Jordan Groshans

Jordan Groshans

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
• High School Magnolia (TX) High School
• Debut September 13, 2022

• Born November 10, 1999 in Magnolia, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Jordan Groshans was the top selection by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2018 amateur draft, with the 12th overall pick, out of a high school in Texas.

After signing with Toronto, he began his professional career with the GCL Blue Jays in 2018, and was promoted to the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League before the end of the season. Altogether, he hit .296/.353/.446 in 48 games in a fine debut. In 2019, he played 23 games for the Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest League, and was off to a great start, hitting .337, when he was felled by a season-ending foot injury in May. Thus, the forced pause caused by the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 came at a bad time, as he was finally ready to get a first full professional season under his belt. If there was one small bright spot, it was that as one of the team's top prospects, he was invited to spend the season at the Blue Jays' alternate training site, where he could work out with players much more advanced than him in his development. He was then invited to major league spring training in 2021, although he was still considered a couple of seasons away from being able to actually make his big league debut.

He spent the 2021 season in the Double-A Northeast, with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where he batted .291/.367/.450 in 75 games. He hit 23 doubles, scored 46 runs and drove in 40, while splitting his time between shortstop and third base. In 2022, he was in AAA with the Buffalo Bisons, also appearing in a few games with the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League on a rehabilitation assignment. In 67 games at Buffalo, he hit .250 with 1 homer and 24 RBIs. On August 2nd, he was traded to the Miami Marlins in return for two major league relievers, Anthony Bass and Zach Pop. He made his major league debut with the Marlins on September 13th, starting at third base against the Philadelphia Phillies and going 0 for 3 in a 2-1 loss.

His brother Jaxx Groshans has been playing in the minors since 2019.

Further Reading

• Jonathan Mayo: "Q&A: Groshans talks family, his power and more", mlb.com, March 8, 2022. [1]
• Jordan McPherson (Miami Herald): "To maximize chance to crack roster, this Marlins player is learning a new position", Yahoo! News, March 3, 2023. [2]

Related Sites

• Jordan Groshans on mlb.com
• BR Minors page