About Josh Satin
Joshua Blake Satin (born December 23, 1984) is an American former professional baseball corner infielder. Satin played first base, second base, and third base. During his career, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, as well as in the Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres organizations. He was a first-team college All-American at the University of California, Berkeley. The Mets drafted him in the sixth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Satin batted.303 in 2008 in the minor leagues, and.288 in 2009 while being voted a South Atlantic League All-Star. He hit.311 and was a Florida State League All-Star in 2010. In 2011, he batted.325 for Binghamton while leading the league in on-base percentage (.423) and OPS (.962), as he was voted an Eastern League All-Star. He also played in Triple-A, batting.347 with a.410 on-base percentage with the Buffalo Bisons. He made his MLB debut for the Mets on September 4, 2011, and played in 15 games. In June 2012 Satin rejoined the Mets, but he was designated for assignment three days later. In June 2013, he was again called up to the Mets, after batting.305 in Triple-A. He tied a Mets rookie record set in 1977, by reaching base in 29 consecutive games that he started, and for the season batted.279 (.317 against left-handers). Satin twice played third base for the Israeli national baseball team during the World Baseball Classic.
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