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Davis Wendzel
American baseball player

Davis Wendzel

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American baseball player
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Irvine, USA
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27 years
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Davis McKee Wendzel (born May 23, 1997) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Texas Rangers organization. He played college baseball for the Baylor Bears.

Amateur career

Wendzel attended JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California. Undrafted in the 2016 MLB draft, he enrolled at Baylor University to play college baseball for the Baylor Bears.

In 2017, Wendzel's freshman year at Baylor, he appeared in fifty games (47 being starts), hitting .301 with eight home runs and thirty RBIs, earning a spot on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore in 2018, he started 58 games and batted .310 with eight home runs and 49 RBIs. After the season, he was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 37th round of the 2018 MLB draft, but did not sign.He played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks that summer. In 2019, his junior season, he hit .367 with eight home runs, 42 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases in 46 games and was named the 2019 Big 12 Co-Player of the Year (along with Texas Tech's Josh Jung).

Wendzel was selected by the Texas Rangers in the Competitive Balance Round A, with the 41st overall pick, of the 2019 MLB draft.

Professional career

On July 3, 2019, Wendzel signed with the Rangers for a $1.6 million signing bonus. After signing, Wendzel sat out of game action while rehabbing a thumb injury that he suffered in June while playing for Baylor. On August 22, he was assigned to the Arizona League Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League and made his professional debut. On August 30, Wendzel and the AZL Rangers won the 2019 Arizona League championship. Wendzel finished the 2019 season with the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League.

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