Mitch Nay
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Mitchell Ellis Nay (born September 20, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He was drafted out of high school by the Blue Jays in the first round (58th overall) of the 2012 MLB Draft. He is ranked 21st on Major League Baseball's Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.[1]
Minor league career
Nay attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona. He began his high school career as a shortstop, but became a third baseman due to the presence of teammate Jorge Flores.[2] As a junior, Nay had a .495 batting average, 14 home runs, and 54 runs batted in (RBIs).[3] He won Arizona's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year Award in 2012,[2] and received a scholarship to attend Arizona State University.[4] USA Baseball named Nay to their youth baseball team.[5]
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Nay in the supplemental first round of the 2012 MLB Draft, with the 58th overall selection.[5] He signed with Toronto, forgoing his scholarship.[2] He suffered a broken foot and did not make his professional debut until 2013. In 2013, Nay played for the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, where he had a .300 batting average in 64 games. He was promoted to the Vancouver Canadians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League in time for their playoff chase. He was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the Northwest League playoffs by MiLB.com.[6]
Nay began the 2014 season with the Lansing Lugnuts of the Class A Midwest League.[7] On August 19, while Nay was leading the Midwest League in doubles, the Blue Jays promoted him to the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.[8] In 120 games in Lansing, he batted .285 with 34 doubles, three home runs, and 59 RBIs.[9] Nay played 11 games in Dunedin, batting .185 with one RBI.[9] On September 24, Nay was named the MVP for Lansing in 2014.[10] Nay played the entire 2015 season in Dunedin, and finished the season batting .243 with 5 home runs and 42 RBI in 109 games played.[9]
Personal
Nay's grandfather, Lou Klimchock, is a former MLB player.[2][8]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
