Kevin Parada
| Kevin Parada | |
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.jpg) Parada with the Mets in 2023 | |
| New York Mets | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: August 3, 2001 Pasadena, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kevin John Parada (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional baseball catcher in the New York Mets organization.
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Parada attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California. He finished his high school career with a .390 batting average, nine home runs, 66 RBI, and 24 doubles.[1] He was considered a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft, but went unselected, and enrolled at Georgia Tech to play college baseball.[2]
Parada was instantly put into the starting lineup at catcher as a freshman in 2021.[3] Over 52 games, he slashed .318/.370/.550 with nine home runs and 42 RBI alongside twenty doubles which led the Atlantic Coast Conference, earning Freshman All-American honors.[4] Parada played nine games in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Chatham Anglers over the summer of 2021.[5][6] He was also named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team with whom he spent part of the summer.[7][8] Parada entered the 2022 season as a top prospect for the upcoming draft.[9][10][11] On March 1, 2022, he was named the National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after a week in which he went 12-21 with five home runs and 17 RBIs.[12][13] On March 29, in a 17-3 win versus the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, Parada had his first ever two-home run game.[14] After he hit his 26th home run of the season, he set the Georgia Tech single season home run record, breaking the previous record set by Anthony Maisano in 1990.[15] Parada ended the season having played in sixty games, compiling a .361/.453/.709 slash line with 26 home runs and 88 RBI.[16] Following the season's end, he traveled to San Diego where he participated in the Draft Combine.[17]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]The New York Mets selected Parada in the first round with the 11th overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[18] He signed with the team for $5 million.[19]
Parada made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Mets and was promoted to the St. Lucie Mets of the Single-A Florida State League after three games.[20] Over 13 games between the two teams, he hit .275 with one home run and eight RBI.[21] Parada was assigned to the Brooklyn Cyclones of the High-A South Atlantic League to open the 2023 season.[22] He also briefly played for St. Lucie, and was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Double-A Eastern League in late August.[23] Over 105 games, he slashed .248/.324/.428 with 14 home runs and 54 RBI.[24] After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Glendale Desert Dogs.[25] Parada was assigned to Binghamton to open the 2024 season.[26] Over 114 games, he batted .214 with 13 home runs and 43 RBI.[27] Parada returned to Binghamton to open the 2025 season.[28] In August, he was promoted to the Syracuse Mets of the Triple-A International League.[29]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Parada's mother, Darlene, played college softball at Woodbury University.[30]
References
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- ^ https://sny.tv/articles/mets-prospect-roundup-jett-williams-kevin-parada-6-14-25
- ^ https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/sports/rumble-ponies/kevin-parada-promoted-from-double-a-binghamton-to-triple-a-syracuse/
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Pasadena, California
- Baseball catchers
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball players
- United States national baseball team players
- Chatham Anglers players
- All-American college baseball players
- Florida Complex League Mets players
- St. Lucie Mets players
- Brooklyn Cyclones players
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Loyola High School (Los Angeles) alumni
- Syracuse Mets players