Batting average .000 Role Baseball player Home runs 0 Height 1.93 m | Runs batted in 0 Weight 86 kg Name Lane Adams Salary 500,000 USD (2014) | |
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Current team Kansas City Royals (#45 / Outfielder) Similar People Hunter Dozier, Whitley David Merrifield, Terrance Gore, Michael Mariot, Reymond Fuentes Profiles | ||
Lane adams
Lane Weston Adams (born November 13, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2014. He is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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Career
Adams attended Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Oklahoma. Playing for the school's basketball team, he scored 3,251 points, making him the fifth-highest scorer in Oklahoma high school basketball history. He committed to attend Missouri State University on a basketball scholarship. The Royals selected Adams in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB Draft, and he signed with the Royals rather than attending college.
Adams played for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Class AA Texas League in 2013. After the 2013 season, the Royals added Adams to their 40-man roster.
On September 1, 2014, the Royals promoted Adams to the major leagues. He made his Major League debut that night, replacing Raúl Ibañez as a pinch runner in the eighth inning of the Royals' game against the Texas Rangers.
Adams spent the 2015 season in the minor leagues. After the season, the New York Yankees claimed Adams off of waivers.
On August 3, 2016, Adams signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs.
Adams signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves organization on December 13, 2016. The Braves promoted him to the Major Leagues on April 25, 2017.
Adams hit his first major league home run, a three-run shot, against the San Francisco Giants on June 22, 2017.