Andy Pages
Andy Pages ( PAH-hess) (born December 8, 2000), nicknamed "Big Dog", is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
| Andy Pages | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Pages with the Great Lakes Loons in 2021 | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 44 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: December 8, 2000 Mantua, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 16, 2024, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics (through April 25, 2026) | |
| Batting average | .269 |
| Home runs | 45 |
| Runs batted in | 156 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Andy Pages (/ˈpɑːhɛs/ PAH-hess) (born December 8, 2000), nicknamed "Big Dog",[1] is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Early life
[edit]Pages was born in Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba, to Juana Maria and Liban Pages.[2][3][4] He has a younger sister, Elaine.[5] Pages played sports from a young age, and though he enjoyed basketball, soccer, and volleyball, he showed a particular interest and aptitude for baseball.[3][5] His father, a carpenter who primarily fixed boats, carved his first bats from wood scraps.[3]
Career
[edit]Early years in Cuba
[edit]By 2015, Pages was a rising star among Cuba’s young players, hitting .364/.484/.581 with 25 walks and just three strikeouts in 161 plate appearances in the 15-and-under league.[6] At 16, he arranged to be spirited off the island (alongside Jairo Pomares), traveling through Guyana, Curaçao, and Haiti, before crossing into Dominican Republic, in hopes of getting signed by Major League Baseball (MLB). Eight months later, in March 2018, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Pages.[2]
Los Angeles Dodgers
[edit]2018–2024: Minor leagues
[edit]Pages signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $300,000 in 2018.[6] He appeared in 10 games for the Arizona League Dodgers and 42 for the Dominican Summer League Dodgers that year, hitting .229.[7] The following season, with the rookie level Ogden Raptors, he led the league in extra-base hits with 43 and ranked second in homers (19), RBI (55), total bases (153) and slugging (.651) as an 18-year-old.[8] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was assigned to the Great Lakes Loons for 2021.[9] He played in 120 games for the Loons, hitting .265 with 31 home runs and 88 RBI.[7] He was selected as a post-season High-A Central All-Star, and he was also named Most Valuable Player and Top MLB Prospect of the league.[10] In 2022, he played for the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Texas League, hitting .236 with 26 home runs and 80 RBI.[7]
On November 15, 2022 the Dodgers team added Pages to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[11] Pages returned to Tulsa to begin the 2023 season[12] where he hit .284 in 33 games.[7] He was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers on May 16.[13] Pages appeared in only one game in Triple-A, striking out twice in three at-bats[7] before tearing the labrum in his shoulder and missing the rest of the season.[14]
2024: Call-up to the major leagues
[edit]After spring training, Pages returned to Oklahoma City to begin the 2024 season[15] and was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on April 16.[16] He started in center field that day against the Washington Nationals and singled in his first MLB at-bat off Patrick Corbin.[17] Pages hit his first major league home run off Grant Hartwig of the New York Mets on April 21.[18] On May 3, he had four hits, including his first MLB walk-off RBI in a game against the Atlanta Braves.[19] In 116 games, Pages batted .248 with 13 home runs and 46 RBI.[20] He was hitless in two at-bats in the 2024 NLDS.[20]
In Game 5 of the 2024 National League Championship Series, Pages hit two home runs, becoming the first Dodgers rookie to homer twice in a single playoff game.[21] He had a total of four hits in 17 at-bats in the series.[20] He was on the active roster for the 2024 World Series but did not appear in the series, in which the Dodgers won in five games.[20]
2025 Season
[edit]On April 28, 2025, Pages was named the National League Player of the Week, co-winning with Eugenio Suárez for the 5th week of the season after going 13-for-20 (.650) and slugging 1.250 with four home runs and six RBI in that period, including three doubles and a home run in a three-game home series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.[22] On June 17, Pages hit his first career multi-home run regular season game against the San Diego Padres as he went 4-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs in an 8–6 victory.[23] Pages finished the season batting .272/.313/.461 with 27 home runs and 86 runs batted in.[20]
Pages struggled offensively in the postseason. He was hitless in nine at-bats in the Wild Card Series and had only one hit in 15 at-bats in the 2025 NLDS.[20] He did drive in the series-clinching run in the 11th inning of Game 4, hitting a weak grounder to the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies that was misplayed by relief pitcher Orion Kerkering and scored pinch-runner Hyeseong Kim.[24] In the 2025 NLCS, he had two hits (including a double) in 11 at-bats.[20]
