Alexander Manuel Colomé Pérez (born December 31, 1988) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins and Colorado Rockies.

Alex Colomé
Colomé with the Tampa Bay Rays
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1988-12-31) December 31, 1988 (age 33) Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 30, 2013, for the Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics (through 2022 season)
Win–loss record	34–34
Earned run average	3.34
Strikeouts	475
Saves	159
Teams
Tampa Bay Rays (2013–2018) Seattle Mariners (2018) Chicago White Sox (2019–2020) Minnesota Twins (2021) Colorado Rockies (2022)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2016) AL saves leader (2017)

Professional career

Tampa Bay Rays

At age eighteen, Colomé signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent in March 2007. The Rays added him to their 40-man roster on November 18, 2011.[1]

The Rays promoted Colomé to the major leagues on May 29, 2013.[2] He started 3 games, posting a 2.25 earned run average (ERA).

On March 24, 2014, Colomé was suspended 50 games for failing a random drug test.[3] Colome ended the year 2–0 with a 2.66 ERA in 5 games, 3 of which were starts. Colomé saw his first significant playing time in 2015, most of it due to a switch to the bullpen, where he finished with 43 appearances and a 3.94 ERA.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, Colomé was named the full-time closer for the Rays due to an injury to Brad Boxberger. He kept the role as closer. He finished the season with 37 saves, fourth in the AL, and ended the season with a 1.91 ERA.[4] Colome was also selected to his first career All-Star game.

In 2017, Colomé became the sixth player in franchise history to reach 40 saves in a season;[5] he ended the season with 47 saves, which led the major leagues.[6]

Seattle Mariners

On May 25, 2018, the Rays traded Colomé and outfielder Denard Span to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor leaguers Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero.[7]

Chicago White Sox

On November 30, 2018, the Mariners traded Colomé to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Omar Narváez.[8] With the 2020 Chicago White Sox, Colomé appeared in 21 games, compiling a 2–0 record with 0.81 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 22.1 innings pitched.[9]

Minnesota Twins

On February 12, 2021, Colomé officially signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the Minnesota Twins.[10]

Colorado Rockies

On March 17, 2022, Colomé officially signed a one-year, $4.1 million contract with the Colorado Rockies.[11]

Personal life

Colomé is the nephew of former Rays reliever Jesús Colomé.[12]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Alex Colome on Twitter