Max Burt (baseball)
Max Burt | |
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New York Yankees | |
Shortstop | |
Born: | August 28, 1996|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Maxwell Joseph Burt (born August 28, 1996) is an American professional baseball infielder in the New York Yankees organization.[1][2] He currently plays for the Somerset Patriots, the Double-A affiliate of the team.[3] He played college baseball at Northeastern University in Boston and played high school baseball at St. Johns Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts.[4]
Burt stands at 6'1" and weighs 200 pounds (91 kg).[5][6][4] He bats and throws with his right hand.[6][5]
Amateur career
St. Johns Preparatory School
Burt played High School Baseball at St. Johns Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts,[4] where he was the captain of the baseball team as well as playing basketball all four years at St. Johns and golf for two years.[7] He had a .330 career batting average at St. Johns while leading them to win the league championship in 2013 and 2014 as well as earning multiple awards at St. Johns.[7][8]
Northeastern University
He then played college ball for the Northeastern Huskies from 2015 to 2018, batting .260/.333/.367 with 214 hits, 12 home runs, 109 RBI and 33 stolen bases in 224 games.
Professional career
Burt was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 28th round of the 2018 MLB Draft, 847th overall.[9][10]
2018
Burt spent the entire 2018 season with the Yankees Rookie Ball team the Pulaski Yankees, where Burt slashed .274/.347/.366 with 51 hits and no home runs in 51 games.[4][1]
2019
Burt played in three different levels of the minor leagues in 2019 going from Single-A Charleston RiverDogs to the High-A Tampa Tarpons to the Double-A Trenton Thunder.[4][1] He hit .222/.272/.313 with 80 hits and 8 home runs in 106 games across all three levels that season.[4][1]
2021
Burt again played in three different levels in 2021 (No 2020 MiLB season due to the pandemic), this time starting the season in Double-A with the Somerset Patriots before being sent down to Single-A Tampa, and back up to Somerset. This eventually led up to his first career call up to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.[1] He slashed .237/.303/.373 with 70 hits and 7 home runs in 91 games across all three levels in 2021.[4][1]
2022
Burt spent the entire 2022 season with Double-A Somerset, hitting .205/.269/.373 with 55 hits and 11 home runs in 85 games.[4][1]
2023
He began the 2023 season in the same place he spent all of the 2022 season, with the Double-A Somerset Patriots. Burt started off his 2023 campaign strong, going 11-for-21 (.524 Batting Average) with 3 Home Runs, and an
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