Bats Right Throws Right Home runs 2 Height 1.88 m Salary 507,500 USD (2016) | Batting average .233 Runs batted in 12 Weight 99.8 kg Spouse Robin Segedin | |
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Robert Mitchell Segedin (born November 10, 1988) is an American professional baseball third baseman and left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Amateur
Segedin attended Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey, and Tulane University. Playing college baseball for the Tulane Green Wave, Segedin was named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award in 2010, his junior year.
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees selected Segedin in the third round of the 2010 MLB draft, with the 112th overall selection. Segedin signed with the Yankees, foregoing his senior year, receiving a signing bonus of $377,500. He played for the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League after signing.
Segedin began the 2011 season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League, and received a midseason promotion to the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. While playing for the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League in 2013, Segedin injured his hip and underwent surgery to correct a femoral acetabular impingement. He played for Trenton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League in 2014. He began the 2015 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and received a demotion to Trenton in July, at which point Segedin requested his release. The Yankees declined the request, and Segedin considered retirement, but chose to continue playing.
Los Angeles Dodgers
After the 2015 season, the Yankees traded Segedin and a player to be named later or cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tyler Olson and Ronald Torreyes. The Dodgers invited him to spring training, and they assigned him to the Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League to begin the season. He was selected to appear in the mid-season Triple-A All-Star Game representing the Pacific Coast League and was also selected to the PCL post-season all-star team. In 103 games he hit .319 with 21 homers and 69 RBI.
On August 7, the Dodgers promoted Segedin to the major leagues. In his major league debut, the same day, against the Boston Red Sox, he set a Dodgers franchise record with four RBI. His first career hit was a double off of David Price. He hit his first home run on August 22 off of Josh Smith of the Cincinnati Reds. In 40 games for the Dodgers, he hit .233 with two homers and 12 RBI.
Personal life
Segedin is married; he met his wife at Tulane. During the winter of 2015–16, Segedin began taking online courses from Indiana University to earn a Master of Business Administration. On August 23, 2016, his wife gave birth to their first child.