2020 Toronto Blue Jays Interactive Bios Media & Misc

2020 Toronto Blue Jays Interactive Bios Media & Misc

2020 TORONTO BLUE JAYS INTERACTIVE BIOS ADAMS 76 RI LEY CATCHER BIRTHDATE . June 26, 1996 BATS/THROWS . R/R BIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHIES OPENING DAY AGE . 23 HEIGHT/WEIGHT . 6-4/235 BIRTHPLACE . Encinitas, CA CONTRACT STATUS . signed thru 2020 RESIDENCE . Encinitas, CA M .L . SERVICE . 0 .000 NON-ROSTER TWITTER . @RileyAdams OPTIONS USED . 0 of 3 PERSONAL: • Riley Keaton Adams. • Went to high school at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego, CA, where he also played basketball. • Attended the University of San Diego where he slashed .305/.411/.504 across three seasons. • Originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in 37th round of the 2014 draft but did not sign. LAST SEASON LAST SEASON: • Started his campaign with 19 games for Advanced-A Dunedin and posted an .896 OPS while there. • Named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star. • Received a promotion to Double-A New Hampshire on May 3. • Batted .258 with 28 extra-base hits in 81 contests for the Fisher Cats. • Threw out 16 of 52 attempted stolen bases while with New Hampshire (30.8%). Bold – career high; Red – league high Year Club and League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SH HBP H I S T O RY 2017 Vancouver (NWL) .305 52 203 26 62 16 1 3 35 18 0 50 1 1 .374 .438 .812 1 0 5 2018 Dunedin (FSL) .246 99 349 49 86 26 1 4 43 50 2 93 3 0 .352 .361 .713 2 0 8 2019 Dunedin (FSL) .277 19 65 12 18 3 0 3 12 14 0 18 1 0 .434 .462 .896 0 0 4 New Hampshire (EAS) .258 81 287 46 74 15 2 11 39 32 0 105 3 1 .349 .439 .788 0 3 10 Minor Totals .265 251 904 133 240 60 4 21 129 114 2 266 8 2 .363 .410 .773 0 6 27 TRANSACTIONS • Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft PROFESSIONAL CAREER: RECORDS MINORS: • Joined Class-A (short) Vancouver in 2017 for his first pro season. • Slashed .305/.374/.438 across 52 games for the Canadians. • Among Northwest League hitters, ranked 7th in AVG, 8th in OPS, T-8th in OBP, 9th in SLG. • Threw out 19 of 47 attempted stolen bases (40.4%). • Played the entire 2018 season for Advanced-A Dunedin. • Hit .246 with 26 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 43 RBI. • Ranked 4th in the Florida State League with 26 doubles and 9th with a .352 OBP. • Led the D-Jays in walks (50). • His .713 OPS ranked 2nd among all FSL catchers. • Threw out 43 of 94 attempted steals (45.7%). OPPONENTS TORONTO, 20 WINS IN A 25- GAME SPAN - ALL-TIME 2015 (July/August) PLAYER DEV. PLAYER 2014 (May/June) 1999 (June/July) 1991 (June/July) 1989 (August/September) 1985 (May/June) MEDIA & MISC. 2 TORONTO BLUE JAYS MEDIA GUIDE ALFORD 30 ANTHONY OUTFIELDER BIRTHDATE . July 20, 1994 BATS/THROWS . R/R BIOGRAPHIES OPENING DAY AGE . 25 HEIGHT/WEIGHT . 6-1/210 BIOGRAPHIES BIRTHPLACE . Columbia, MS CONTRACT STATUS . signed thru 2020 RESIDENCE . Sumrall, MS M .L . SERVICE . 0 .142 NON-ROSTER TWITTER . @ajalfor1 OPTIONS USED . 3 of 3 PERSONAL: • Anthony Joseph Alford. • Attended Petal High School in Mississippi, where he was quarterback in addition to playing baseball...As a senior he re- corded 2,058 passing yards and 20 passing touchdowns, in addition to 1,731 rushing yards and 24 rushing touchdowns, earning a spot in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl...In the same year he batted .483 with four home runs and went 14- for-14 in steals. LAST SEASON • Following his selection by Toronto in the 2012 draft, continued to play football, first as QB at the University of Southern Mississippi and then as a DB at the University of Mississippi after transfer...On Sept. 30, 2014, elected to pursue baseball full-time. • Ranked as the Blue Jays’ 3rd-best prospect by Baseball America entering 2018 (2nd in 2017 and 1st in 2016)...Ranked as MLB’s 47th overall prospect entering 2018 by MLB Pipeline. • His wife, Bailey, has a sister married to teammate Jonathan Davis. • Paricipates with former teammate Curtis Granderson, former Blue Jay Fred Lewis, and other professional