Trey Sweeney

Trey Thomas Sweeney

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 212 lb.
• School Eastern Illinois University
• High School St. Xavier High School (Louisville)
• Debut August 16, 2024

• Born April 24, 2000 in Louisville, KY USA

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Trey Sweeney was drafted by the New York Yankees with the 20th overall pick in the 1st round of the 2021 amateur draft, out of Eastern Illinois University. He hit a scorching .382 in his junior year of college, before the draft, and was at .351 the year before, in 2020, when the COVID-19 brought the college season to an early stop. He had also hit .387 in the Coastal Plain League in 2020, so it was not just the case of dominating opponents in a less competitive conference. But dominate he did, as he was the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2021 and was also named an All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association. He received a signing bonus of $3 million from the Yankees, just under slot value.

He started his pro career in 2021 with the FCL Yankees before earning a quick promotion to the Tampa Tarpons of the one-and-future Florida State League. In 33 games, his slash line was .261/.384/.548. In 2022, he spent the bulk of the season in the South Atlantic League with the Hudson Valley Renegades before earning a late-year promotion to the AA Somerset Patriots. In a combined 111 games, he hit .240/.349/.413, with 19 doubles and 16 homers, 76 runs and 56 RBIs.

In 2023, with another top Yankee prospect taking over the shortstop job in New York in Anthony Volpe, he spent a full year in the Eastern League with Somerset and hit .252/.367/.411 in 100 games, with another 67 runs. Following the season, on December 11th, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in return for P Victor Gonzalez and 2B Jorbit Vivas. He starter 2024 in AAA with the Oklahoma City Baseball Club, where he hit .255 in 96 games, with 13 homers and 62 RBIs. On July 30th, he was involved in another big league trade, that one sending him to the Detroit Tigers along with Thayron Liranzo in return for P Jack Flaherty. He was assigned to the Toledo Mud Hens following the trade. He made his major league debut with the Tigers on August 16th, going 1 for 3 in a 3-0 loss to the Yankees.

Related Sites

• Trey Sweeney on mlb.com
• BR Minors page
• Eastern Illinois bio