Shea Ryan Langeliers (born November 18, 1997) is an American

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for the

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(MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022. He played

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for the Baylor Bears.

Amateur career

Langeliers attended

Keller High School Keller High School is a public high school located in the city of Keller, Texas and is served by the Keller Independent School District. The school educates students in the majority of the city of Keller, western Southlake, northwestern Colleyv ...

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. He began catching as a high school sophomore. As a senior in 2016, Langeliers batted .369 with six home runs and 31 RBIs. He was drafted by the

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in the 34th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead chose to attend

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

to play

for the Baylor Bears. As a freshman at Baylor in 2017, Langeliers batted .313 with ten home runs and 38 RBIs in 55 games. He was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team as well as being named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. He spent that summer playing in the

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for the

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where he was named an All-Star. In 2018, as a sophomore, Langeliers missed time at the beginning of the season due to a wrist injury. However, he returned, and finished the year batting .252 with 11 home runs and 44 RBIs in 58 games. He was named to the All-Big 12 First Team along with winning a Rawlings/ABCA Division I Gold Glove, becoming only the second player in Baylor history to win the award. Langeliers played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that summer. In 2019, his junior season, he was named to the All-Big 12 First Team for the second consecutive year despite missing three weeks due to a broken hand. In an elimination game during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, he hit three home runs and had 11 RBIs in Baylor's 24–6 win over

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. Langeliers finished his junior year hitting .308 with ten home runs and 42 RBIs in 44 games.

Professional career

Atlanta Braves

Langeliers was considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He was selected by the

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with the ninth overall pick. He signed with the team for $4 million. He began his professional career with the

Rome Braves The Rome Braves are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. They are located in Rome, Georgia, and play their home games at AdventHealth Stadium. From 2003 to 2020, the team serve ...

of the Class A

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, spending all of the 2019 season there. Over 54 games, Langeliers hit .255/.310/.343 with two home runs and 34 RBIs. Langeliers did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the

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. In 2021, he spent a majority of the season with the

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of the

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, slashing .258/.338/.498 with 22 home runs and 52 RBIs over 92 games. Following the end of Mississippi's season, he joined the

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of the

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for their final homestand. He was named Atlanta's Minor League Player of the Year. He was selected to play in the

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for the

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after the season.

Oakland Athletics

On March 14, 2022, the Braves traded Langeliers,

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, and

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to the

in exchange for

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. He was assigned to the

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of the Triple-A

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to begin the 2022 season. He was selected to represent the Athletics at the 2022

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. He hit a solo home run and was named the game's

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. On August 16, 2022, Langeliers was promoted to the major league roster. He made his MLB debut that night versus the Texas Rangers, and collected his first major league hit that night, a double, on the first pitch of his first

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. He hit his first MLB home run the next night, a two-run home run, off of

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of the Rangers.

Personal life

Langeliers majored in

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while at Baylor.

References

External links

Baylor Bears bio
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