Logan Rylee Driscoll (born November 3, 1997) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
| Logan Driscoll | |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 41 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: November 3, 1997 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 3, 2024, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Batting average | .171 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 5 |
| Teams | |
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Amateur career
editDriscoll attended Lake Braddock High School in Burke, Virginia, and George Mason University, where he played college baseball for the George Mason Patriots. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]
Professional career
editSan Diego Padres
editThe San Diego Padres drafted Driscoll in the second round, with the 73rd overall selection, of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He made his professional debut with the Low–A Tri-City Dust Devils, hitting .268 with three home runs and 20 RBI over 39 games.
Tampa Bay Rays
editOn February 8, 2020, the Padres traded Driscoll and Manuel Margot to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Emilio Pagán.[3][4] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Driscoll returned to action in 2021 with the rookie–level Florida Complex League Rays, Single–A Charleston RiverDogs, and High–A Bowling Green Hot Rods. In 57 games for the three affiliates, he slashed .295/.374/.478 with six home runs and 28 RBI.[6]
Driscoll spent the 2022 season with Bowling Green, playing in 60 games and hitting .229/.340/.381 with seven home runs and 39 RBI.[7] He split the 2023 campaign between the Double–A Montgomery Biscuits and Triple–A Durham Bulls, batting .263/.331/.414 with career–highs in home runs (12) and RBI (58) over 104 appearances.[8] Driscoll began the 2024 season with Durham.
On September 1, 2024, Driscoll was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[9] He made his MLB debut on September 3 against the Minnesota Twins, and logged his first career hit in the game, a single off of David Festa.[10]
References
edit- ^ "#21 Logan Driscoll - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ "Baseball: Players with Virginia connections taken in the MLB draft (through 3:45 p.m. Wednesday)". June 4, 2019.
- ^ Toribo, Juan (February 9, 2020). "Rays land Margot, prospect from SD for Pagán". MLB.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ "Rays catching on with trio of promising backstops in minors". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Logan Driscoll Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Logan Driscoll - Baseball Stats". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Logan Driscoll - Stats - Batting". fangraphs.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "'A guy that does a lot of homework': Driscoll gets big league chance". MLB.com.
- ^ "Logan Driscoll has memorable debut, delivering decisive run in Rays win". Tampa Bay Times.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)