ball players in Mississippi Dream Weekend, a camp which provided hundreds of kids, ages six through 18, with the opportunity to spend time with professional athlete mentors, annually in January. H I S T O RY LAST SEASON: • Batted .259 with a .754 OPS in 76 games for Triple-A Buffalo. • Recalled on April 2 and made his season debut that night vs. BAL. • Optioned on April 4 and recalled again on Sept. 3. • Hit his 1st career home run on Sept. 23 vs. BAL, a walk-off homer in the 15th inning off of Ryan Eades...Became the 3rd player all-time to have his 1st career home run result in a walk-off win in the 15th or later, joining Old Hoss Radbourn (1882) and Valmy Thomas (1957). • Was placed on Buffalo’s injured list from June 26-Aug. 6, and from Aug. 17-25. Bold – career high; Red – league high Year Club and League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SH HBP RECORDS 2012 GCL Blue Jays (GCL) .167 5 18 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 .250 .333 .583 0 0 0 2013 GCL Blue Jays (GCL) .227 6 22 4 5 2 1 0 2 6 0 6 2 0 .414 .409 .823 0 1 1 2014 Bluefield (APP) .207 9 29 5 6 0 0 1 2 5 0 13 1 0 .343 .310 .653 0 0 1 Lansing (MID) .320 5 25 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 8 4 0 .320 .480 .800 0 0 0 2015 Lansing (MID) .293 50 188 49 55 14 1 1 16 39 1 60 12 1 .418 .394 .812 2 0 3 Dunedin (FSL) .302 57 225 42 68 11 6 3 19 28 0 49 15 6 .380 .444 .824 1 0 1 2016 Dunedin (FSL) .236 92 339 53 80 17 2 9 44 53 0 117 18 6 .344 .378 .722 4 0 5 2017 Dunedin (FSL) .143 6 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 0 .182 .143 .325 0 0 1 New Hampshire (EAS) .310 68 245 41 76 14 0 5 24 35 2 45 18 3 .406 .429 .835 2 1 6 Buffalo Bisons (INT) .333 3 12 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .385 .417 .802 0 0 0 TORONTO (AL) .125 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .250 .375 0 0 0 2018 Dunedin (FSL) .200 7 20 2 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 8 0 1 .360 .250 .610 0 0 2 Buffalo (INT) .240 105 375 52 90 22 1 5 34 30 0 112 17 7 .312 .344 .656 2 0 10 OPPONENTS TORONTO (AL) .105 13 19 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 1 0 .190 .105 .295 0 0 0 2019 GCL Blue Jays (GCL) .385 4 13 3 5 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 .467 .923 1.390 0 0 0 Buffalo (INT) .259 76 282 46 73 16 3 7 37 31 0 94 22 8 .343 .411 .754 1 0 5 TORONTO (AL) .179 16 28 3 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 11 2 0 .233 .286 .519 0 0 1 Minor Totals .265 493 1814 303 480 101 15 34 187 235 3 527 114 32 .358 .393 .751 3 11 35 MAJOR TOTALS .145 33 55 6 8 1 0 1 2 3 0 23 3 0 .203 .218 .422 0 0 1 TRANSACTIONS • Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft • On disabled list (left wrist hamate fracture) from May 24-July 25, 2017 • On disabled list (right hamstring strain) from March 26-April 18, 2018 DEV. PLAYER HOME RUN BREAKDOWN ONE GAME Total H A 2 3 4 GS LO XN IP PH RHP LHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 MEDIA & MISC. TORONTO BLUE JAYS MEDIA GUIDE 3 GAME HIGHS ML Debut May 28, 2017 at BAL Stolen Bases 1 – 3x, last: Sept. 28, 2019 vs. TB Runs 2 – Sept. 23, 2019 vs. BAL Last ML Home Run Sept. 23, 2019 vs. BAL Hits 1 – 3x, last: May 12, 2018 vs. BOS Longest Hitting Streak 2G – 2x, last: Sept. 12-14, 2019 Home Runs 1 – Sept. 23, 2019 vs. BAL Longest On-Base Streak 3G – May 23, 2017-May 8, 2018 RBI 1 – 2x, last: Sept. 23, 2019 vs. BAL Longest Hitless Streak 14AB – May 12, 2018-Sept. 6, 2019 BIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHIES MILESTONES Category Date Opponent Pitcher Notes Hit 1 May 23, 2017 at Baltimore Scahill PH-2B Home Run 1 Sept. 23, 2019 Baltimore Eades 1R, Walk-off Walk-off HR 1 Sept. 23, 2019 Baltimore Eades 1R, 15th inning Extra-Inning HR 1 Sept. 23, 2019 Baltimore Eades 1R, 15th inning RBI 1 May 12, 2018 Boston Price Single Stolen Base 1 May 6, 2018 at Tampa Bay Archer 2nd base LAST SEASON C-Ramos PROFESSIONAL CAREER: MINORS: • Hit his 1st professional home run in just his 2nd career game (6th AB) on June 19, 2012.

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