Jake Mangum #28

Selected by the Mets in the fourth round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft out of Mississippi State University…finished his career ranked No. 4 all-time in NCAA history with 383 hits…previously selected by the Yankees in the 30th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft and by the Mets in the 32nd round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign…originally committed to play at the University of Alabama before deciding on Mississippi State.

2023

Hit .298/.346/.425 (141-for-473) with 29 2B, eight 3B, five HR, 52 RBI and 16 SB in 119 games for Triple-A Jacksonville…ranked among Miami farmhands in triples (T1st), doubles (second), hits (third), total bases (fourth, 201) and XBH (seventh, 42)…the eight triples were tied for the most in the International League…was acquired from the Marlins on Dec. 18.

2022

Jake Mangum entered the 2022 season as the Mets’ No. 22 prospect, per MLBPipeline... Acquired by Miami as the “Player To Be Named Later” in the trade that sent RHPs Jeff Brigham and Elieser Hernandez to the New York Mets in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Franklin Sanchez on Nov. 18....Earned MiLB.com Organizational All-Star honors for the second consecutive season, slashing .306/.363/.441 in 72 games between Triple-A Syracuse, Double-A Binghamton, and the FCL Mets....Missed time from June 15 to Aug. 16 with a back injury....In his first stint with Triple-A, Mangum went 46x138 (.333) with an .836 OPS in 33 games. Hit 11 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 21 RBI with 7 stolen bases....The switch-hitter hit .342 (26x76) vs. left-handed pitching as a right-handed batter and .288 (59x205) vs. right-handed pitching as a left-handed batter....Hit safely in 19 of 23 games played in the month of May, posting a .363 avg. and .893 OPS that earned him the promotion to Syracuse on May 24. Recorded two multi-hit efforts in his first three games....Made 56 starts in center field, nine starts in left field, three starts in right field and four starts at designated hitter.

2021

Combined to hit .285 (96-337) in 84 games between Brooklyn (A+) and Binghamton (AA), being named a MiLB.com organizational All-Star...Earned AA-Northeast Player of the Week (August 8) honors while with Binghamton...His .294 average with the Rumble Ponies ranked tied for fourth in the league.

2020

Did not play due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Played his first professional season with Brooklyn (A)...Started an eighth-inning rally in game three of the New York-Penn League Championship Series to help the Cyclones win their first title.