Bio
Braulio Vasquez brings an impressive resume showcasing his ability to play all over the diamond for the Explorers in 2026. The native of the Dominican Republic has played 160 games at third base, 86 at first base and 83 at second base in his career. He has also played another 18 games at shortstop and has seen time in the outfield as well in his eight-year professional career. He comes to Sioux City after playing three games in Triple-A Mexico with Leon in 2025 and 101 games in Japan in 2024 with Kufu Hayate of the Western League. In Japan, Vasquez hit .262 with 31 RBI while slashing a line of .262/.309/.305 for the highest minor league level in Japan. He finished the season in Japan with 15 stolen bases, good for third on the club.
Vasquez, a switch hitter who throws right-handed, spent from 2016 to 2022 with the Atlanta Braves organization. The versatile infielder signed with Atlanta in July of 2016 as a free agent and would reach high-A in the Braves system. In 2022, he played 66 games with Augusta in the Carolina League, hitting .263 with two home runs and 25 RBI while stealing 26 bases. His 26 stolen bases tied him for second on the team for the season. Vasquez played three games at high-A Rome in the South Atlantic League during the 2022 season with just seven at bats in his short time in Rome. In the winter season of 2022-2023 and in 2021 and 2022, Vasquez took the field in his native Dominican Republic with Estrellas of the Dominican Winter League.
In 2021 Vasquez played a MiLB career-high 74 games at Augusta where he slammed six home runs and drove in 23 runs for the Green Jackets. He would slash a line of .220/.340/.350 while burning up the base paths with a team-leading 40 stolen bases and finishing third in the league in that category. Vasquez did not play in 2020 with the MiLB shutdown for the season, but he was on the field for 52 games at Rome in the A-level South Atlantic League in 2019. He hit .209 with one homer and 13 RBI with Rome while spending two stints on the injured list during the season.
Vasquez spent the 2018 and 2017 seasons in the Gulf Coast Rookie League for Atlanta. He slashed a .269/.317/.407 hitting line in 2018 with four home runs and 20 RBI in 45 games and added a slash line of .270/.371/.329 in 47 games in 2017 with 16 RBI. In his first professional season in 2016, Vasquez played in 28 games in the Dominican Summer League, hitting .333 with six RBI and 11 stolen bases after signing with the Braves earlier in the summer. The 26 year old was born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and will turn 27 on April 26.