Josh Kasevich | |
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Toronto Blue Jays | |
Shortstop | |
Born: Palo Alto, California | January 17, 2001|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
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]
Kasevich 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]
Kasevich 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]
Kasevich's father is a professor at Stanford University and his brother played college baseball there. [16]
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