Background
Corporán was born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on January 7, 1984.
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Carlos Corporan
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I"m a baseball player."" Corporán attended Lake City Community College, where he was converted from a shortstop into a catcher.
Career
After being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2003, he spent several seasons with minor league teams in their organization. He briefly debuted in the major leagues with the 2009 Brewers. After playing in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in 2010, Corporán was called back up to the major leagues again with the Houston Astros in 2011.
He said that he wanted to play baseball from an early age.
"Even at school, when they gave us homework where you had to pick a career, doctor or dentist or whatever, I would choose baseball. My teacher told me, "That"s not a real career." I said, "That"s what I"m going to do.
Milwaukee Brewers
Corporán was drafted by Milwaukee in the 12th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft. In 2003, he played for their Rookie-League Helena Brewers and Arizona Brewers.
He was promoted to the Class-A Beloit Snappers in 2004.
He stayed in Class-A in 2005, but with the West Virginia Power. In 2006 and 2007, Corporán split his time between the Class-A Advanced Brevard County Manatees and the Double-A Huntsville Stars. He started the 2008 season in Huntsville, but was later promoted to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.
In early 2009, he served as a backup catcher in Nashville before being called up to Milwaukee when backup catcher Mike Rivera sprained his ankle.
In his only plate appearance for Milwaukee, he got his first hit in the majors off of shortstop Paul Janish. Corporán returned to Nashville after Rivera returned to playing.
After the 2009 season, he filed for free agency. Arizona Diamondbacks
He was signed to a minor league contract by the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 4, 2009.
He also received an invitation to spring training as part of the contract.
In 2010, Corporán played for the class American Automobile Association Reno Aces of the Pacific Coast League. In 87 games, he hit for a.290 batting average, 12 home runs and 50 runs batted in. Houston Astros
On June 10, 2011, Corporán was called up by the Houston Astros to replace back-up catcher Robinson Cancel.
Corporan was later removed from the 40-man roster, but had his contract purchased again on July 15, 2012.
In 2013, Corporán appeared in a career-high 64 major league games. He hit for a.225 batting average with 7 home runs and 20 Reserve Bank of India. He was designated for assignment by the Astros on January 19, 2015.
Texas Rangers
On January 21, 2015, Corporán was traded to the Texas Rangers for minor league pitcher Akeem Bostick. In 33 games for the Rangers, he batted.178/.244/.299, hitting 3 home runs and driving in 15 runs.
His season ended prematurely after suffering a thumb injury in mid-July.
On October 26, 2015, he refused a minor league assignment by the Rangers and instead, opted for free agency. New York Yankees
On January 26, 2016, Corporan signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, with an invite to spring training. He can opt out of his contract at the end of spring training, if he is not on the major league roster to start the season.
He is expected to provide depth for the Yankees at the catcher position at the American Automobile Association level
