Paul Sorrento

[William Malone]

Paul Anthony Sorrento was born on November 17, 1965 in Somerville, Massachusetts. 

The California Angels drafted him in round four of the 1986 MLB Draft. He was acquired by the Minnesota Twins in a 1988 trade that sent franchise legend Bert Blyleven to the Angels.

Sorrento debuted as a September call-up in 1989. He split the 1990 and 1991 seasons between Triple-A and the Majors, batting .220 with a .719 OPS in 67 big league games between those two seasons. Minnesota added Sorrento to their postseason roster in 1991, and he went 0-for-3 with a walk that October. All of his plate appearances came as a pinch hitter. Sorrento played one inning of defense during that playoff run, replacing Kent Hrbek at first base for the ninth inning during the Twins blowout loss in game five of the World Series.

The Twins traded Sorrento to the Cleveland Indians that off-season, acquiring pitching prospects Oscar Munoz and Curt Leskanic. He became the Indians regular first baseman, slashing .261/.340/.457 during his four years in Cleveland. Sorrento got to face the Atlanta Braves in the World Series once again while with the Indians in 1995. He hit .206 with just one RBI during the playoffs that fall, missing out on a second ring when the Indians fell in six games. His 25 home runs during the regular season that year were a career high.

He signed with the Seattle Mariners as a free agent that off-season, playing two seasons there and helping them reach the playoffs in 1997. Sorrento finished his career by playing two seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Sorrento has worked for the Angels organization in various coaching roles since 2012. He began as a minor league hitting coach, and was eventually added to the Major League staff in 2015. In 2023, he transitioned to a player development role that has him working with minor league players at various levels of their system.

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