Professional career Anthony Alford



alford dunedin blue jays in 2015


alford made professional baseball debut member of gulf coast league blue jays in 2012 , played in 5 games, hit .167 1 home run , 4 stolen bases. following baseball season, began attending university of southern mississippi member of football team, transferred university of mississippi after 1 year following on-campus fight. alford played 6 games in gulf coast league in 2013, batting .227 2 rbi , 2 stolen bases. due ncaa transfer rules, not allowed play football ole miss rebels in 2013. following year, alford played 9 games bluefield blue jays of appalachian league , promoted class-a lansing lugnuts 5 games. in total, batted .259 2 home runs, 5 rbi, , 5 stolen bases. relegated backup safety role rebels in 2014, , made 6 tackles in 4 games. on september 30, 2014, announced alford leaving ole miss join blue jays organization full-time, , planning on attending fall instructional league before playing in australian baseball league. go on play 36 games canberra cavalry, , batted .200 3 home runs, 8 rbi, , 7 stolen bases.


alford opened 2015 season lansing lugnuts. on june 5, named midwest league midseason all-star. @ time, alford led league .446 on-base percentage. promoted advanced-a dunedin blue jays on june 25, , played remainder of season there. alford played in 107 total games in 2015, , batted .298 4 home runs, 35 rbi, , 27 stolen bases. invited major league spring training on january 12, 2016, , reassigned minor league camp on march 12. alford assigned dunedin blue jays open 2016 minor league season. on june 10, alford suffered concussion after colliding teammate in outfield, , needed stretchered off field. returned injury on june 22. alford struggled in 2016, batting @ or near mendoza line first half of year. near end of july, appeared find stroke, raising season batting average high of .249 on august 16. finished season .236 average, 9 home runs, 44 rbi, , 18 stolen bases. after 2016 season, blue jays assigned alford mesa solar sox of arizona fall league. on october 31, alford named afl all-star. blue jays added him 40-man roster after season protect him rule 5 draft. alford appeared in 23 games mesa during fall league season, , hit .253 3 home runs , 15 rbi. named afl rising star @ end of season.


alford took part in 2017 major league spring training, , praised manager john gibbons improvements had made on past year. on march 17, assigned double-a new hampshire fisher cats. prior start of season, alford ranked third on major league baseball s 2017 top 30 blue jays prospects list, , 70th on top 100 mlb prospects list. in 33 games new hampshire, alford hit .325 3 home runs, 11 rbi, , 9 stolen bases before being called majors.


toronto blue jays

on may 19, 2017, alford called blue jays. started in left field , batted eighth, going 0-for-2 strikeout in debut against baltimore orioles. in toronto s 4–3 victory on milwaukee brewers on may 23, alford called on pinch-hit in seventh inning , recorded double first hit of career. placed on 10-day disabled list fractured wrist next day. after recovering injury, alford optioned double-a new hampshire. earned late season promotion triple-a buffalo bisons, finished 2017 season. in 77 minor league games, alford hit .299 5 home runs, 29 rbi, , 19 stolen bases.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

History Shake Shack

David Aceveda List of The Shield characters

Prehistory History of Utah