Jeremy Hazelbaker Outfield

     
 

Born: August 14, 1987
Muncie, IN
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Drafted: 4th round, 2009
How Acquired: Draft
College: Ball State
High School: Wapahani (IN)

 Photo © Kelly O'Connor

 Links
The Ladder 7.23.10
Q&A with Jeremy Hazelbaker
2011 Prospect Preview
The Book: Jeremy Hazelbaker (7/19.11)
Hazelbaker finishing strong with Sea Dogs (9.2.11)
2012 Prospect Preview
Brentz, Hazelbaker thrown into the fire (9.10.12)
2013 Prospect Preview

Traded to Los Angeles (NL) for Alex Castellanos (October 2013)

 

Scouting Report: Outfielder with a filled-out athletic frame and plus speed. Hazelbaker had a breakout year at Ball State in 2009, showing an excellent ability to make contact. Turns on the ball well, drops the head of the bat on the ball nicely and creates good lift. Swing can be on the long side. Struggles with fastballs on the inner third. Solid-average power potential. Hit tools plays down due to poor recognition of secondary pitches. Has a lot of trouble with breaking balls and struggles against left-handed pitching. Hazelbaker gets out of the box well and has excellent instincts on the base paths. Improving with his reads and jumps. Potential impact runner on the bases. Defensively, Hazelbaker has above-average range, but tends to freeze on contact and takes poor routes to the ball. Does not see the ball well off the bat. Fringe-average arm strength. Speed to play center field, but profiles as a left fielder. Ceiling of a decent fourth outfielder, but may end up as an up-and-down player due to pitch recognition.

  
   
  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
  2007 Ball State NCAA Coll --- 19 53 202 25 50 8 1 5 21 75 19 35 6 7 0.248 0.317 0.371 0.688
  2008 Ball State NCAA Coll --- 20 44 127 24 31 10 1 2 26 49 19 25 7 2 0.244 0.344 0.386 0.730
  2009 Ball State NCAA Coll --- 21 50 203 77 87 17 8 9 38 147 48 35 29 6 0.429 0.550 0.724 1.274
  2009 Lowell NYPL A Bos 21 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0.135 0.417 0.125 0.542
  2009 Greenville SAL A Bos 21 45 150 16 25 5 1 1 9 35 23 58 11 2 0.167 0.280 0.233 0.513
  2010 Greenville SAL A Bos 22 116 442 78 118 29 9 12 62 201 59 135 63 17 0.267 0.360 0.455 0.815
2011 Salem Car A Bos 23 34 122 26 34 9 0 5 14 58 20 34 12 6 0.279 0.389 0.475 0.864
2011 Portland East AA Bos 23 90 354 60 94 18 3 12 41 154 42 105 35 8 0.266 0.350 0.435 0.785
  2012 Portland East AA Bos 24 114 436 77 119 21 6 19 64 209 35 114 33 11 0.273 0.338 0.479 0.818
  2012 Pawtucket IL East Bos 24 7 30 2 8 3 0 0 3 11 0 8 3 0 0.267 0.281 0.367 0.648
  2012 Obregon MPL Wint Bos 24 8 23 5 6 1 0 2 3 13 2 5 3 1 0.261 0.346 0.565 0.911
  2013 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 25 121 428 62 110 13 2 11 54 160 36 131 37 7 0.257 0.313 0.374 0.687
  2014 Chattanooga Sou AA LAD 26 87 271 31 68 3 2 4 33 105 30 70 15 7 0.251 0.326 0.387 0.713
  2014 Albuquerque PCL AAA LAD 26 22 90 12 20 3 2 4 11 39 2 27 6 2 0.222 0.239 0.433 0.672
  2015 Tulsa Tex AA LAD 27 14 53 5 13 2 2 0 2 19 3 11 6 0 0.245 0.286 0.358 0.644
  2015 Springfield Tex AA StL 27 40 143 30 44 13 3 3 20 72 18 33 10 0 0.308 0.394 0.503 0.897
  2015 Memphis PCL AAA StL 27 58 207 38 69 10 7 10 46 123 23 60 8 2 0.333 0.403 0.594 0.998
  2016 Memphis PCL AAA StL 28 13 40 8 13 3 0 1 11 19 6 12 2 1 0.325 0.438 0.475 0.912
  2016 St. Louis NL MLB StL 28 114 200 35 47 7 3 12 28 96 18 64 5 2 0.235 0.295 0.480 0.775
  2017 AZL Diamondbacks AZL Rk Ari 29 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833
  2017 Reno PCL AAA Ari 29 52 190 31 53 13 5 6 25 94 19 57 11 0 0.279 0.341 0.495 0.836
  2017 Arizona NL MLB Ari 29 41 52 10 18 2 2 2 10 30 9 20 1 0 0.346 0.443 0.577 1.020
  2018 Reno PCL AAA Ari 30 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500
  2018 Durham IL AAA TB 30 62 214 32 45 16 0 8 27 85 22 83 9 0 0.210 0.293 0.397 0.690
  2018 Rochester IL AAA Min 30 35 96 14 18 4 2 3 9 35 16 38 5 0 0.188 0.310 0.365 0.674
  2019 Kia KBO Intl --- 31 11 41 5 6 2 0 2 5 14 4 18 1 1 0.146 0.239 0.341 0.581
  2019 Sioux City AmAs Ind --- 31 35 133 24 33 8 0 5 18 56 16 38 7 0 0.248 0.353 0.421 0.774
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 24, 2009
Signing Bonus: $191,700
MiLB Debut: June 25, 2009 (Lowell)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: April 3, 2016 (STL)
     
 

Awards
Fall Instructional League Top Player (2009)
Red Sox ML Base Stealer of the Month (April 2010)
Red Sox ML Base Stealer of the Month (May 2010)
Red Sox ML Base Stealer of the Month (July 2010)
2010 South Atlantic League Post-Season All-Star
2010 Red Sox ML Base Runner of the Year
Red Sox ML Base Stealer of the Month (June 2011)
Eastern League Player of the Week (August 22-28, 2011)
Red Sox ML Base Stealer of the Month (Aug./Sept. 2011)
Red Sox ML Base Runner of the Month (June 2012)
Eastern League Player of the Week (July 16-22, 2012)
Red Sox ML Base Runner of the Month (Aug/Sept 2012)

 SoxProspects.com Awards
SoxProspects.com Player of the Month (July 2010)
SoxProspects.com Player of the Week (August 2-8, 2010)
2010 SoxProspects.com All-Star - OF
SoxProspects.com Player of the Week (August 22-28, 2011)
SoxProspects.com Player of the Week (July 16-22, 2012)
 
 
     
 
 		  
     
 
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