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Austin Charles Hedges (born August 18, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. ==Professional career== Hedges was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the second round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft out of JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California. He had committed to UCLA, but signed with the Padres. Prior to the 2012 season, Baseball America ranked Hedges as the Padres fifth best prospect. Playing for the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Midwest League, Hedges hit .279/.334/.451 with 10 home runs in 96 games. Scouts considered Hedges to be a stand-out defender who had surprised them with his batting at Class-A. In 2013, Hedges started with the Class-A Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm where he hit .270 with 4 home runs in 66 games. He was promoted to the Double-A San Antonio Missions in August where he hit .224 in 20 games. He was also named to the All-Star Futures Game in 2013. Hedges received a non-roster invitation to the big league spring training camp for the second time in 2014. He was ranked #27 on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list coming into the season. In 2015, Hedges joined the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=El Paso Chihuahuas announce 2015 opening day roster )〕 The Padres promoted Hedges to the major leagues on May 4. On May 6, Hedges notched his first Major League hit, an RBI single in the third inning of a game against the San Francisco Giants. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Austin Hedges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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