Tito Polo
Quick Facts
Biography
Tito Luis Polo Gonzalez (born August 23, 1994) is a Colombian professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Career
Polo signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent in March 2012. The Pirates traded him, along with Stephen Tarpley, to the New York Yankees on August 30, 2016, as players to be named later for Iván Nova.
Polo played for the Colombia national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC). He played in Colombia's first WBC victory. He began the 2017 season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League in July. On July 18, 2017, the Yankees traded Polo, Tyler Clippard, Blake Rutherford, and Ian Clarkin to the Chicago White Sox for David Robertson, Todd Frazier, and Tommy Kahnle.