Marsee was a three-sport athlete in high school, playing football, basketball and baseball...had to sit out his senior year athletically due to injury...In three years at Central Michigan University, he helped lead the Chippewas to a combined 96-43 record and back-to-back NCAA tournament berths.
2023
Spent the majority of his second professional season with Single-A Fort Wayne before being promoted to Double-A San Antonio in August¡hit a combined .274 with a .413 on-base percentage, 16 doubles, three triples, 16 homers, 46 RBI, 46 stolen bases, 98 walks (against 97 strikeouts) and 103 runs scored in 129 games...Led the entire Padres farm system in walks, runs, and stolen bases, and became the first player in all of Minor League baseball since at least 2005 to have at least 15 home runs, 40 steals and 90 walks in a single campaign...He was one of just eight players in all of Minor League baseball in ¡®23 with 15+ homers and 45+ stolen bases¡only four Major Leaguers accomplished the feat (Ronald Acuna Jr., Bobby Witt Jr., Cobrin Carroll and CJ Abrams)...Between FW and SA, posted more walks (98) than strikeouts (97) for the 2nd straight season¡he was one of just three players in the Midwest League in ¡¯23 to walk more than they struck out, and his swing-and-miss rate (5%) was third-lowest on the circuit...Following his promotion from FW to SA, had a higher AVG (.286) and OPS (.858) in his 16 Double-A games than he did in his 113 High-A games (.273 AVG, .838 OPS)...Earned Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star honors, as well as the Midwest League Player of the Week award from Aug. 8-13, leading the league in AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, hits, runs, total bases and stolen bases over that stretch¡over six games in the leadoff spot that week, Marsee went 13-for-27 with one 2B, one 3B and two HR, as he slashed .565/.630/.957 SLG (1.587 OPS)¡he scored nine runs, drove in six and stole five bases...he also walked three times and was hit by a pitch...Posted a 12-game hitting streak from Aug. 4-17, slashing .511/.607/.844 over the streak with eight XBH (4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR), eight RBI, 14 runs scored and five stolen bases...Marsee¡¯s 143 wRC+ was the highest among all qualified players in the Midwest League in ¡®23, and the sixth-best in franchise history (data available back to 2006), the highest since Fernando Tatis Jr. in 2017...Promoted to SA on Aug. 22¡hit safely in 26 of his final 34 games in Aug-September between FW and SA, batting .347 (42-for-121) with 12 XBH (4 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR), 15 RBI, 26 BB, 30 runs scored and 12 stolen bases...Hit safely in 12 of his 16 games for SA at a .286 clip (16-for54), including going 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts...267 of his 400 at-bats came batting first in the TinCaps lineup (.277/.423/.419)¡.also had 100 at-bats out of the No. 2 hole (.270/.403/.430)...With RISP at FW, he hit .322 (29-for-90)...Following the season, Marsee earned the Joe Black MVP award of the Arizona Fall League, becoming the first Padres' prospect to ever win the award...he paced the AFL in SLG (.707), OPS (1.215), 2B (12), hits (36) and runs scored (25)¡ also finished second in OBP (.509), third in AVG (.391) and steals (16), T-4th in RBI (20) and fifth in HR (five)¡he also played all three outfield positions during the AFL season...He started in left field for the National League in the AFL All-Star Game and went 1-for-2 with a 2B... In the AFL play-in playoff game, he was 0-for-3, but drew two walks, stole a base and scored two runs¡he was then 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Peoria¡¯s 6¨C5 loss to Surprise in the AFL championship game.
