Jake Bauers

Career

Bauers played amateur baseball Ocean View Little League and with a travel baseball team based in Huntington Beach, California. He attended Marina High School in Huntington Beach, where he played for the school's baseball team. The San Diego Padres selected Bauers in the seventh round, with the 208th overall selection, of the 2013 MLB Draft. Though he committed to attend the University of Hawaii on a college baseball scholarship, Bauers signed with the Padres, beginning his professional career.

After signing, Bauers made his professional debut with the Arizona Padres of the Rookie-level Arizona League. In 2014, Bauers played for the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League. He was named a postseason All-Star.

On December 19, 2014, the Padres traded Bauers, Burch Smith, and René Rivera to the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-team trade that saw the Rays trade Wil Myers, Jose Castillo and Ryan Hanigan to the Padres, the Padres trade Joe Ross and a player to be named later to the Washington Nationals, and Washington trade Steven Souza and Travis Ott to Tampa Bay. He began the 2015 season with the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and was promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Class AA Southern League in June. He finished the 2015 season with a .272 batting average and 11 home runs and 74 RBIs. He stayed with the Biscuits for the 2016 season and batted .274 with 14 home runs.

Bauers began the 2017 season with the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League.