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Kevin John Parada (born August 3, 2001) is an American baseball catcher in the New York Mets organization.
Amateur career
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Parada attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles , California . He finished his high school career with a .390 batting average, nine home runs, 66 RBIs, and 24 doubles.[1] He was considered a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft , but went unselected, and enrolled at Georgia Tech to play college baseball .[2]
Parada was instantly put into the starting lineup at catcher as a freshman in 2021.[3] Over 52 games, he slashed .318/.370/.550 with nine home runs and 42 RBIs alongside twenty doubles which led the Atlantic Coast Conference , earning Freshman All-American honors.[4] Parada played nine games in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Chatham Anglers over the summer of 2021.[5] [6] He was also named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team with whom he spent part of the summer.[7] [8] Parada entered the 2022 season as a top prospect for the upcoming draft.[9] [10] [11] On March 1, 2022, he was named the National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after a week in which he went 12-21 with five home runs and 17 RBIs.[12] [13] On March 29, in a 17-3 win versus the Charleston Southern Buccaneers , Parada had his first ever two-home run game.[14] After he hit his 26th home run of the season, he set the Georgia Tech single season home run record, breaking the previous record set by Anthony Maisano in 1990.[15] Parada ended the season having played in sixty games, compiling a .361/.453/.709 slash line with 26 home runs and 88 RBIs.[16] Following the season's end, he traveled to San Diego where he participated in the Draft Combine.[17]
Professional career
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The New York Mets selected Parada in the first round with the 11th overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft .[18] He signed with the team for $5 million.[19]
Parada made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Mets and was promoted to the St. Lucie Mets of the Single-A Florida State League after three games.[20] Over 13 games between the two teams, he hit .275 with one home run and eight RBIs.[21] Parada was assigned to the Brooklyn Cyclones of the High-A South Atlantic League to open the 2023 season.[22] He briefly played for St. Lucie, and was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Double-A Eastern League in late August.[23] Over 105 games, he slashed .248/.324/.428 with 14 home runs and 54 RBIs.[24] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Glendale Desert Dogs .[25] Parada was assigned to Binghamton to open the 2024 season.[26]
Personal life
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Parada's mother, Darlene, played college softball at Woodbury University .[27]
References
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^ Sondheimer, Eric (March 29, 2021). "Keeping tabs: College baseball teams relying on Southern California connection" . Los Angeles Times .
^ "Parada named Freshman All-American" . Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics . June 9, 2021.
^ "Kevin Parada" . pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022 .
^ Cole, Adam (July 22, 2021). "3 non-COVID factors contribute to 'crazy' shake-ups in 2021 Cape Cod baseball rosters" . Cape Cod Times .
^ Hayes, Tim (7 July 2021). "TEAM USA Collegiate National Team rosters" . Bristol Herald Courier .
^ "Parada Selected to 2021 Collegiate National Team" . Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics . June 18, 2021.
^ Sugiura, Ken (February 17, 2022). "High expectations again for Georgia Tech baseball as new season begins" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ Cahill, Teddy (March 30, 2022). "Kevin Parada Is the Latest Star in Georgia Tech's Catching Pipeline" . Baseball America .
^ Sugiura, Ken (April 22, 2022). "Kevin Parada chasing greatness for Georgia Tech" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ Sugiura, Ken (March 1, 2022). "Kevin Parada named national player of week for Georgia Tech" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ Torres, Maria (March 4, 2022). "Georgia Tech's Kevin Parada spent the offseason adding strength, and now he's powering up MLB Draft boards" . The Athletic .
^ Sugiura, Ken (March 30, 2022). "Georgia Tech ends four-game slide as Kevin Parada has career game" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ Sugiura, Ken (May 23, 2022). "Kevin Parada sets school home-run record as Georgia Tech sweeps Pitt" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ Sugiura, Ken. "Georgia Tech's Kevin Parada named finalist for Golden Spikes Award" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ "Everything you need to know: Draft Combine" . MLB.com .
^ Sugiura, Ken. "Georgia Tech's Kevin Parada taken 11th overall by Mets" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
^ "Mets make major deal to sign first round draft pick Kevin Parada" .
^ "Mets Minors Recap: Kevin Parada Doubles in Debut | Metsmerized Online" . 20 August 2022.
^ "Kevin Parada Stats, Fantasy & News" .
^ "Where the Mets' Top 30 prospects are starting season" . MLB.com .
^ "Mets Promote Catcher Kevin Parada to Double-A Binghamton" . MiLB.com . Retrieved 2024-03-19 .
^ Postins, Matthew (2023-09-23). "Mets Sending Top Prospect to AFL" . Sports Illustrated New York Mets News, Analysis and More . Retrieved 2024-03-19 .
^ "Here are the 2023 Arizona Fall League rosters" . MLB.com . Retrieved 2024-03-19 .
^ "Where the Guardians' Top 30 prospects are starting the season" . MLB.com . Retrieved 2024-05-17 .
^ Dahn, Jeff (July 26, 2019). "Parada joins Classic parade" . Perfect Game USA .
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