Biography

David Clemente Bañuelos (born October 1, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2024. Amateur career Bañuelos attended Damien High School in La Verne, California, graduating in 2014. As a senior, he batted .395 with four home runs and 24 runs batted in (RBIs) for the baseball team. Undrafted out of high school in the 2014 MLB draft, he enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, and played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags. He became the Dirtbags' starting catcher as a sophomore in 2016. During the summer of 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League. In 2017, he batted .289 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs and was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America and one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award.

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