Alexander Wyatt Yarbrough (born August 3, 1991) is an American former minor league baseball player in the Miami Marlins organization.

College career

A three-year starter for the

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from 2010 to 2012, Yarbrough earned second-team All-

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honors as a sophomore, leading the Rebels in extra-base hits and multiple-hit games. Yarbrough became one of the best infielders in college baseball as a junior, hitting .380 while committing only three

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s all season. He earned first-team All-American honors. He was also a finalist for the

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and the

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. Yarbrough also earned first-team All-SEC honors and was named the SEC all-defensive team. After the 2011 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Professional career

Yarbrough was drafted by the

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in the fourth round of the

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. After signing, Yarbrough spent most of the rest of the 2012 season with the

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before being promoted to the

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. In 63 games between the two teams, he batted .275/.307/.393 with 27 RBIs. In 2013, he played for the

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where he slashed .313/.341/.459 with 11 home runs, 80 RBIs, 32 doubles, and ten triples in 136 games, and in 2014, he played with the

where he compiled a .285 batting average with five home runs, 77 RBIs, and 38 doubles in 136 games. Yarbrough spent 2015 with the

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where he batted .236 with three home runs and 48 RBIs in 128 games, and 2016 with Salt Lake and Arkansas where he posted a combined .265 batting average with four home runs and 55 RBIs in 135 games between the two clubs. At the 2016

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, the Miami Marlins selected Yarbrough from the Angels in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. In 2017, he played for the

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where he batted .231 with four home runs and 30 RBIs in 111 games. He retired from professional baseball on February 14, 2018.

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