José Alberto Godoy is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher who currently plays for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.
He was born on October 13, 1994. (MLB). He had a career in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners. In 2011, the St. Louis Cardinals chose to take a chance on him and sign him as an international free agent.
On May 21, 2021, when he made his debut in Major League Baseball (MLB), he became the 20,000th player in the history of the MLB.
Godoy became an official member of the St. Louis Cardinals organization as an international free agent on July 2, 2011. In 2012, he made his debut with the DSL Cardinals, which was his first professional team.
He re-signed with the Cardinals in 2018, this time on a new minor league contract that included an invitation to the team’s spring training.
In 2019, he played for the Memphis Redbirds and became the first player in his career to reach Triple-A. In 2020, he made the decision to become a free agent, and the Cardinals signed him to their roster of 60 players.
Godoy was given his first opportunity to play in the main leagues on the 20th of May, 2021, when he was added to the 40-man roster of his team. It was that night against the San Diego Padres that he made his Major League Baseball debut.
He entered the game as a substitution for fellow backstop Tom Murphy. In addition to that, Godoy was the 20,000th player in the history of the MLB.
During his first season in the major leagues, he played in 16 games and had a batting line of.162/.225/.189 with three runs batted in.
How Much Does José Godoy Make?
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