Michael Conforto
| Michael Conforto | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Conforto in November 2015
|
|
| New York Mets - No. 30 | |
| Left fielder | |
| Born: March 1, 1993 Seattle , Washington , United States 
|
|
| Strikes: Left | Throws: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| July 24, 2015 at the New York Mets | |
| MLB stats (through July 10, 2017) |
|
| Batting average | .253 |
| Home runs | 35 |
| RBI | 109 |
| Hits | 178 |
| Teams | |
|
|
| Awards | |
|
|
|
Michael Thomas Conforto (* 1. March 1993 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American baseball player in Major League Baseball , which in Field Left plays. Conforto has been with the New York Mets since his MLB debut , which selected him in the first round in the 2014 MLB Draft .
Career
Amateur career
Michael Conforto played in the Little League World Series 2004 for the Northwest region at the age of 11 . During his high school years in Redmond , he played baseball and American football successfully , but ultimately chose baseball and the offer from Oregon State University . In college, he made a name for himself with 179 RBIs , 120 walks and 31 home runs .
Draft and Minor Leagues
The New York Mets chose Conforto in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft with the tenth pick and in July 2014 both parties agreed on a contract that secured Conforto a bonus of USD 2,970,800 for his signature, among other things . The rest of the season the player spent with the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets' Short Season A Minor League team. He played 42 games for the Cyclones, had 30 runs and impressed with a hit rate of just over 33%. For the 2015 season, Conforto was promoted to the St. Lucie Mets at Advanced A level in April and later in May to the Binghamton Mets at AA level. He played 91 games for both teams together.
Major Leagues
On July 24, 2015, Conforto was finally called up to the Major League and made his debut in a 7-2 home loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers . In the regular season of the 2015 MLB season , Conforto was used 56 times and contributed 30 runs to the success of the Mets, including 9 home runs and 26 RBIs. With the division victory of the Mets, Conforto reached the play-offs in the first MLB year and was able to achieve his first home run in the post season in game 2 of the National League Division Series 2015 , and in game 4 of the 2015 World Series he even got two home runs Runs in one game. In total, Conforto made 12 appearances in the 2015 play-offs, which he and the Mets finished as champions of the National League and as a defeated team in the World Series.
After convincing performances at the beginning of the 2016 season in April, Conforto's batting average dropped drastically from 36.5% to 16.9% in May and finally 11.9% in June. Then Conforto, who, like his manager Terry Collins, saw mental reasons for the loss of performance, was transferred to the Mets' AAA team, the Las Vegas 51s . There he should work on self-confidence and looseness, away from greater media attention. As a replacement for Conforto, Brandon Nimmo was appointed to the MLB squad for the first time . On July 17, 2016, Conforto was recalled to the MLB roster, while Nimmo was transferred back to Las Vegas.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mets' Michael Conforto Becomes Third Person to Play in Little League®, College, and MLB World Series. (No longer available online.) Little League Baseball, October 22, 2015, archived from the original on May 24, 2016 ; accessed on May 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Michael Conforto, Oregon State Beavers great, promoted to New York Mets. The Oregonian, July 24, 2015, accessed May 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Draft Tracker, all draft picks 2014. mlb.com, accessed on May 24, 2016 (English).
- ^ Former Oregon State Beavers star Michael Conforto in New York to sign with Mets. The Oregonian, July 11, 2014, accessed May 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Brandon Nimmo 'in shock,' Conforto resolute after shakeup. New York Post, June 25, 2016, accessed June 27, 2016 .
- ^ Mets turn back to Michael Conforto. New York Post, July 17, 2016, accessed July 18, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Conforto, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conforto, Michael Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington |