| Víctor Mederos | |
| Team: | Los Angeles Angels |
| Number: | 62 |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Clara, Cuba |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | June 30 |
| Debutyear: | 2023 |
| Debutteam: | Los Angeles Angels |
| Statyear: | September 7, 2024 |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–1 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 10.80 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 8 |
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Víctor Mederos (born June 8, 2001) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Mederos was born in Santa Clara, Cuba.[1] In 2008, his family obtained travel visas allowing them to travel to Costa Rica, and then they traveled to Mexico and then to the United States. The family were allowed entry into the United States through the wet feet, dry feet policy. They settled in Miami.
Mederos graduated from Westminster Christian School. He enrolled at the University of Miami and began his college baseball career with the Miami Hurricanes before transferring to Oklahoma State University to play for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.[2] In 2021, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3]
The Los Angeles Angels selected Mederos in the sixth round, with the 178th overall selection, of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He made his professional debut with the High–A Tri-City Dust Devils, making 6 starts and recording a 5.63 ERA with 15 strikeouts in 16 innings of work.[5] Mederos began the 2023 season with the Double–A Rocket City Trash Pandas, starting 12 contests and registering a 5.98 ERA with 71 strikeouts across innings pitched.[6]
On June 30, 2023, the Angels promoted Mederos to the major leagues for the first time.[7] [8] [9] In 3 games for Los Angeles, he posted a 9.00 ERA with 3 strikeouts in as many innings. Mederos was optioned to the Triple–A Salt Lake Bees to begin the 2024 season.[10]