6/9/19

2019 Draft - Mets Pick 34.1018 - OF Ryan Shinn - Kentucky




With the 1018th pick (34th round) in the 2019 draft, the Mets picked:


Senior OF, Ryan Shinn, out of Kentucky.


2019 stats:  55-G, .286/.399/.568, 13-HR (Led team), 31-RBI, 62-K

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• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2018)
• Second-Team All-Maryland JUCO (2017)
• 2017 No. 72 JUCO Prospect (Perfect Game/Rawlings)

2018 SUMMER - Appeared in 25 games for the Gaithersburg Giants of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, including one playoff game…Had two doubles, two home runs, scored 14 runs and walked 10 times…Had a pair of hits and a stolen base in the Giants’ playoff game…Homered in back-to-back games 6/28 and 6/29…Produced a summer-high three hits on 6/18.

2018 - Appeared in 37 games with 23 starts…Hit .259 with 10 runs scored, six doubles, a triple and two home runs…With nine walks and three HBPs he posted an OPS of .787…Also had four sacrifices and a stolen base…Started 10 games in right field, seven in left field and six as the designated hitter…Had a .787 OPS…

Made his UK debut on 2/16 at Wofford…Scored a season-high two runs on 2/23 vs. Oakland while also stealing a base…Knocked in a season-high two runs vs. Louisiana (3/4) and logged a triple…His two home runs on the season came in back-to-back games against Missouri on 4/28 and 4/29…In the team’s eighth inning comeback win on Kole Cottam’s grand slam it was Shinn who led off the inning with a solo home run that generated momentum…Had two hits, including a double, vs. Auburn in the SEC Tournament.

WKYT - With pick No. 1018 in the 34th round of the MLB Draft, the New York Mets drafted former Kentucky slugger Ryan Shinn.

The senior finished 2019 with a .286 batting average and was the only Wildcat to start in all 55 games. He led the team in hits (57), doubles (17), runs (49), and home runs (13) this season.





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