Joshua Blake Satin (born December 23, 1984) is an American former professional
baseball
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corner infielder. Satin played first base, second base, and third base. During his career, he played for the
New York Mets
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of
Major League Baseball
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, as well as for the
Cincinnati Reds
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and
San Diego Padres
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organizations.
He was a first-team college
All-America
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n at the
University of California, Berkeley
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. The Mets drafted him in the 6th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Satin batted .303 in 2008 in the minor leagues, and .288 in 2009 while being voted a
South Atlantic League
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All-Star. He hit .311 and was a
Florida State League
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All-Star in 2010. In 2011, he batted .325 for Binghamton while leading the league in on-base percentage (.423) and OPS (.962), as he was voted an
Eastern League All-Star. He also played in AAA, batting .347 with a .410 on-base percentage with the
Buffalo Bisons
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.
He made his MLB debut for the Mets on September 4, 2011, and played in 15 games. In June 2012 Satin rejoined the Mets, but he was
designated for assignment
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three days later.
In June 2013, he was again called up to the Mets, after batting .305 in AAA. He tied a Mets rookie record set in 1977, by reaching base in 29 consecutive games that he started, and for the season batted .279 (.317 against left-handers). Satin twice played third base for the
Israeli national baseball team
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during the
World Baseball Classic
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.
Early and personal life
Satin is Jewish, and was born in
Hidden Hills, California
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.
His parents are David and Gail Satin. He also has two younger brothers, Danny and Dylan Satin.
His mother at one time co-owned a clothing store with the wife of comedian
Howie Mandel
Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian-American comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel voiced the character Gizmo in the 1984 film ''Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch''. I ...
. He and outfielder
Blake Gailen
Blake Shane Gailen (בלייק גיילין; born March 27, 1985) is an American-Israeli hitting coach for the Arizona Complex League Dodgers and left-handed former professional baseball outfielder. He also plays for the Israel National Basebal ...
—also a member of the Israeli national baseball team—have been friends since they were children, and Gailen attended Satin's
bar mitzvah.
[Rob Isbitts (November 10, 2016]
"Blake Gailen's long road to Team Israel," ''Jewish Baseball News''
/ref>
For grade school he went to Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School. In high school, playing for the Harvard-Westlake School
Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school consisting of two campuses located in Los Angeles, California, with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades seven through twelve. Its two predec ...
Wolverines in Studio City
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, Los Angeles
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, Satin was a three-time all-league selection and the MVP of the 2002 ''Los Angeles Daily News'' Tournament. In 2002, he played shortstop and batted .500 with 11 homers. As a senior, he batted .478 with 10 home runs, was first-team All-CIF Southern Section, and was Los Angeles Times All-Region. He played alongside future major league outfielder Brennan Boesch
Brennan Philip Boesch (born April 12, 1985) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2010 with the Detroit Tigers and won the American League Rookie of the Month Award the first ...
. Academically, he scored 1,390 on the SAT
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. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.
On November 9, 2013, Satin married Allyson Murrow.
College
Satin attended the University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
. There, in his freshman year in 2005 he played second base for the California Golden Bears baseball
The California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other California athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Pac-12 Conference. The Bears ...
team. He batted .348 (7th in the Pac-10
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) with 77 hits (8th in the Pac-10), and led the team with 26 multiple-hit games. He was the team's 2005 Freshman of the Year, and co-winner of the Clint Evans Award as the team's most valuable player (along with his former high school teammate who joined him at Berkeley, Brennan Boesch). As a junior in 2007 he batted .287.
He played collegiate summer baseball
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in the Cape Cod League
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in both 2006 (for the Orleans Cardinals
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) and 2007 (for the Bourne Braves
The Bourne Braves are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Bourne, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Braves play their home games at Doran Park on the c ...
), was voted an All-Star both years, and was named the East Division MVP during the league's 2006 All-Star Game.
Satin was a ''Collegiate Baseball
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'' Freshman All-American in 2005, and first-team All-Pac-10. He is the only Cal freshman to earn both of those awards other than Xavier Nady
Xavier Clifford Nady VI (; born November 14, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. Nady played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Ari ...
, who won them in 1998. ''Jewish Sports Review
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The magazine identifies which star and professional athletes are Jewish. It also covers and has all-time lists ...
