Edward Olivares
Edward Olivares is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.Career
Olivares was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 2, 2014. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the DSL Blue Jays, hitting.314/.436/.414/.850 with 1 home run and 22 RBI. He played for the Gulf Coast Blue Jays in 2015, hitting.198/.345/.362/.707 with 3 home runs and 10 RBI. In 2016, he played just 15 game for the Bluefield Blue Jays, hitting.273/.339/.418/.757 with 1 home run and 6 RBI. He split the 2017 season between the Lansing Lugnuts and the Dunedin Blue Jays, hitting a combined.269/.327/.468/.795 with 17 home runs and 72 RBI.On January 6, 2018, Olivares and Jared Carkuff were traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Yangervis Solarte. He spent the 2018 season with the Lake Elsinore Storm, hitting.277/.321/.429/.750 with 12 home runs and 62 RBI.
The Padres added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He spent the 2019 season with the Amarillo Sod Poodles, slashing.283/.349/.453 with 18 home runs, 77 RBIs, and 35 stolen bases over 127 games.
Olivares made his major league debut on July 25, 2020 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, hitting a double over 3 at-bats.
