Michael Conforto has played for 1 team, the New York Mets. His .216 first-half average seemed so out of character that the Mets even considered sending him back to Triple-A. After beginning this year as the Mets' No. NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Michael Conforto #30 of the New York Mets in action against the Miami [+] Marlins during a game at Citi Field on September 2, 2021 in New York City. He, as much as anyone, knows the difficulty of making it in elite athletics. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images). We present them here for purely educational purposes. On January 6, 2023, Conforto signed a two-year contract worth $36 million with the San Francisco Giants, containing an opt-out clause after the first season. [59] Almost a year removed from that injury, Conforto will once again look to find a landing spot once the 2022-23 free agency season begins after the conclusion of the World Series. The player ultimately dictates that to us. The widely held industry view of Michael Conforto transcends where he plays and for whom he works. A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. Even then, the decision to award Conforto with a hit-by-pitch came down to home plate umpire Ron Kulpa. Getting myself into the right position to throw was a big thing for me that helped me start throwing guys out and be more accurate. Michael Conforto was born in Seattle, WA. If the play looked bizarre in real time, well, that's because something else may have been going on. In slow motion, it definitely looks like Conforto deliberately stuck out his elbow so he would get hit by the pitch. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Conforto breaks out for four hits with his father watching from the stands. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News). The younger Conforto credited Casey and his deputies, Pat Bailey (associate head coach) and Nate Yeskie (assistant coach), for improving his swing mechanics, his understanding of the strike zone and his mental approach to the game. Conforto made it back for the second week of the 2018 season and hit .250 with 61 homers, 174 RBIs and an OPS+ of 125 tied for 29th in the bigs with, among others, future Mets teammate Francisco Lindor and fellow future 2021-22 free agent Nick Castellanos while playing in 304 of the Mets 324 games from 2018-19. On the 1-2 pitch from Anthony Bass, this happened: Here's that final play, a walk-off HBP. Conforto seemed poised to become a permanent fixture in the Mets' lineup in 2017, hitting .279/.384/.555, amassing 27 home runs by the end of August and making his first career All-Star team. WebMichael Conforto was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (10th) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR). "Offensively, he's scary," Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said. As a professional, since his debut last July 19 for Class-A Brooklyn, hes at .311/.384/.472. Left shoulder dislocation. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News). Its not like he didnt know what he was doing. He didn't just pick up his second RBI in two games. That wont be necessary, but its going to be a while before we find out just how many millions and how many years Conforto gets and from whom hell get them. From the day we saw you run out to left from the dugout, we just knew we were seeing a major leaguer in you! Conforto, whose Dad played college football at Penn State and whose Mom was an Olympic swimmer, has always carried himself with a maturity and self-awareness Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 20,963rd in major league history) Conforto grew up as a Mariners fan, idolized Ken Griffey Jr. and attended the 2001 All-Star Game at Safeco Field. But wait, before the umpire could signal for the strikeout, Conforto turned back to argue he got hit with the pitch. Conforto breaks out for four hits with his father watching from the stands. His WAR since 2017, his first full season in the majors, is 13.0, which ranks 61st in the majors among position players. Rated as the No. To be fair to Scott Boras, there almost certainly wont be a winter meetings next month because of the owners impending lockout (put a reminder into your phone for Thursday at 12:01 AM) where he can tweak the establishment by holding court at the biggest and most-attended press conference of the festivities. He drove home 71 runs as a freshman, and the next two seasons, Conforto won Pac-12 Player of the Year honors. In slow motion, it definitely looks like Conforto deliberately stuck out his elbow so he would get hit by the pitch. I think it would be fair to say he was a football player who played baseball, until he got to Oregon State, the elder Mike Conforto said. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images), FOLLOW THE DAILY NEWS SPORTS ON FACEBOOK. ", No, the Phillies are not terrible, tank you very much. