Zack Collins
| Zack Collins | |||
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| Chicago White Sox | |||
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Born: February 6, 1995 Pembroke Pines, Florida | |||
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Zack Allen Collins (born February 6, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Career
Collins attended American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, along with high school and college teammate Brandon Lopez. [1] He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 27th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and attended the University of Miami where he played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes.[2]
As a freshman at Miami in 2014, Collins played in 61 games and hit .298/.427/.556 with 11 home runs and 54 runs batted in (RBIs).[3] He was named the ACC Freshman of the Year and was Baseball America's Freshman of the Year.[4][5] As a sophomore in 2015 he played in 66 games, hitting .302/.445/.587 with 15 home runs and 70 RBIs. In his junior year, Collins batted .363 with 16 home runs and 59 RBIs, and his 78 walks were the mosti n college baseball. He won the Johnny Bench Award.[6]
Collins was drafted 10th overall in the 2016 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.[7] After 3 games played with the Arizona League White Sox Collins was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash of the Carolina League (Level: Advanced A) and played his first game on July 15, 2016.[8] Collins ended 2016 with a .244 batting average with 6 home runs and 18 RBI's.[9] After the season, the White Sox assigned Collins to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). [10]
References
- ↑ Kurtenbach, Dieter (June 5, 2013). "American Heritage's Zack Collins' bat coveted in MLB Draft". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Villa, Walter (April 20, 2016). "GSA Spotlight: Miami's Zack Collins". Golden Spikes Award. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ "A powerful path to Hurricanes stardom for Zack Collins".
- ↑ "Canes slugger Zack Collins talks making Team USA, becoming sixth player in UM history to be named Baseball America's Freshman of the Year – Eye on the U".
- ↑ "College Freshman Of The Year: Collins Living A Dream Playing For Hurricanes - BaseballAmerica.com". June 30, 2014.
- ↑ Richardson, Shandel (July 1, 2016). "UM catcher Zack Collins wins Johnny Bench award". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ↑ http://m.mlb.com/news/article/183078168/white-sox-draft-catcher-zack-collins-at-no-10
- ↑ "White Sox Prospect Zack Collins 3-4 in W-S Debut". Southside Showdown. 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ↑ http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=641470#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL
- ↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/afl/club.jsp?team_id=454
External links
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Miami Hurricanes bio