Jake Marisnick

Jake Marisnick
Marisnick with the Astros in 2017
Houston Astros – No. 6
Outfielder
Born: (1991-03-30) March 30, 1991
Riverside, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 23, 2013, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through September 21, 2018)
Batting average .225
Home runs 43
Runs batted in 141
Stolen bases 62
Teams

Jacob Shawn Marisnick (born March 30, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. He debuted in the major leagues with the Miami Marlins in 2013 and was traded to the Houston Astros in 2014.

Early career

Marisnick attended Riverside Polytechnic High School in Riverside, California.[1] He excelled for the school's baseball team, and was initially expected to be a first-round choice in the upcoming Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. However, he struggled during showcase events, and had a .406 batting average as a senior, lower than his batting average in his sophomore and junior years.[2] He committed to attend the University of Oregon on a college baseball scholarship.[3]

Marisnick batting for the Jacksonville Suns (2013)

The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Marisnick in the third round of the 2009 MLB Draft. Rather than attend Oregon, Marisnick signed with the Blue Jays, receiving a $1 million signing bonus, more than double the suggested bonus for a player drafted at that position.[4] Before the 2012 season, MLB.com rated Marisnick as the 58th best prospect in baseball.[5] On November 19, 2012, Marisnick was traded to the Miami Marlins along with Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Álvarez, Yunel Escobar, Jeff Mathis, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino, in exchange for Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, José Reyes, John Buck, and Emilio Bonifacio.[6] On January 29, 2013, Marisnick was named number 70 on MLB's Top 100 Prospects list.[7]

Major league career

Miami Marlins

On July 23, 2013, the Marlins promoted Marisnick and Christian Yelich to the major leagues from the Double-A Jacksonville Suns.[8] Marisnick recorded his first major league hit on July 26, 2013, off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke.[9] Marisnick hit his first career home run in a game against the New York Mets on July 31, 2013.

The Marlins optioned Marisnick to the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on March 27, 2014.[10] He was recalled on June 16 when Christian Yelich was added to the disabled list.[11]

Houston Astros

On July 31, 2014, the Marlins traded Marisnick, Colin Moran, Francis Martes, and a compensatory draft pick to the Houston Astros for Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernández, and Austin Wates.[12] Marisnick played in 51 games for the Astros in 2014, compiling a batting average of .272 with 3 home runs, 19 RBI, and 6 stolen bases. He also displayed strong defense while playing the outfield, with a fielding percentage of .984 and a range factor of 2.57. He made his first opening day MLB start for the Astros on April 6, 2015 and through the end of that month led the team with a batting average of .379 and OPS of 1.043. He finished the 2015 season with an average of .236 and OPS of .665 over 133 games and 339 at-bats.

After a slow start to the 2016 season he was optioned to the Triple-A affiliate of the Astros, the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League, on April 25, 2016.

Marisnick was recalled by the Houston Astros on May 5, 2016. After former Astros center fielder Carlos Gómez was designated for assignment, Marisnick and Tony Kemp began sharing center field duties in his place. In 106 games of 2017, Marisnick finished with a .243 batting average, 16 home runs, and 35 RBI. With the Astros finishing the year 101–61, the team clinched the AL West pennant, and eventually won the 2017 World Series, their first ever. Marisnick did not participate in any postseason action due to injury, but was still on the 40-man roster at the time, and won his first championship title.[13] On July 7, 2018, he was sent down to AAA for the second time in the season, after struggling at the plate.

References

  1. ↑ "BASEBALL: Poly's Marisnick called up by Marlins". Press Enterprise. July 23, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Poly grad Marisnick showing tools in minor leagues". August 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ "UO baseball: Will two touted recruits go pro? Ducks hope not". OregonLive.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Oregon recruit Tyler Matzek signs late multi-million dollar deal with Rockies". OregonLive.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2012 Prospect Watch | MLB.com: Prospects". MLB.com. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ "MLB approves mega-deal between Blue Jays and Marlins". TSN.ca. November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ Fordin, Spencer (January 29, 2013). "Sanchez, Osuna named to Top 100 Prospects list". MLB.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ Axisa, Mike. "Marlins calling up top prospects Christian Yelich and Jake Marisnick". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Marisnick stays loose in first week in Majors | marlins.com: News". Miami.marlins.mlb.com. July 26, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Marlins reassign Henry Rodriguez to minors, send down Jake Marisnick". Associated Press. March 27, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ Pinkerton, Brad (June 16, 2014). "Marlins call up prospects Healey, Marisnick". Sporting News. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Astros ship Jarred Cosart to Marlins in 6-player deal". Houston Chronicle. July 31, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ McTaggart, Brian; Gurnick, Ken. "Houston Astros win 2017 World Series". MLB. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
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