Braxton Lee

Braxton Russell Lee (born August 23, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins in 2018.

Braxton Lee
New York Mets
Outfielder
Born: (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993
Picayune, Mississippi
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
March 30, 2018, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average.176
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
Teams

Career

Tampa Bay Rays

Lee attended Picayune High School in Picayune, Mississippi and played college baseball at Pearl River Community College and the University of Mississippi. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 12th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.[1] He spent his first professional season with the Hudson Valley Renegades and batted .287 with 13 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 51 games. He played for the Charlotte Stone Crabs in 2015 and posted a .281 batting average with 24 RBIs in 115 games, and for the Montgomery Biscuits in 2016 where he slashed .209/.269/256 with 25 RBIs in 110 games.

Miami Marlins

Lee started 2017 with the Montgomery Biscuits.[2] On June 26, he was traded, along with Ethan Clark, to the Miami Marlins for Adeiny Hechavarria.[3] The Marlins assigned him to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp where he spent the rest of the season. In 127 combined games between Montgomery and Jacksonville, he batted .309 with three home runs, 37 RBIs and twenty stolen bases.[4] After the season, Lee played in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to play in the Fall Stars Game.[5][6] The Marlins added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[7]

The Marlins added Lee to their 2018 Opening Day 25-man roster.[8]

New York Mets

At the 2018 Winter Meetings, the New York Mets selected Lee from the Marlins in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.[9] Lee spent the 2019 season between the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and the Syracuse Mets.

See also

References
  1. "Picayune native taking it one pitch at a time, gains national attention as Minor League leader in hits, batting average - Picayune Item". www.picayuneitem.com.
  2. "Biscuits center fielder Braxton Lee leading while off the grid". Montgomeryadvertiser.com. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  3. Ochspochs, Patrick (June 28, 2017). "Picayune's Braxton Lee recaps shock of being traded by Tampa Bay Rays". The Sun Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  4. "Braxton Lee Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  5. Ochs, Patrick (September 13, 2017). "Picayune's Braxton Lee is the Southern League's batting champion". The Sun Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  6. "Dillon Peters, Braxton Lee highlight MarlinsБ─≥ Arizona Fall League group". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  7. "Marlins make trade with Yankees, add four other players to 40-man roster". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  8. Magee, Patrick (February 22, 2018). "Miami Marlins recall Braxton Lee from minors". The Sun Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  9. https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-rule-5-draft-results/c-301780782
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