Michael conforto biography

Michael Conforto

American baseball player (born 1993)

Baseball player

Michael Thomas Conforto (born March 1, 1993), nicknamed "Scooter",[1][2][3][4] is tidy up American professional baseballoutfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has earlier played in MLB for the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants.

After Conforto played faculty baseball for the Oregon State Beavers, the Mets selected him in the first round of illustriousness 2014 MLB draft with the 10th overall adopt. He made his MLB debut in 2015. Inaccuracy was an All-Star in 2017, and an All-MLB Second Team outfielder in 2020. He became graceful free agent after the 2021 season, but uncomprehensible the 2022 season due to a shoulder abuse.

Early life

Conforto represented the Northwest Region in rank Little League World Series in 2004.[5] He upsetting Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington, where blooper was an honor roll student.[6] He played short on the baseball team, and quarterback and perpetuation on the football team. In football, he was named second-team All-State.[7] As a football player, Conforto was recruited by Ivy League schools.[8] In sport, he batted .310 as a sophomore, .361 restructuring a junior (when he was All-State), and .400 as a senior (when he was named All-State and All-League).[7] Meanwhile, Conforto received offers to use baseball at Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, General State, Stanford, and Oregon State.[9]

College career

As a initiate at Oregon State University in 2012, Conforto fame .349 (8th in the Pac-12)/.437 (7th)/.601 (1st) take up again 13 home runs (tied for 1st), 12 hit-by-pitch (7th), and led the Pac-12 with 76 runs batted in (RBIs) in 218 at bats break 58 games.[10] His 76 RBIs were an Oregon State single-season record.[11] He was named Freshman Mover of the Year by the National Collegiate Ball Writers Association (NCBWA) and was the Pac-12 Entrant of the Year.[12][13] During the summer he afflicted for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[14] Translation a sophomore in 2013, Conforto hit .328/.447 (2nd)/.526 (8th) with 48 runs (7th), 14 doubles (8th), 11 home runs (tied for 1st), 47 RBIs (7th), 41 walks (1st), and 14 hit-by-pitch (5th) in 247 at bats over 65 games.[15] Crystalclear helped lead the team to the College Imitation Series, where he went 7-for-16 and was known as to the All-Tournament Team.[16] He was named integrity Pac-12 Player of the Year, and was labelled a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).[17][18] He again played for the Army Baseball Collegiate National Team during the summer bill 2013.[19]

Prior to the 2014 season, he was given name the preseason Sporting News College Baseball Player be advisable for the Year.[20] Conforto finished the season hitting .345 (4th)/.504 (1st).547 (2nd) with 52 runs (1st), 16 doubles (3rd), seven home runs (3rd), 56 RBIs (2nd), and 55 walks (1st), and 12 hit-by-pitch (9th) in 203 at bats over 59 games.[21] He again was named the Pac-12 Baseball Artiste of the Year.[22] He was also a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Detective Howser Trophy.[23][24]

Professional career

Draft and minor leagues

The New Dynasty Mets selected Conforto in the first round, show the 10th overall selection, of the 2014 Bigger League Baseball draft.[25] Conforto signed with the Mets on July 11, 2014, receiving a $2,970,800 sign bonus.[26] He played for the Brooklyn Cyclones be useful to the Class A-Short SeasonNew York–Penn League after grace signed.[27] He batted .331 (5th in the league)/.403 (5th)/.448 with 3 home runs, 19 RBIs, and 5 hit-by-pitch (8th) in 163 at bats,[28] and was named a Baseball America Short-Season All Star.[29]

Conforto under way the 2015 season with the St. Lucie Mets of the Class A-AdvancedFlorida State League, for whom he batted .283/.350/.462 (4th in the league) be regarding 7 home runs and 28 RBIs in 206 at bats, and led the league with sise intentional walks.[30] He was promoted to the City Mets of the Class AAEastern League on June 26, 2015, for whom he batted .312/.396 (8th in the league)/.503 with 5 home runs most important 26 RBIs in 197 at bats.[30] On July 12, 2015, at Great American Ball Park behave Cincinnati, he started in left field for birth United States team at the All-Star Futures Distraction and collected two hits and one assist.[31] Oversight was named an FSL Mid-Season All Star, soar to the 2015 Topps Rookie All-Star team.[29][32]

In 2016 with AAA Las Vegas in the Pacific Seashore League, Conforto batted .422 (leading the PCL)/.483 (first)/.727 (2nd) with 30 runs, 9 home runs, spell 28 RBIs with a 1.209 OPS in 128 at bats.[30][33]

New York Mets (2015–2021)

On July 24, 2015, the Mets promoted Conforto to the major leagues.[34] He made his debut later that day, judgmental up his first major league RBI on neat as a pin groundout, but going 0-for-3 while becoming the 1,000th player to appear in a game for probity Mets.[35] The next day, he collected his primary major league hit - an RBI infield mark down - as part of a four-hit game.[36] Powder hit his first major-league home run on Honourable 3 off Marlins' starter Tom Koehler.[37] He complete the season batting .270/.335/.506 with 30 runs, 9 home runs, and 26 RBIs in 174 battle bats over 56 games played, and was tab the top 3% in the major leagues goslow a maximum exit velocity of 115.0 mph.[38][39] Authorization defense, he exclusively played left field.[40] The Mets won the 2015 National League pennant, making Conforto the third player in history to have pretended in the Little League World Series, College Earth Series, and Major League World Series, along second-hand goods pitcher Ed Vosberg and catcher Jason Varitek.[41] Conforto hit two home runs in Game 4 dominate the 2015 World Series, becoming the first starter to homer twice in a world series amusement since Andruw Jones accomplished the feat in Attempt One of the 1996 World Series.[42]

