Five games, 13 hits, three homers.
It was quite a week for Los Angeles Dodgers’ center fielder Andy Pages, who broke out with what might be the best week of his young career after a slow start to his second season in the Major Leagues.
Four of those five games were multi-hit games, with Pages getting “only” one hit — a solo homer — on April 23 in a 7-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The day before, he had two hits and two runs scored in an 11-10 loss to the Cubs on the North Side.
Back home in Los Angeles against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pages pounded out the hits, going 10-for-12 over three games and scoring a pair of runs. The best game of the week for the Havana-born outfielder was the last, as he went 4-for-5 with a run scored, a homer, and four RBIs in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win.
After defecting from Cuba as a teenager, Pages signed with the Dodgers for $300,000 in 2018, splitting his first season as a professional between the Dominican Summer League and the Arizona League. After missing the 2020 season when the Covid-19 Pandemic resulted in cancellation of the entire year in Minor League Baseball, Pages steadily progressed up the chain until finding himself in Triple-A in 2024.
Following a hot start that saw him go 23-for-62 with five homers, 15 RBIs and two stolen bases to start the season in Oklahoma City, Pages played 115 games for Los Angeles in 2024, batting .248/.305/.407 with 13 homers and 46 RBIs
This year, he’s already posting better numbers, slashing .277/.355/.506 through 25 games, clubbing five homers and driving in 11 runs.
If he remains hot, it’s possible that the Federacion Cubana de Beisbol could invite the ex-pat to join Cuba at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, though it’s unclear if Pages would accept such an invite.
Pages and the Dodgers host the Miami Marlins on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before traveling to Atlanta for a three-game weekend series. Tuesday’s game will be televised nationally on MLB Network at 10:10 p.m. EDT, and Saturday’s game at Atlanta will be televised at 7:15 p.m. EDT, also on MLB Network. Sunday’s series finale will be broadcast on ESPN, with the first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. EDT.
Photo: Andy Pages makes contact with the ball during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
