Austin Barnes
Austin Scott Barnes is an American professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Barnes was selected by the Florida Marlins in the eighth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut with the Dodgers in 2015 and helped them win the 2020 World Series.
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Austin Scott Barnes is an American professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Barnes was selected by the Florida Marlins in the eighth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut with the Dodgers in 2015 and helped the team win the 2020 World Series. Barnes has also played as an infielder for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Jupiter Hammerheads and Jacksonville Suns. He was named to the post-season PCL all-star team and Baseball America’s Triple-A All-Star team. In 2018, Barnes started spring training battling elbow discomfort.
In 2019, Barnes was named the Opening Day catcher after Yasmani Grandal signed with the Milwaukee Brewers. However, he got off to a slow start and was sent down to Oklahoma City to make room for rookie catcher Will Smith. In the 2018 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, he was hitless in eleven at-bats. He also had two hits in the 2018 NLCS against the Brewers, and one hit in 18 at- bats in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. In 2015, he played in 20 games for the Dodgers with six hits in 29 at-bat. In 81 games for the Oklahoma City team, he hit. 315 with nine homers and 42 RBI.
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