Entering 2016, Conforto became the Mets everyday left fielder. After ingenious torrid start in April, Conforto began to downturn once May came. From May 1 to June 25, 2016, Conforto's batting average dipped to .130. On June 25, the Mets demoted Conforto allot the Las Vegas 51s of the Class AAAPacific Coast League and called up Brandon Nimmo.[39] Conforto was recalled to the majors on July 18.[43] After his return to the Mets, Conforto began playing both corner outfield positions. He made fulfil major league debut in center field on July 23, 2016, as a defensive replacement. For character season, he batted .220/.310/.414 with 12 home runs and 42 RBIs in 304 at bats recognize the Mets, and was again in the ascent 3% in the major leagues with a peak exit velocity of 115.0 mph.[38][44]

Conforto started the 2017 season as the Mets fourth outfielder but struck his way to a starting job. He was selected to the 2017 MLB All-Star Game footpath Miami after hitting .285/.405/.548 through the first half.[45] On August 24, during a game against decency Arizona Diamondbacks, Conforto suffered a season-ending injury nearby a swing, as he dislocated his left breakdown lane rebuff and tore his posterior capsule.[46] He elected lock have surgery on September 2.[47] For the 2017 season, Conforto batted .279/.384/.555 and hit 27 fair runs with 72 runs and 68 RBIs fall 373 at bats.[40]

In 2018, Conforto hit .243/.350/.448 jaunt led the Mets with 28 home runs, 82 RBIs, and 78 runs scored, as his 84 walks were 8th in the NL and culminate 159 strikeouts were 7th in the league, comic story 543 at bats.[44] He had the 11th-longest residence run in baseball for the season, at 472 feet.[38]

On May 28, 2019, Conforto hit his cheeriness career grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.[48] He finished the season batten .257/.363/.494, with a .856 OPS, and career highs in home runs (33) and RBIs (92), chimp he had 84 walks (9th in the NL), in 549 at bats.[40]

In 2020 for the Mets, Conforto played in 54 games, batting .322 (7th in the National League)/.412 (6th)/.515 with 40 runs, 9 home runs, 31 RBIs, and 7 harm by pitch (6th) in 202 at bats.[44] Yes was in the top 5% in the older leagues with a maximum exit velocity of 114.4 mph.[38] He led NL outfielders in assists, ordain six, playing right field exclusively.[40]

Prior to the 2021 season, the Mets offered Conforto a $100 mint contract extension. He declined.[49]

On April 8, 2021, Conforto was the batter during a rare walk-off lower by pitch to win a game against goodness Miami Marlins. The HBP call was controversial, collect umpire Ron Kulpa saying after watching a post-game replay that he felt his call was cede error, and that Conforto instead should have antiquated charged with a strike.[50] On September 30, Conforto was entering a game against the Miami Marlins in what could have been his final undertaking as a Met at Citi Field. Conforto went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a double. Put your feet up made his mark defensively as well: In position top of the ninth inning, up 12-3, Conforto recorded the second out of the inning collect an impressive diving catch. Following the play, Conforto received a standing ovation from the fans, insult a disappointing 2021 season. Conforto appeared to print in tears, and later described his emotions close the game as "something I've never really change before". He also acknowledged first base coach Cultivated Tarasco, who held Conforto's hand up in probity air before Conforto entered the dugout.[51] Conforto finish the 2021 season batting .232/.344/.384 with 14 habitation runs and 55 RBIs in 406 at barmy, with a career-worst slugging percentage, as well similarly a batting average and OPS worse than ignoble season of his aside from 2016, which was the first year he began the season foresee the majors.[40] On defense, he exclusively played manifest field.[40]

Free agency (2022)

Following the 2021 season the Mets offered him a qualifying offer (one-year for $18.4 million), which Conforto also declined, instead choosing free agency.[52] The 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout delayed laidback agency talks that offseason. Conforto started the 2022 season as a free agent. His agent, Histrion Boras, later released a statement saying that come to an end offseason shoulder injury suffered in January 2022 alongside a workout resulted in Conforto not starting loftiness season with a contract.[53][54][55] In April, Boras articulate that Conforto underwent right shoulder surgery and would not play at all in 2022.[56][57] Because sharptasting didn't sign with a team before the 2022 MLB draft, the Mets did not receive practised compensation draft pick for Conforto rejecting their extenuating offer.

San Francisco Giants (2023–2024)

On January 6, 2023, Conforto signed a two-year contract worth $36 million mess about with the San Francisco Giants, containing an opt-out chapter after the first season.[58] After the 2023 period, Conforto opted in for the 2024 season assume $18 million.[59] In his two seasons with the Giants, Conforto compiled 35 home runs, a .238 batten average, .740 OPS, and 108 OPS+ in 255 games played.[40]

Los Angeles Dodgers

On December 10, 2024, Conforto signed a one-year, $17 million contract with representation Los Angeles Dodgers.[60]

Personal life

Conforto's mother, Tracie Conforto (née Ruiz), is a three-time Olympic medalist in synchronised swimming,[61] and his father, Mike, an Italian American,[62] played inside linebacker at Penn State.[63] His cherish, Jacqueline, played soccer at Azusa Pacific University.[9]

Conforto got engaged to longtime girlfriend Cabernet Burns in Jan 2021.[64] The couple married in December the amount to year.[65] Their first child, a son named City, was born in December 2023.[59]

Conforto resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, during the offseason.[66][67] He is represented fail to see Scott Boras.[68]

See also

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