Alexis Wilson

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|position = Catcher

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|birth_place = Los Mochis, Mexico

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Irving Alexis Wilson (born August 13, 1996) is a Mexican professional baseball catcher for the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican League. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent in 2014. Wilson is listed at {{convert|5|ft|10|in}} and {{convert|200|lbs}} and bats and throws right handed.

Career

=St. Louis Cardinals=

On March 28, 2014, Wilson signed with the St. Louis Cardinals organization as an international free agent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/5775/alexis-wilson/|title = Alexis Wilson Stats & Scouting Report - Baseball America}} He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Cardinals, going 4-for-19 in 6 games. In 27 games for the team in 2015, Wilson batted .248/.339/.446 with two home runs and 21 RBI.

In 2016, Wilson split the year between the DSL Cardinals and the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals, recording a .226/.335/.278 slash line with no home runs and 18 RBI. The following year, Wilson split the season between the rookie-level Johnson City Cardinals and the Low-A State College Spikes, accumulating a .248/.347/.390 batting line with two home runs and 17 RBI. In 2018, Wilson split the year between State College and the Single-A Peoria Chiefs, batting .200/.339/.276 with no home runs and five RBI in 35 games between the two teams. In 2019, Wilson split the season between Peoria and the High-A Palm Beach Cardinals, hitting .281/.339/.384 with a career-high in home runs, with five, and 17 RBI.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wilson001ale|title = Alex Wilson Minor Leagues Statistics & History}}

Wilson did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|title=2020 Minor League Season Canceled|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/2020-minor-league-season-will-be-canceled.html|website=mlb traderumors.com|date=30 June 2020 |language=en}} On May 27, 2020, Wilson was released by the Cardinals organization.{{Cite web|title=Cardinals released 33 minor-leaguers on one day during MLB's widespread farm system downsizing|url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cardinals-released-33-minor-leaguers-on-one-day-during-mlbs-widespread-farm-system-downsizing/article_9c3409c8-cd75-5e37-b15c-d337a6fc13ac.html

|website=stltoday.com|date=2 June 2020

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=Tigres de Quintana Roo=

On May 20, 2021, Wilson signed with the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican League.{{cite web|website=MiLB.com|title=Stats| url=http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_trn&lid=125 | access-date=30 May 2023}} In 42 games for the team, he batted .227/.318/.364 with five home runs and 20 RBI. Wilson was named an All-Star in 2022 as a replacement for Sebastián Valle, a year in which he hit .248/.340/.412 with nine home runs and 40 RBI across 80 appearances.{{Cite web|title=Alexis Wilson substituye a Sebastián Valle en el Juego de Estrellas de LMB|url=https://granslam.com.mx/alexis-wilson-sustituye-a-sebastian-valle-en-el-juego-de-estrellas-de-lmb/|access-date=June 2, 2025|website=granslam.com.mx|language=es}}

Wilson made 64 appearances for Quintana Roo during the 2023 season, hitting .243/.317/.336 with five home runs and 30 RBI. He played in 65 games for the Tigres in 2024, slashing .200/.294/.370 with eight home runs and 21 RBI.{{Cite web|title="Bendecido de ser parte de la Selección Mexicana": Alexis Wilson receptor de Tigres de Quintana Roo|url=https://granslam.com.mx/alexis-wilson-sustituye-a-sebastian-valle-en-el-juego-de-estrellas-de-lmb/|access-date=June 2, 2025|website=periodicocentral.mx|language=es}}

Wilson made 26 appearances for Quintana Roo in 2025, batting .207/.313/.310 with two home runs and six RBI. On June 2, 2025, it was announced that Wilson would miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus.{{Cite web|title=Alexis Wilson Is Out All Season 2025|url=https://ground.news/article/sensible-down-alexis-wilson-is-out-all-season-2025|access-date=June 2, 2025|website=ground.news.com|language=en}}

International career

Wilson was selected to the Mexico national baseball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics (contested in 2021).{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/es%2Fnoticias%2Fadrian-gonzalez-con-mexico-para-tokio-2020|title=Adrián González encabeza la lista de México para los Juegos Olímpicos|publisher=olympics.com|date=3 July 2021|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702201501/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/es/noticias/adrian-gonzalez-con-mexico-para-tokio-2020|url-status=dead}}

In June 2023, Wilson represented Mexico at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, where the team won the gold medal.{{cite web|title=Roster de México para los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe

|url=https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/roster-de-mexico-para-los-juegos-centroamericanos-y-del-caribe|website=MiLB.com|date=7 June 2023|access-date=24 June 2023|language=es}}{{cite web|title=Central American and Caribbean Games: 'El Che' Reyes to manage Mexico; Watch baseball and softball plus 36 other sports on GameTime|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/central-american-and-caribbean-games-el-che-reyes-to-manage-mexico-watch-baseball-and-softball-plus-36-other-sports-on-gametime|website=wbsc.org|publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation|date=23 June 2023|access-date=25 June 2023}}{{cite web|title=Mexico champion, Cuba and Venezuela on the podium at the Central American Games|url=https://www.wbscamericas.org/en/news/mexico-campeon-cuba-y-venezuela-en-el-podio-en-los-juegos-centroamericanos|publisher=WBSC Americas|date=2 July 2023|access-date=3 July 2023}}