Wilmer Difo

Wilmer Difo (born April 2, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball second baseman for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Difo signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent on June 3, 2010. He made his professional debut that season for the Dominican Summer League Nationals. From 2010 to 2013, he played for the Gulf Coast Nationals, Auburn Doubledays, Hagerstown Suns and Potomac Nationals. Difo played the 2014 season with Hagerstown. He was named the 2014 South Atlantic League Most Valuable Player (MVP) with a .315 batting average, a .360 on-base percentage and a .470 slugging average, with 14 home runs and 90 runs batted in. He received the Bob Boone Award from the Nationals, which "recognizes professionalism and passion". Difo started 2015 with the Potomac Nationals and was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators after 19 games.

On May 19, 2015 Difo was called up to the major leagues for the first time and collected his first hit in his first at-bat, a single up the middle. On October 14, 2016 he struck out for the game's last out as a pinch hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Washington Nationals 4-3 to win the National League Division Series.