Name Mark Payton Weight 86 kg | Height 1.73 m Role Baseball Player | |
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Parents Susan Payton, David Payton | ||
Siblings Troy Payton, Jack Payton | ||
Baseball s mark payton longhorn for life june 17 2014
Mark D. Payton (born December 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Yankees organization.
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- Baseball s mark payton longhorn for life june 17 2014
- Mark Payton OF Yankees 07 2829 2016 Double A Trenton Eastern League
- Career
- References
Mark Payton, OF, Yankees (07-28/29-2016) - Double-A Trenton, Eastern League
Career
Payton was first drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago, Illinois. He did not sign with the Twins and went on to play college baseball at the University of Texas at Austin for the Longhorns. While at Texas, he had a Big-12 record 101 straight games getting on base. After his junior season he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, but did not sign and returned to Texas for his senior season. Payton played in 234 games during his four-year college career, batting .318/.425/.444 with seven home runs
Payton was then drafted by the New York Yankees in the seventh round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut that season with the Charleston RiverDogs. In August he was promoted to the Tampa Yankees. He finished his first professional season, batting .320/.418/.497 with four home runs over 48 games. In May, Payton received a call from the Yankees organization and was promoted to the Trenton Thunder, AA team. As of September 2016, Payton plays for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders as an outfielder.
