Mitch Nay
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| Toronto Blue Jays | |||
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Mitchell Ellis Nay (born September 20, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He was drafted out of high school by the Blue Jays in the first round (58th overall) of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.
Nay attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona. He began his high school career as a shortstop, but became a third baseman due to the presence of teammate Jorge Flores. As a junior, Nay had a .495 batting average, 14 home runs, and 54 runs batted in (RBI). He won Arizona's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year Award in 2012, and received a scholarship to attend Arizona State University.USA Baseball named Nay to their youth baseball team.
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Nay in the supplemental first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, with the 58th overall selection. He signed with Toronto, forgoing his scholarship. He suffered a broken foot and did not make his professional debut until 2013. In 2013, Nay played for the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, where he had a .300 batting average in 64 games. He was promoted to the Vancouver Canadians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League in time for their playoff chase. He was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the Northwest League playoffs by MiLB.com.
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