'' named Satin to its All-America First Team, NCAA Division 1, of the best Jewish college players in the U.S. in both 2005 (along with Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field and f ...
) and in 2007 (along with Ike Davis
Isaac Benjamin Davis (born March 22, 1987) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 2010 through 2016, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, and New York Ya ...
, Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Cole Lavarnway ( ריאן לווארנוויי; born August 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Oriole ...
, and Michael Schwimer).
In 2008, his final year, he batted .379/.500/.723, with 18 home runs in 195 at-bats. He also set the school hitting streak record, with 27. That year he was a ''Baseball America
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'' first team All-American (joining among others future Mets teammate Ike Davis
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). He was also a Rivals.com
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second team All American, ''Collegiate Baseball'' Louisville Slugger third-team All-American, and first-team All-Pac-10. He is 5th all-time for the school in career hits (246) and total bases (381), 6th in RBIs (153), 8th in career walks (119), 9th in career home runs (29; tied with Jerry Goff
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), and 3rd for the school in season-best slugging percentage (.723; 2008) and home runs (18; 2008). He graduated with a degree in political science.
Minor leagues
Satin was drafted by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft
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;Key
Supplemental first rou ...
. He signed for $25,000. After signing, he batted a combined .303/.370/.503 for the Kingsport Mets
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in the Rookie Appalachian League
The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wood bats, its season runs from ...
and the Brooklyn Cyclones
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in the A- New York–Penn League
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in 2008.
In 2009, he hit .284/.385/.418 for the Savannah Sand Gnats
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in the A-level South Atlantic League
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, with 38 doubles and 73 walks. He was voted a SAL Mid-Season All-Star. Still, he recalled years later, "You just look around and you're like, 'I'm really far from the big leagues.' I used to tell myself in Low A, 'Well, I'll just go to law school.'" He closed out the season by playing seven games for the St. Lucie Mets
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in the A+ Florida State League
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, batting .364/.464/.591.
Playing for St. Lucie in at the beginning of 2010, Satin batted .316/.406/.459. Promoted to the Binghamton Mets
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies are an American Minor League Baseball team based in Binghamton, New York. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets major-league club. The Rumble Ponies play in Mira ...
in the Double-A Eastern League, he hit .308/.395/.472. He batted .311/.399/.467 with 39 doubles and 66 walks over the two levels. In 2010, he was a FSL Mid-Season All-Star, and the FSL All-Star Game MVP. John Sickels
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Sickels is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University (1990, BA in history and philosophy) and th ...
gave him a C grade because he was older than his competition, but wrote in his ''2011 Baseball Prospect Book'': "provides plenty of doubles, can draw a walk, and seems to hit .300 in his sleep ... my gut likes him." Playing for the Mesa Solar Sox
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in the Arizona Fall League
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after the regular season, he batted .390/.468/.512.
In 2011, he batted .325/.423/.538 for Binghamton in 338 at-bats, with a league-leading 35 doubles at the time of his promotion, and 11 home runs. He led the league in on-base percentage (.423) and OPS (.962), and was 7th in Double-A in batting average and 10th in slugging percentage.
. He became the first player in Binghamton's 20-year history to hit for the cycle
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, on June 24. In April 2011 he won an Eastern League Player of the Week Award, and he was both an Eastern League Mid-Season and Post-Season All Star. He was named to the Topps
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Double-A All-Star Team. He hit .347/.410/.453 in 95 at-bats after he was promoted to the Buffalo Bisons
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in the Triple-A International League
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, through August 19.
Satin's 2011 season totals were a .330 batting average with 42 doubles, 12 homers, and 66 walks.
In June 2013, Satin was hitting .305/.418/.491 (and batting .354 against left-handers) with 9 home runs and 32 RBIs in 59 games with AAA Las Vegas (the Mets had changed AAA affiliations from Buffalo to Las Vegas), when he was called up to the Mets. Through 2013, his career minor league batting statistics were .301/.397/.461, with 413 walks and 618 strikeouts in 2,630 at bats.
Major leagues
New York Mets
Satin was promoted to the majors on September 1, 2011. Mets manager Terry Collins
Terry Lee Collins (born May 27, 1949) is an American former professional baseball manager. He managed the Houston Astros, the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets in Major League Baseball and the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He c ...
called his promotion "one of the great stories in this organization". Collins said he would most probably be used as a reserve infielder
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Standard arrangement of positions
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, primarily at first base and third base, but that the team would like to play him in the outfield as well.
