Junior Fernández Salary: How Much Does Junior Fernández Make?

Junior Fernández, full name Junior Fabio Fernández is a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team of the Major League Baseball(MLB). He is from the Dominican Republic and plays as a pitcher for the Cardinals. He has a height of 1.90m and weighs 98kg.



Junior was born and raised in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on March 2, 1997. In 2014, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent. That same year, he made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Cardinals. He played with the Gulf Coast Cardinals for the 2015 minor league season.

 

Junior Fernandez
Junior Fernandez

He began the 2016 minor league season with the Peoria Chiefs and was later promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals. During the 2017 season, he was named a Florida State League All-Star. He returned to play for the Palm Beach Cardinals in 2018. He was promoted later to play for the Springfield Cardinals. During the 2019 season, he was promoted to play with the Springfields in May and then he received another promotion to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds in June.



The Cardinals promoted him to the major leagues in August 2019 and he made his MLB debut that same month when the Cardinals played against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He tested positive for COVID-19 in 2020 and was placed on the injured list.

How Much Does Junior Fernández Make?

Junior Fernández earns $676,000 as an annual salary from the Cardinals.