Austin Romine

Austin Romine
Romine with the New York Yankees
New York Yankees – No. 28
Catcher
Born: (1988-11-22) November 22, 1988
Lake Forest, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 11, 2011, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through September 27, 2018)
Batting average .227
Home runs 17
Runs batted in 99
IP 1.0
Teams

Austin Allen Romine (born November 22, 1988) is an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He participated in the All-Star Futures Game in 2010 and made his MLB debut in 2011. He is the brother of Andrew Romine.

Career

Early years

Austin Romine with the Yankees in 2018

Romine attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California, where he played on the school's baseball team with Nolan Arenado.[1] He was drafted by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[2][3]

Going into the 2009 season, he was rated the Yankees' fourth best prospect[4] and their second best prospect for 2010, according to Baseball America.[5] In 2009, Romine was named the Florida State League Player of the Year.[6] In 2010, he was named as a participant in the All-Star Futures Game.[7][8]

2011

After competing for the big league backup catcher job in spring training, Romine was assigned to the Double-A Trenton Thunder to begin the 2011 season.[9] The Yankees promoted Romine to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on September 1.[10] After injuries to two catchers, first to Russell Martin and then Francisco Cervelli, the Yankees promoted him to the major leagues on September 10.[11] In the seventh inning of the September 11 game against the Angels, Romine made his major league debut behind the plate.[12] On September 12, he got his first Major League hit off of Mariners reliever Dan Cortes.

2012

Romine missed most of the 2012 season when he was diagnosed with two bulging discs in his back.[13]

2013

When Francisco Cervelli suffered a broken hand on April 26, 2013, the Yankees promoted him to the major leagues.[14] On August 4, 2013, Romine hit the first home run of his Major League career off of San Diego Padres pitcher Dale Thayer.[15] He suffered a concussion on September 10, when he was hit in the mask by a foul ball.[16]

2014

Romine competed with Cervelli and John Ryan Murphy to be the backup catcher for the Yankees in 2014 spring training, Cervelli won the job, and Romine was optioned to the minor leagues.[17] Romine was called up several times during the 2014 season due to injuries to various players but he only appeared in seven games during the season.

2015

Romine was designated for assignment on April 4, 2015,[18] and was outrighted from the 40-man roster and assigned to Scranton/Wilkes Barre on April 8.[19] Romine batted .260 with seven home runs for the RailRiders in 2015.[20] The Yankees promoted Romine to the major leagues on September 1.[21]

2016

During spring training in 2016, Romine won the backup catcher competition over top catching prospect Gary Sánchez.[22] In 2016 as the Yankees' backup catcher, Romine played in 62 games hitting .242 with 4 home runs and 26 RBI.

2017

In 2017, Romine began the season as the backup to Gary Sanchez but after an injury to Gary Sanchez on April 8, 2017, Romine became the Yankees starting catcher until Sanchez returned at the start of May.[23] On August 24, 2017, Romine got into an altercation with Miguel Cabrera at home plate. Cabrera shoved Romine, triggering a bench-clearing brawl, and both combatants were ejected. The next day, on August 25, Romine was suspended for two games, pending an appeal. On September 8, Romine dropped his appeal, and began serving his suspension, which was reduced to one game.

2018

Romine became primary catcher for the Yankees after Gary Sánchez was injured in June 2018, and again re-injured in July 2018. He is expected to serve this role until Sánchez's return. On July 24, 2018 Romine was announced as the Yankees' "Heart and Hustle" award winner.[24] On October 8, Romine pitched in the top of the ninth inning in a 16–1 loss by the Yankees to the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the 2018 American League Division Series, becoming only the second position player to ever pitch in the postseason, the first since Cliff Pennington in the 2015 American League Championship Series. Romine gave up one home run to Brock Holt, allowing Holt to become the first player to hit for the cycle in an MLB postseason game.[25]

Personal life

Romine's father, Kevin, played in the majors for the Boston Red Sox from 1985 to 1991.[3] His brother, Andrew, plays for the Seattle Mariners.[26] Romine and his wife Alexzandria had their first child, a son, born in 2013.[27]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Berg, Ted (April 22, 2013). "Six guys set to become MLB stars | For The Win". Ftw.usatoday.com. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Yankees take Brackman in first round of MLB draft". Chatham Journal. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Prospect Profile: Austin Romine". Riveraveblues.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Manuel, John (November 10, 2008). "New York Yankees top 10 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ New York Yankees Top 10 Prospects, 2010, Baseball America. Published December 16, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ Danny Wild (August 31, 2009). "Romine, Bromberg highlight FSL All-Stars". MLB.com. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Austin Romine and Hector Noesi named to Futures Game | The Lohud Yankees Blog". Yankees.lhblogs.com. June 22, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Yankees prospect Romine gets chance to shine at Futures game". Newsday.com. July 11, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Trentonian Blogs: Minor Matters: Austin Romine will be back in Trenton". Minormatterstrenton.blogspot.com. March 28, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Romine Called Up To Triple-A Scranton…Finally « Mike Ashmore's Thunder Thoughts". Thunderbaseball.wordpress.com. September 1, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  11. ↑ Caple, Jim (September 15, 2011). "The September story of Steve Delabar". Page 2. ESPN.com. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  12. ↑ Carig, Marc (September 12, 2011). "Yankees' Jesus Montero, Austin Romine make catching debuts in front of teacher Julio Mosquera". NJ.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  13. ↑ Donnie Collins (Staff Writer) (April 2, 2013). "RailRiders' Romine looking to make comeback - Sports". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Francisco Cervelli of New York Yankees fractures hand while Ivan Nova hurts elbow - ESPN New York". Espn.go.com. January 1, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Austin Romine Career Home Runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  16. ↑ "Austin Romine still dealing with concussion symptoms, not ready for return to Yankees". NJ.com. September 19, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Yankees select Francisco Cervelli as backup catcher". NJ.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  18. ↑ Short, D.J. (April 4, 2015). "Yankees designate catcher Austin Romine for assignment". Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  19. ↑ Mello, Igor. "Yankees catcher Romine outrighted to minors". CBS Sports Fantasy News. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Yankees' Austin Romine has turned career around in 6 weeks". NJ.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Yankees announce September call-ups including Andrew Bailey". CBSSports.com. August 31, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Austin Romine wins Yankees' backup catcher job". Newsday. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  23. ↑ April 18, 2017 (2017-04-18). "Austin Romine is taking advantage of the opportunity created by Gary Sanchez's injury - River Avenue Blues". Riveraveblues.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  24. ↑ https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/07/24/yankees-gary-sanchez-austin-romine-heart-hustle-award-winner
  25. ↑ Austin Romine pitches ninth inning in New York Yankees' blowout loss to Red Sox North Jersey Record. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  26. ↑ McCarron, Anthony (December 11, 2010). "New York Yankees prospect Austin Romine trying to follow in father's (and brother's) footsteps". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  27. ↑ Mark Feinsand (2013-02-12). "Austin Romine appears at Yankees spring training camp as father of new baby boy and in the race to become team's starting catcher". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
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