Brett Baty #7

Brett Austin Baty graduated from Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas...Hit .615 (59-for-96) with a nation-leading 19 HR and 50 RBI his senior year...Drew 44 walks to just nine strikeouts in 148 PA (30% BB rate)...Split time as the team’s closer and top starting pitcher, sporting a fastball that tops out at 92 mph...Went 5-1 with three saves, a 0.84 ERA and a .133 BAA...Struck out 79 batters in 41.2 innings...Led the Lake Travis Cavaliers to the 6A state tournament for the second time in school history... Was the winning pitcher in the regional finals, throwing six scoreless innings to qualify for states...Won the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year Award in 2018...Became the first high-school third baseman drafted in the first round by the Mets since David Wright in 2001...Was a two-year letterwinner on the basketball team, averaging 12.3 points per game, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals as a senior...Originally committed to the University of Texas...Last name is pronounced BAIT-ee...Was gifted a 2025 fully-loaded Chevy Tahoe from Juan Soto in exchange for parting with his previous uniform number (#22)... Previously drove a 2016 Toyota 4Runner...The 4Runner had more than 100,000 miles on it and Baty had been driving it since high school...In 2024, worked with Francisco Lindor during the off-season...In 2023, he spent time with five-time All-Star Troy Tulowitzki...Favorite baseball movie is Field of Dreams...His secret talent is juggling...Loves to play basketball...Grew up watching the Texas Rangers...His favorite player to watch was Adrián Beltré...Played football with Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson throughout their childhood and high school...The two are good friends, and Baty caught a first pitch by Wilson on June 1, 2023...Has attended several of Wilson's Jets games at MetLife Stadium.

2024

Made his first career Opening Day roster...Reached base in a career-best 12 games from March 30-April 12...Appeared in 44 games for the Mets before being optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on May 30...Was appointed as the 27th man for the London Series...Batted .252/.349/.504 with 16 home runs, 10 doubles and 45 RBI across 62 games for Triple-A Syracuse... Missed nearly a month after suffering a finger fracture on Aug. 22...Launched a pinch-hit three-run home run off Hoby Milner on March 30 vs. Milwaukee...Was his first career pinch-hit home run and his second career home run off of a left-handed pitcher (Also: 5/1/23 (G1) vs. Atlanta, Dylan Lee)...Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high four RBI on May 3 at Tampa Bay...Was his first career multi-homer game.

2023

Picked up his first career three-hit game on April 27 vs. Washington after reaching base in all four plate appearances, including a solo home run... Slugged the first home run by a Mets left-handed batter against a southpaw this season in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Atlanta on May 1... Smacked a solo homer and roped a double against Cleveland on May 19, marking his first career game with multiple extra-base hits.. Went deep in consecutive games for the first time in his career on July 18 and 19 vs. Chicago-AL... Finished the season batting .212 (75-353) with nine home runs and 34 RBI... Tallied seven RBI in the month of September, surpassing his total from the previous two months combined.

2022

Selected to the Major League roster on Aug. 17... Appeared in 11 games before suffering a season-ending thumb injury...Homered in his first major league at-bat on Aug. 17 at Atlanta...He is the fifth Met ever to accomplish the feat...Belted his first Citi Field home run on Aug. 26 vs. Colorado...Collected a single in his Citi Field debut on Aug. 25 vs. Colorado...Underwent surgery (performed by Dr. Michelle Carlson) to repair a torn UCL in his right thumb on Sept. 1.

2021

Split his second professional season between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton...Was selected to the 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Denver, Colorado where he went 0-1...Slashed .309/.397/.514 with 14 doubles, seven homers and 34 RBI in 51 games for Brooklyn...Slashed .272/.364/.424 with eight doubles, five homers and 22 RBI in 40 games for Binghamton after he was promoted on July 13...Played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League... Named Arizona Fall League Player of the Week for the first week of the AFL Season...Named to the AFL Fall Stars Game...Slashed .292/.373/.404 with five doubles, one triple, one homer and 15 RBI in 25 games in the AFL.

2020

Spent part of the season at the New York Mets Alternate Training Site in Brooklyn, NY...Said it was "an awesome advantage" to be able to have a place to play and train after the season was cancelled.

2019

Split his first professional season between three teams, Rookie-Level GCL Mets, Rookie-Level Kingsport and Class-A Brooklyn...Combined to hit.234/.368/.452 with 37 runs, 16 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 33 RBI and 35 walks in 51 games...Was a member of the Cyclones' playoff push and helped the team win the New York Penn League Championship.