Pages would remain on the starting lineup for the 2025 World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays but continue to struggle offensively, again recording just one hit in 15 at-bats through the first four games,[25] before being replaced in the starting lineup before Game 5.[26] In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, with the score tied and the bases loaded, Pages replaced Tommy Edman in center field then made a game-saving catch on a long fly ball to extend the game. The Dodgers would go on to win for a second consecutive World Series championship.[27]
2026 Season
[edit]On April 6, 2026, following the first complete week of the season, Pages was named the National League Player of the Week for the second time in his career after five consecutive multi-hit games while slashing .583/.615/.917 with 14 hits, 2 home runs, and 7 RBIs.[28]
Personal life
[edit]Pages is married to Alondra Pages.[2][4] Due to the political situation between the U.S. and Cuba that prevented most travel between the countries, Pages did not see his family in person for seven years after he defected, when he visited them during the winter before his call-up in 2024.[5] Pages has become especially close with teammate Teoscar Hernández, who has a history of mentoring players far from home, such as former Toronto Blue Jays teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Big dog, Andy Pages". Instagram. Los Angeles Dodgers.
- ^ a b c Baxter, Kevin (October 23, 2025). "Cuban Andy Pages' Dodgers success is bittersweet due to family separation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ a b c Toribio, Juan (August 16, 2024). "Pages' Cuban roots are ingrained in his bat". MLB.com. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ a b Ardaya, Fabian (April 17, 2024). "Andy Pages' arrival a 'pleasant surprise' — and one the Dodgers need". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Baxter, Kevin (June 9, 2025). "Andy Pages is used to beating the odds, and he's doing it again with the Dodgers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ a b Badler, Ben (April 30, 2018). "International Reviews: Los Angeles Dodgers". Baseball America.
- ^ a b c d e "Andy Pages Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Andy Pages scouting report". MLB Pipeline. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ Harris, Blake (June 26, 2021). "Andy Pages continues to impress in High-A". SB Nation. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Postseason All-Stars". milb.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ^ Stephen, Eric (November 15, 2022). "Dodgers add Diego Cartaya, Michael Busch, Andy Pages, Jonny DeLuca to 40-man roster". SB Nation. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Dodgers' Andy Pages: Optioned to minors by LAD". CBSSports.com. March 13, 2023. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ Stephen, Eric (May 16, 2023). "Dodgers outfielders Andy Pages, Jonny DeLuca promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City". SB Nation. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ McDonald, Darragh (June 4, 2023). "Dodgers' Prospect Andy Pages Undergoes Shoulder Surgery". mlb trade rumors. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ Stephen, Eric (March 29, 2024). "Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Oklahoma City sets preliminary roster for 2024". SB Nation. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ Toribio, Juan (April 17, 2024). "Andy Pages called up by Dodgers". MLB.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
- ^ Toribio, Juan (April 16, 2024). "Pages cracks first MLB hit on first pitch he sees". MLB.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Andy Pages' first MLB HR | 04/21/2024". MLB.com.
- ^ Toribio, Juan (May 3, 2024). "Rookie sensation Pages delivers walk-off single on 4-hit night". mlb.com. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Andy Pages Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
- ^ McCalvy, Adam (October 19, 2024). "Andy Pages hits two home runs in NLCS Game 5". MLB.com. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ "Player of the Week". MLB.com. April 28, 2025.
- ^ Chen, Sonja (June 18, 2025). "Pages (4-for-4, 2 HRs) leads the way in another wild one vs. Padres". MLB.com. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
- ^ "Dodgers 2-1 Phillies (Oct 9, 2025) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
- ^ "Andy Pages 2025 Postseason Batting Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ "Dodgers' Andy Pages: Left out of Game 5 lineup". CBS Sports. October 29, 2025. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ Chen, Sonja (November 2, 2025). "Miguel Rojas, Andy Pages key to Dodgers' Game 7 victory". MLB.com. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
- ^ "Andy Pages and Yordan Alvarez Named Players of the Week". MLB.com. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac