Baxter is a Queens boy who graduated from Archbishop Molloy, in Jamaica. Was a 4th round draft pick in 2005.
Hit .374/.468/.607/1.075 for Vandebilt in 2005.
Last year, for AAA-Portland, hit .301/.382/.517/.899, 18-HR, 72-RBI.
Plays all three outfield positions and first base.
3-21-11: - Padres Minor League outfielder Mike Baxter is slated to undergo reconstructive surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb, manager Bud Black said on Monday. - http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/players/mike_baxter/21100
From New York Post article on 9-8-10: - The 25-year-old former Molloy standout also called his girlfriend and his parents, which he said was “emotional to say the least.” Baxter, the Padres fourth-round pick in 2005, turned his career around last summer and continued to play well in Triple-A this year. He hit .301 with a career-high 18 home runs and 72 RBIs. He also had 30 doubles, 10 triples and 22 stolen bases. Perhaps most importantly, Baxter, who plays outfield and first base, hit .358 in the second half of the season. - http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/baseball/baxter_basking_in_big_league_call_670dRXvI49Wpj6lIrcBlHI#ixzz1SrmewSFv
1-12-06: - http://padres.scout.com/2/488097.html - There was a little controversy over Mike Baxter this year. Some believed he would not sign if the Padres’ plan was to play him in the outfield – a fact he dismissed quickly when we spoke with him. “Those reports were completely false, they were 100-percent false,” Baxter said. “I was sitting in Cape Cod and somebody sent me the article that Mike Baxter is hesitant to play outfield. That is silly. “I don't how long the future holds at first base. I'll probably end up in the outfield, which is fine. As far as other positions are concerned, I can play third base, and in a real bind I can play second base, a real bind. I got thirty games in the outfield under my belt last summer in the Cape Cod League, the first thirty of my life. That is something that I have a lot of work to do.”
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