Tyler Fitzgerald #49

Graduated from Rochester (Ill.) High School where he played four seasons of baseball. In 2016 he was the No. 2 player in the state of Illinois according to Perfect Game and also was the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year after hitting .500 with 15 doubles, nine homers and 42 steals as a senior...He grew up rooting for the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Falcons despite living in Illinois. One of his favorite players was Chipper Jones...Fitzgerald also used 2020 as a time to finish his Finance degree at Louisville. He officially graduated in December of 2020...His father Mike was a two-time first-round choice (1983 January and 1984 June secondary Drafts) and appeared in games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1988, and his brother, Mike, played collegiate baseball at Indiana State and professionally with the San Diego Padres organization...Was selected by Boston in the 30th round of the 2016 draft out of high school but elected to attend Louisville...Started 66-of-69 games at shortstop as a junior, hitting .315 with eight homers and a team-best 65 RBI...Helped lead the Cardinals to a College World Series berth in 2019. Louisville lost to eventual champs Vanderbilt in the semis.

2023

Made his MLB debut on Sept. 21 at Los Angeles-NL … logged his first career hit, a double, in that game off Shelby Miller … hit his first home run a day later, a two-run homer off Ryan Yarbrough...Played 19 games with Double-A Richmond before a promotion to Triple-A Sacramento on May 2 … hit .292 with 87 runs, 26 doubles, seven triples, 22 home runs, 78 RBI, 32 stolen bases and an .876 OPS in 121 MiLB games between Double and Triple-A...Won Eastern League Player of the Month in April, and PCL Player of the Week May 14...His 34 combined stolen bases between MiLB and MLB were a career-high and second-most in the SF organization behind Grant McCray (52)...Turned in his second consecutive 20+ homer, 20+ steal campaign. Logged his first two MLB steals on Sept. 27 vs. SD … had a sprint speed of 29.5 ft/sec on the first stolen base, which was tied for fastest stolen base by a Giant in 2023.

2022

Spent the season with Double-A Richmond and hit .229 with 74 runs, 20 doubles, 21 homers, 58 RBI and 20 stolen bases over 125 contests... Hit .194 in his first 83 games of the year then posted a .286 average over his last 42 games... On May 29 at The Diamond against the Hartford Yard Goats, he set single-game team records with 13 total bases and five runs scored while also tying the team record with five hits.