Joshua Mark Kasevich (born January 17, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 12th on Major League Baseball's 2024 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.[1]
| Josh Kasevich | |
|---|---|
| Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Shortstop | |
| Born: January 17, 2001 Palo Alto, California | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Amateur career
editKasevich attended Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California. After going 3–2 with a 2.10 ERA alongside batting .398 as a junior in 2018, he committed to play college baseball at the University of Oregon.[2] He batted .407 with two home runs alongside going 5–1 with a 0.52 ERA as a senior in 2019.[3][4] Unselected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Oregon.
As a freshman at Oregon in 2020, Kasevich batted .135 over 37 at-bats before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] As a redshirt freshman in 2021, he appeared in 55 games and slashed .324/.397/.444 with four home runs, fifty RBIs, and seven stolen bases.[6] That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the Waterloo Bucks.[7] For the 2022 season, Kasevich played in 61 games and batted .310/.383/.445 with seven home runs, 44 RBIs, 16 strikeouts, and 24 walks.[8] He was named First Team All Pac-12.[9][10]
Professional career
editKasevich was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round with the 60th overall pick of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[11] He signed with the team for $1 million.[12] He made his professional debut with the Dunedin Blue Jays, batting .262 with seven RBIs and eight doubles over 25 games.[13] Kasevich played the 2023 season with the Vancouver Canadians with whom he hit .284 with four home runs and fifty RBIs over 94 games.[14] He was assigned to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to open the 2024 season.[15]
Personal life
editKasevich's father is a professor at Stanford University and his brother played college baseball there.[16]
References
edit- ^ "MLB 2024 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Reeves, Glenn (June 27, 2018). "Paly's Kasevich commits to playing baseball at Oregon". Palo Alto Weekly.
- ^ Stephens, Mitch (June 23, 2019). "The Chronicle's 2019 All-Metro high school baseball team". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Sabedra, Darren (June 12, 2019). "All-Bay Area News Group baseball: Meet the 2019 team". The Mercury News.
- ^ Heisen, Aaron (May 17, 2021). "After a freshman slump, Josh Kasevich finds sophomore success". Daily Emerald.
- ^ Staley, Antwan (February 16, 2022). "Oregon Ducks baseball team looks to build upon last year's surprise season". The Register-Guard.
- ^ Sesker, Craig (June 30, 2021). "Bucks' Josh Kasevich wants to play for as long as he can". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ "Ducks to watch in the 2022 MLB draft". Dailyemerald.com. 10 October 2023.
- ^ "3 Oregon Ducks named 1st team all-Pac-12". Oregonlive.com. 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Five takeaways from Oregon baseball's 2022 season". On3.com. 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Blue Jays' Josh Kasevich: Scooped by Toronto". Cbssports.com. 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Blue Jays 2022 Draft signings tracker". Mlb.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Josh Kasevich Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ "Josh Kasevich Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ https://www.milb.com/news/2024-nhfc-roster-release#:~:text=Along%20with%20Roden%2C%20fellow%20returning,to%20New%20Hampshire%20for%202024.
- ^ Crepea, James (May 27, 2021). "No. 9 Oregon baseball enters final weekend of regular season at Cal, Ducks still vying for share of Pac-12 title". The Oregonian.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)