Brett Baty

Brett Austin Baty

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
• High School Lake Travis High School
• Debut August 17, 2022

• Born November 13, 1999 in Round Rock, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Third baseman Brett Baty was the top selection of the New York Mets in the 2019 amateur draft, with the 11th overall pick, out of a high school in Texas. He signed quickly and managed to play for three different teams in what was his first professional season, 2019, batting a combined .234/.368/.452 with 16 doubles and 7 homers in 51 games. The bulk of this time was spent in the Appalachian League with the Kingsport Mets, but it was preceded by a week with the GCL Mets and ended with another week in the New York-Penn League with the Brooklyn Cyclones.

In 2020, like countless other professional ballplayers, Brett was forced into inactivity by the Coronavirus pandemic as the minor leagues were shut down. He returned to action in 2021 back with Brooklyn, which by then had been promoted two levels to the High-A East. He impressed in 51 games there, batting .309 with 7 homers and 34 RBIs, earning himself an invitation to appear for the National League team in the 2021 Futures Game. Shortly after that, he was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Double-A Northeast, reaching that level at just 21. He continued to do well, hitting .272 in 40 games and finished with a combined line of .292/.382/.473 with 22 doubles and 12 homers in 91 games. He capped off the year by playing in the Arizona Fall League.

He made his major league debut with the Mets against the Atlanta Braves on August 17, 2022, starting at third base and batting eighth. In his first at-bat, he hit a two-run homer off Jake Odorizzi. He hit .184 in 11 games, with 2 homers and 5 RBIs, with all of his games on defense coming at third base. In the minors, he played 89 games for the AA Binghamton Rumble Ponies and 6 in AAA for the Syracuse Mets. In 95 games total, he hit .315/.410/.533 with 22 doubles, 19 homers, 76 runs and 60 RBIs. He was not on the postseason roster and began 2023 back in Syracuse, although it was speculated right from Opening Day that he would be playing in the Big Apple sooner rather than later. After he hit .400 in his first 9 games, news came out that the big league Mets were about to call him up. He ended up playing 108 games for the Mets, but hit just .212 with 9 homers and 34 RBIs, for an OPS+ of 66. He was one of a number of disappointments on a team that failed to meet the lofty expectations that had been attached to it before the season.

In 2024, not only did he make the Opening Day roster, but he was also in the starting line-up at third base on March 29th against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field. While he went o0 for 3 that day, he then got a hit in 12 of his next 13 games to push his batting average to .327 by mid-April.

Further Reading

• David Adler: "Baty has arrived: Hot start brewing confidence, results", mlb.com, April 12, 2024. [1]
• Sonja Chen: "Baty, tearing up Minors, getting call to Mets (source)", mlb.com, April 16, 2023. [2]
• Anthony DiComo: "Baty 'looking forward to the journey' to MLB", mlb.com, February 20, 2022. [3]
• Anthony DiComo: "'Pure joy' for Baty after fairytale HR in debut: Rookie becomes fifth Met to go yard in first career at-bat", mlb.com, August 18, 2022. [4]

Related Sites

• Brett Baty on mlb.com
• BR Minors page