Jaylin Davis

Jaylin Malik Davis (born July 1, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for Appalachian State University. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 24th round of the 2015 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2019 with the San Francisco Giants.

Jaylin Davis
Davis with the Fort Myers Miracle
Boston Red Sox – No. 43
Outfielder
Born: (1994-07-01) July 1, 1994
Greensboro, North Carolina
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 4, 2019, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Batting average.159
Home runs2
Runs batted in4
Teams

Amateur career

Davis attended Northeast Guilford High School in McLeansville, North Carolina, where he had a .453 batting average as a sophomore, .468 as a junior and .483 as a senior.[1] He was all-state and conference player of the year in his senior year.[1]

Davis attended Appalachian State University, where he majored in health promotion and played college baseball.[2] In 2013, he was a Louisville Slugger freshman all-American, and was named the Southern Conference freshman of the year.[1] He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 24th round of the 2015 MLB draft.[3]

Professional career

Minnesota Twins

Davis spent his first professional season in 2016 with the rookie-level Elizabethton Twins and Class A Cedar Rapids Kernels,[4][5] registering a .255/.341/.523 slash line with 16 home runs and 41 RBIs over 64 games. He played in 2017 with Cedar Rapids and the Class A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle, slashing .253/.303/.416 with 15 home runs, 66 RBIs, and 147 strikeouts in 125 games.

He played in 2018 with Fort Myers (with whom he was named a Florida State League All-Star)[6] and the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts, hitting .273/.347/.412 with 11 home runs, 53 RBIs, and 126 strikeouts in 120 games. After the 2018 season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.

Davis started 2019 with the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos, earning Southern League All-Star honors,[7] and was promoted to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings during the season.[8] In Rochester, Davis earned International League Player of The Month honors for the month of July.

San Francisco Giants

On July 31, 2019, Davis (along with Prelander Berroa and Kai-Wei Teng) was traded to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Sam Dyson.[9] Following the trade, he was assigned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League. With three minor-league teams during 2019 he hit a combined .306/.397/.590 with 35 home runs, 10 stolen bases, and 94 RBIs while striking out 138 times in 468 at bats.[10]

On September 4, 2019, the Giants selected Davis' contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[11] He made his major-league debut that night versus the St. Louis Cardinals, hitting an infield single off of Michael Wacha.[12] Davis hit his first major-league home run on September 25, a walk-off off of D. J. Johnson of the Colorado Rockies.[13] For the 2019 season, he batted .167/.255/.238 in 42 at bats.[10] In 2020 for the Giants, Davis batted .167/.167/.417 with a home run and an RBI in 12 at bats.[14]

On April 11, 2021, Davis was placed on the 60-day injured list with left knee tendinitis.[15] He was activated from the injured list on July 1.[16] During the 2021 season for the Giants, Davis batted one-for-nine (0.111). With Triple-A Sacramento, he batted .230/.317/.503 with 34 runs, 11 home runs, and 34 RBIs in 161 at bats.[17] He began the 2022 season with Sacramento and was designated for assignment on April 21.[18]

Boston Red Sox

On April 28, 2022, Davis was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox and assigned to the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox.[19] He was added to Boston's active roster on April 29,[20] and made his Red Sox debut on May 1.[21] He was then optioned back to Worcester, as MLB rosters contracted from 28 to 26 players.[22]

References
  1. "Jaylin Davis - Baseball". App State Athletics.
  2. "The Interview with Jaylin Davis Northeast Guilford, senior, baseball | Baseball". greensboro.com. March 29, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  3. "Davis, Dobson among four Appalachian State Mountaineers taken in MLB Draft | Asu". journalnow.com. June 10, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. "Jaylin Davis overcomes shoulder injury, playing well early for C.R. Kernels". The Gazette. July 10, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. "Power surge continues for Jaylin Davis of Cedar Rapids Kernels". The Gazette. May 25, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. "Four Miracle selected as 2018 FSL All-Stars | Miracle". Milb.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  7. "Blue Wahoos Jaylin Davis Plays Entire Way In SL All-Star Game | Blue Wahoos". Milb.com. June 19, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. "Davis fights through adversity to find success". Navarre Press. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. Park, Do-Hyoung (July 31, 2019). "Twins get reliever Dyson from Giants". MLB.com.
  10. "Jaylin Davis College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  11. Kerry Crowley (September 4, 2019). "Giants call up power-hitting outfielder Jaylin Davis from Triple-A". The Mercury News. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  12. Alex Pavlovic (September 4, 2019). "Jaylin Davis lives up to Giants' expectations, shows off elite speed". NBC Sports Bay Area. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  13. Alex Pavlovic (September 25, 2019). "Giants witness Jaylin Davis' 'tremendous gift' on walk-off home run". NBC Sports Bay Area. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  14. Klopfer, Brady (October 22, 2020). "Jaylin Davis wasn't given much of a chance". McCovey Chronicles.
  15. "Giants Acquire Thairo Estrada". MLB Trade Rumors.
  16. "Giants Place Mike Tauchman On Injured List". MLB Trade Rumors.
  17. "Jaylin Davis College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  18. Pavlovic, Alex (April 29, 2022). "Giants lose outfielder Jaylin Davis to Red Sox on waiver claim". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  19. Leger, Justin (April 28, 2022). "Red Sox claim outfielder off waivers from Giants". NBC Sports. New York, NY.
  20. Collins, Matt (April 29, 2022). "Red Sox designate Travis Shaw for assignment". overthemonster.com. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  21. Cotillo, Chris (May 1, 2022). "J.D. Martinez returns, Jaylin Davis makes Boston Red Sox debut Sunday vs. Orioles; Alex Verdugo gets rare day off". masslive.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via MSN.com.
  22. Cotillo, Chris (May 1, 2022). "Red Sox roster moves: Jaylin Davis, Phillips Valdez sent down to WooSox; Travis Shaw elects free agency". masslive.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
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