.[22] He spent the season on their farm team and became a free agent after the season's conclusion.
Apostel's brother, Shendrik, is a professional baseball first baseman.[23]