Joe Carlo Sclafani (born April 22, 1990) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round in 2012.
| Joe Sclafani | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sclafani at spring training in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Infielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 22, 1990 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
Amateur career
editSclafani played college baseball at Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012. He played in 172 games, hitting .326/.408/.490 with 11 home runs and an Ivy League record 19 triples.[1]
Professional career
editSclafani was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 2012 MLB draft.[2] He signed with the Astros and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats.[3] In 2013, he started with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks during the season.[4] In 2014, Sclafani started with the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks and was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks.[5] In 2015, Sclafani spent time with the Hooks and Fresno Grizzlies. He was invited to major league spring training for the 2016 season but was released on March 31, 2016.[6]
Post-baseball career
editIn June 2016, Sclafani joined the Toronto Blue Jays player development department as an assistant. Sclafani was promoted to a coordinator for the 2018 season and became the assistant director of player development in January 2019.[7] On January 27, 2022, Sclafani was promoted to the title of Director of Player Development.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Spotlight on Joe Sclafani". DartmouthSports.com. 27 April 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Laurel Pfahler. "Astros take Sclafani in 14th round of draft". TCP. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Ivy Leaguer tops 'Cats class". Times Union. 9 July 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Astros' Ivy Leaguer Sclafani preps for Majors". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Oklahoma City RedHawks: RedHawks' Joe Sclafani likes challenge of utility role". NewsOK.com. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Joe Sclafani Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com". MLB.com.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-sclafani-94590428 [self-published source]
- ^ "Blue Jays director of player development on his promotion, the state of the farm system and the club's top prospects".
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Dartmouth Big Green bio
.jpg){kind=small}   | This biographical article relating to an American baseball infielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |