Conforto slugs away for New York Mets

Published 2:37 pm Monday, March 9, 2015

Former Redmond High School baseball player Michael Conforto, 22, went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a double when he was called up from his class-A Savannah squad to start in the New York Mets’ split-squad game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. The Mets won, 3-1, at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Conforto, who played left field in the Grapefruit League game, was given the official lineup card after the contest.

Conforto, the Redmond Reporter‘s male athlete of the year in 2011, was a first-round, 10th overall selection ($2.97 million) by the Mets in the Major League Baseball draft last June.

As a member of the minor-league Brooklyn Cyclones last summer, Conforto hit .331 with three home runs and 19 RBIs in 163 at-bats.

According to Amazin’ Avenue, the Mets’ SB National blog, last June: “It’s difficult to say how he’s going to move through the system, but he’s a polished college player,” said Paul DePodesta, the Mets’ vice president of scouting and player development. “He fits our MO so well.”