"He's going to be one of those ... guys, if he continues to hit, you've got to find somewhere in the lineup for his bat", Collins said. In his debut on September 4, Satin singled in his first at bat.
Sent down, Satin was recalled back to the Mets on June 3, 2012, to fill the roster slot vacated when Mike Baxter
Michael Joseph Baxter (born December 7, 1984) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. He is now a hitting co ...
was placed on the DL.[ After appearing in only one game, Satin was ]designated for assignment
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on June 6, in order to clear space on the 40-man roster
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for Pedro Beato
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Early life
Beato was born in Sa ...
, who was returning from the 60-day disabled list
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General guidelines
...
.[ Satin cleared waivers and returned to the Bisons. In 2012, he struck out in his only major league at bat.
In spring training in 2013, Satin batted .455 with a .647 on-base percentage in 16 plate appearances, but was sent to AAA to start the season. On June 9, 2013, Satin was promoted to the Mets as ]Ike Davis
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was demoted. He tied a Mets rookie record set by Steve Henderson in 1977, by reaching base in 29 consecutive games that he started. For the season, he batted .279 (.317 against left-handers) with a .376 on-base percentage. His on-base percentage was the second-highest among major league rookies with at least 175 at bats, and the second-highest on the Mets.
Satin began 2014 with the Mets as the right-handed part of an unusual three-man platoon at first base. While Lucas Duda
Lucas Christopher Duda (born February 3, 1986) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played most of his Major League Baseball career for the New York Mets. He was the starting first baseman for the 2015 Mets team that wo ...
won the everyday job, Satin struggled in limited playing time, hitting just .107 in 15 games, and was demoted on May 10. Satin spent much of the season at Las Vegas before being recalled when the major-league rosters expanded on September 1. After his call-up, Satin made just nine plate appearances, going 0-for-7 to finish the season with a .086 batting average. He was outrighted off the 40 man roster after the season, making him a free agent.
Cincinnati Reds
In November 2014, Satin signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds
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. He played for the AAA Louisville Bats
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, batting .247 with four home runs in 70 games.
San Diego Padres
On March 7, 2016, Satin signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres
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. He played for the AAA El Paso Chihuahuas
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, and batted .182/.250/.273 in 49 plate appearances.
Retirement
On June 9, 2016, Satin retired from baseball, saying that head injuries had taken a toll on his skills.
Team Israel
Satin twice played third base for the Israeli national baseball team
The Israel national baseball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בבייסבול) represents Israel in international competitions. It is managed by Israeli-American former Major League Baseball World Series champion, World Baseball Classic champion, ...
during the World Baseball Classic
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.
In September 2012, he played for Israel at the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifying round. Satin was the starting third baseman during all three of Israel's games, while batting sixth. During the first game, Satin went 1 for 3 with 2 walks and scored twice. During the second game Satin went 1 for 2 while again walking twice. Israel's final game saw Satin going 1 for 6 with a strike out, ending the series batting .273, as Israel fell to Spain in extra innings in the qualifier finals, missing out on a spot in the World Baseball Classic.
Satin again played in the qualifying round for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic Team Israel has competed in the World Baseball Classic since the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifier round. In 2017 Israel competed at a World Baseball Classic qualifier for the second time, and for the first time qualified for the main tourname ...
, starting in the first two games batting sixth, before sitting out the final game. During both the first and second games Satin went hitless in three at bats, ending the series 0 for 6 with a strike out.
See also
* List of select Jewish Major League Baseball players
References
External links
*
"Josh Satin Interview"
''Mets Minor League Blog'', by Toby Hyde, May 8, 2009
''Sports Illustrated'', photographed by Nate Tabak
:
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1984 births
Living people
Baseball players from California
Binghamton Mets players
Bourne Braves players
Brooklyn Cyclones players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
California Golden Bears baseball players
Harvard-Westlake School alumni
Jewish American baseball players
Jewish Major League Baseball players
Kingsport Mets players
Las Vegas 51s players
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Louisville Bats players
Major League Baseball third basemen
Mesa Solar Sox players
New York Mets players
Orleans Firebirds players
People from Hidden Hills, California
Savannah Sand Gnats players
St. Lucie Mets players
21st-century American Jews
Mat-Su Miners players