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Meet The Kernels — Jermaine Palacios
Name: Jermaine Palacios
Number: 16
Position: Shortstop
Bats/Throws: Right/Right
Height/Weight: 6-foot, 145 pounds
Age: 19
Hometown: Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Noteworthy: Ranked the No. 19 prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization by Baseball America. Signed as international free agent September 6, 2013. Hit .270 in 49 games for Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Twins in 2014. Broke out last season with combined .370 batting average at two Rookie-level stops (.421 in 26 games for Gulf Coast League Twins and .336 in 31 games for Elizabethton). Accumulated .311 batting average in 118 profesional games coming into this season.
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