Carson Blair  Catcher

     
 

Born: October 18, 1989
Argyle, TX
Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 35th round, 2008
How Acquired: Draft
High School: Liberty Christian HS (TX)

Photo © Dave Letizi

Signed with Oakland (Nov. 2014)

Scouting Report: Coming out of high school, Blair was a versatile infielder with sound defensive fundamentals. The Boston brass saw something special in Blair's skill set and decided to convert him to a catcher during the 2008-09 offseason. Presently, Blair is fairly thin for a catcher, but he has a solid lower body, and he should grow into a catcher's frame. Very quick release. His defensive skills need work, but he has the tools that can be polished. He still spends some time at third base, where he could be an adequate fielder. Offensively, he gets the bat on the ball and has some gap power. Drops his back shoulder a bit when he goes into his swing. Uncoils on the ball pretty well, but there is some head movement and early opening of the hips. Also can improve maintaining balanced mechanics throughout his swing. Average speed. Good power potential. Hard worker with an excellent attitude. Originally committed to Tulane, Blair signed with Boston at the 2008 deadline.

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  Hitting Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age g ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb bb so sb cs avg obp slg ops
  2008 Liberty Christian --- HS --- 18 --- --- --- --- --- --- 9 34 --- --- --- 13 --- 0.384 --- --- ---
  2008 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 18 6 22 2 9 1 0 1 9 13 0 5 0 0 0.409 0.391 0.591 0.982
  2009 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 19 39 124 15 26 8 0 2 20 40 16 46 0 1 0.210 0.286 0.323 0.608
  2009 Lowell NYPL A Bos 19 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.500 0.667 1.000 1.667
  2010 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 20 8 26 7 7 1 0 1 3 11 4 10 0 0 0.269 0.367 0.423 0.790
  2010 Lowell NYPL A Bos 20 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0.167 0.231 0.167 0.397
  2011 Lowell NYPL A Bos 21 3 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0.231 0.231 0.308 0.538
  2011 Greenville SAL A Bos 21 33 100 12 19 8 0 3 9 36 14 40 0 0 0.190 0.287 0.360 0.647
  2012 Salem Car A Bos 22 51 165 25 34 11 3 3 24 60 21 48 2 3 0.206 0.298 0.364 0.662
  2013 Lowell NYPL A Bos 23 3 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0.250 0.462 0.375 0.837
  2013 Salem Car A Bos 23 41 124 21 31 9 2 4 13 56 23 39 2 1 0.250 0.372 0.452 0.823
  2014 Salem Car A Bos 24 67 238 40 62 19 2 9 41 112 48 88 0 0 0.261 0.385 0.471 0.855
  2014 Portland East AA Bos 24 17 59 11 17 6 1 2 8 31 10 19 0 0 0.288 0.394 0.525 0.920
  2015 Midland Tex AA Oak 25 55 173 24 47 15 4 6 29 88 33 62 1 0 0.272 0.389 0.509 0.898
  2015 Nashville PCL AAA Oak 25 33 113 9 25 3 0 3 8 37 9 34 0 0 0.221 0.280 0.327 0.607
  2015 Oakland AL MLB Oak 25 11 31 3 4 0 0 1 3 7 4 18 0 0 0.129 0.229 0.226 0.454
  2016 Vermont NYPL A- Oak 26 4 16 2 6 2 0 0 1 8 0 6 0 0 0.375 0.375 0.500 0.875
  2016 Midland Tex AA Oak 26 16 56 13 19 1 0 3 12 29 8 17 0 0 0.339 0.431 0.518 0.949
  2016 Nashville PCL AAA Oak 26 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0.222 0.300 0.222 0.522
  2016 Frisco Tex AA Tex 26 19 67 8 11 4 0 1 7 18 9 26 1 1 0.164 0.282 0.269 0.551
  2016 Round Rock PCL AAA Tex 26 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250
  2017 Charlotte IL AAA CWS 27 36 123 15 26 7 0 5 15 48 12 51 0 1 0.211 0.297 0.390 0.687
   
  Additional Player Info  
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First Pro Contract: August 15, 2008 by Jim Robinson
Signing Bonus: $200,000
MiLB Debut: August 24, 2008 (GCL)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: September 6, 2015 (Oak)
     
  Awards
2008 Texas APPS District MVP		 SoxProspects.com Awards
SoxProspects.com Player of the Week (June 9-15, 2014)
 
 
     
 
 		  
     
 
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