Jake Hager (baseball)

Jake Hager
Tampa Bay Rays
Shortstop / Third baseman
Born: (1993-03-04) March 4, 1993
Henderson, Nevada
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Jake William Hager (born March 4, 1993) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.

Career

Hager attended Sierra Vista High School in Spring Valley, Nevada, where he was a four-year starter on the baseball team.[1] As a senior he was the Nevada Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year. Hager was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.[2][3] He signed with the Rays rather than play college baseball at Arizona State University.[4] He made his professional debut that season for the Princeton Rays.[5]

Hager played for the Bowling Green Hot Rods in 2012, Gulf Coast Rays and Charlotte Stone Crabs in 2013 and Montgomery Biscuits in 2014.

References

  1. Damon SeitersLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Sierra Vista's Hager well-rounded star". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  2. Ray Brewer. "Tampa Bay Rays take Sierra Vista High shortstop Jake Hager No. 32 overall". LasVegasSun.com.
  3. Tristan AirdLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Rays' call emotional for Sierra Vista's Hager". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  4. Damon SeitersLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Ex-Sierra Vista star Hager inks deal with Rays". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  5. JONATHAN GREENEBluefield Daily Telegraph (July 20, 2011). "First rounder Hager eager for pro ball". Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
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