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. WebLettered two years in football as a quarterback and free safety Named second-team all-state in football. "I'm being protected by one of the best hitters in the game," Conforto said. first round (No. One coach for a regular Mets opponent said he asked his front office what they were watching when they continually presented him with advance scouting reports that identified Conforto as a minus-defender. Michael Conforto spent the first seven years of his career under the bright lights of Citi Field, dealing with all of the scrutiny that comes with playing for the Mets. I should have called him out., Anthony Rieber (@AnthonyRieber) April 8, 2021. But Conforto did, as well, appearing in the prestigious tournament with Redmond North Little League in 2004. The responsibility falls to Kulpa to make that call, making it hard for MLB to do anything to Conforto or the Mets. The elder Michael Conforto misses his son's big-league debut but gets to see his breakout game. Michael played quarterback and safety up until his senior year of high school and was talented enough to garner interest from Washington, Idaho, and several Ivy League schools. Conforto the elder isn't predicting four hits on a nightly basis, but he knows his son's competitive wiring as well as anyone. Sometimes youll have a rough patch and youll start to think you need to change a lot of things, but, like I said before, sticking with that routine and being consistent, I think that goes a long way in not freaking out or panicking when things arent going so well How do you view your role on the big league team? "Some people have it. Shes golfing. She thought back to 2012, his freshman season with the Beavers. California residents do not sell my data request. Conforto grew up on tales of the late 1970s Nittany Lions and their trips to the Gator, Fiesta and Sugar Bowls. Though the younger Coder never made the NFL, he and Conforto opened a successful chain of gyms in the Pacific Northwest. He makes a lot of solid contact. "I talked about blocking everything else out completely blocking everything out, scouts, really focusing on beating the pitcher. Confortos college stop, to him and his inner circle, marked the most important chapter in his journey. Now, I don't do that now. If he wants to come here, bat third and make $1 million, let me know, one source from a second-division team said with a laugh. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The Giants' spring training win Sunday marked Michael Conforto's first appearance in a Signed with the Mets: on July 11, 2014, receiving Thats what she does now. Two innings later, Conforto drilled a double to the center-field wall, and followed with a single to left in the sixth. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. That procedure, performed in January 2022, kept him out for the entire season, and it remains to be seen how a year away will impact his ability to contribute in 2023. Under MLB rules, Kulpa should have called the pitch a strike. Favorite Food: Anything Italian I love. MLB rules also state if a player gets hit by a ball in the strike zone, that pitch should be ruled a strike. He'll just kind of fall back into it. I was doing baseball, football, basketball.. Everything has been perfect since Ive come up. So what is the price for a player who checks all the boxes, albeit in a matter nuanced enough to make it difficult for a blusterous agent to deliver the hard sell? It's like in a football game, when you have jitters until your first hit.". Men's Basketball Mar 8, 2022. Rise of Michael Conforto: More advanced than any hitter in minors 10 overall) of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Oregon State University signed with the Mets on June 19, 2014 NY Mets Uniform #30ranked the No. Did a quick google search and found his signature on a statement supporting Paterno. 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WebMichael Conforto. Ill put it that way, DePodesta said. 6 player in Washington and 211th Shes doing all kinds of stuff. 6 hitter, Conforto was moved up to third ahead of slugger Yoenis Cespedes in mid-April when the Mets started their second trip. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News). "Most guys that get called up, they get sent down within the first month," Mets hitting coach Kevin Long said. Conforto was selected by the Mets in the first-round of the 2014 MLB draft out of Oregon State University. But on Aug. 24, Conforto suffered a freak injury, dislocating and tearing the posterior capsule in his left shoulder on a swing. She always said she wasnt the most talented, but she worked the hardest. He's a man. New York Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the 7-day injured list. Im kind of speechless. He tied for seventh in the league with 65 hitsTied for sixth in the NL with seven HBPRanked 11th in the NL with 40 runs scoredLed Mets position players and ranked 13th in the NL with 2.0 fWARHad seven game-winning RBI, tied for second in the NLLed the National League with six outfield assists and did not commit a single error in 438.1 innings in right fieldBatted .326 (31-95) in August and .329 (26-79) in SeptemberWas one of seven major leaguers to hit .325 or better in both full months of the seasonBecame the fourth player in Mets history to qualify for the batting title and hit .300/.400/.500 or betterPlayed in each of the Mets' first 53 games before hamstring tightness sidelined him for six of the club's final seven games of the seasonRanked fifth in the majors with a .344 average (44- 128) vs. RHPsHad a .960 OPS against rightiesOwned a career-best .870 OPS against LHPHad four homers in 74 AB vs. LHP (had six homers in 174 AB vs. southpaws in 2019)Had a career-best 12-game hitting streak from Aug. 3-15 and a career-best 23-game on-base streak from the end of 2019-Aug. 15. 396. Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$36M (23-24), Service Time (01/2023): 6.043 Mike Conforto met Tracie after he and Penn State teammate Craig Coder moved to the Puget Sound area following graduation. If Conforto was hoping to get some help from the Mets' broadcasting booth, that wasn't going to happen. But Confortos words and actions in September especially a red-eyed press conference following the Mets home finale Sept. 30 made it clear he was ready to test free agency and prepared to leave New York. His current contract terms are 2 yrs/$36M (23-24). All I can control is what I do on the field and the way I show up every day. He had a streak of doubles in six straight games, tying the club record. "And he's a little bit nervous because he's having trouble remembering things.". He made a goal-line stop to force the opposition to settle for a field goal, swinging the game's momentum. San Francisco Giants activated LF Michael Conforto. The elder Michael Conforto misses his son's big-league debut but gets to see his breakout game. Hes able to go out there and lay off some tough pitches, and then whenever he gets a good pitch to hit, he puts a good swing on it. If not soonest, then soon enough. GAME 30 Penn State: Hanging on a Heart Attack. "I was always sending him a text and trying to work on the psychological part of it," she said. "This kid can hit. Mike Conforto, a Nittany Lions linebacker in the mid-1970s, set up the visit through former assistant coach Fran Ganter, now a Penn State associate athletic director. His father, Mike, more role player than big man on campus, was an undersize inside 'backer who lined up behind star defensive linemen Matt Millen and Bruce Clark in short-yardage situations. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Boras also pointed out Confortos rare Triple Crown hes played in the Little League World Series, the College World Series and the actual World Series and said I think everybody understands who, really, Michael is and what he means both in leadership to teams (and performance).. The recovery took up the majority of his offseason, and he has since admitted he may not have been patient enough with his rehab process -- perhaps evidenced by how poorly his 2018 season started. With his father leading the way, the star 11-year-old and his teammates hung out on the sidelines of a Penn State football practice and were granted an audience with coach Joe Paterno. I looked at him as a guy who had a real good chance of being a high pick as a junior.. As a Boras client and the Mets player rep as well as a big-name free agent one tier below the Scherzers, Seagers and Marcus Semiens of the world Conforto is a prime candidate to wait out a potentially cold market until he gets what he and Boras believe to be fair market value. When you were drafted there were a lot of draft experts that said you were below average defensively in left and you might not stick there. The raw power was just sitting there, said Pat Casey, still the head coach at Oregon State. Through 30 games at Binghamton (from where the Mets could move their affiliate to Wilmington, Del., next season), Conforto owns a stellar .327/.411/.522 slash line. The fact that people are looking for lefty bats makes him even more appealing.. As he grew older, Conforto recalls falling down a rabbit hole of YouTube videos, watching his mother swim. I just spoke to umpire Ron Kulpa as a pool reporter. Conforto, 29, played his first seven seasons in New York, where he was a .255 hitter with 132 home runs, 396 RBIs and an .824 OPS. Biggest Influence in your young career: Both my parents.I think with my mom, she obviously was in a different type of sport, but she knew how hard you needed to work to become the best in the world at something that you wanted to do and something you enjoyed. And I think he's going to be one of those guys who's going to keep getting better and better.". (Age 22-145d, New York Mets activated LF Michael Conforto from the 10-day injured list. On Friday in Los Angeles, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged such a notion has been discussed internally. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. He was the name that popped up into my head. Two days ago, Michael Conforto the left fielder was in Trenton with the Binghamton Mets, his call-up so hastily arranged that his father could not get to Citi Field from his home in Redmond, Wash. for Michael the son's major-league debut Friday night. Congrats for letting it fly. In just his second game with the Mets, Michael Conforto is already making an impact. If Conforto was hoping to get some help from the Mets' broadcasting booth, that wasn't going to happen. "Joe would always tell us that you're never as good as you think you are when things are going well, and you're never as bad as you think you are when you're not performing very good," dad said. He's hitting .304 in the third hole with four homers and 15 RBIs. Made his first Opening Day rosterWas with New York from Opening Day-June 25, July 18-August 12 and from September 1-end of the seasonHit a career-high 12 homersSeven of his 12 home runs either gave the Mets the lead or tied the gameHad 17 home runs through his first 100 games as a Met, tied for the third-most in team history behind Darryl Strawberry (22) and David Wright (20)Batted .365 (27-74) with 11 doubles, four home runs, 18 RBI and 15 runs scored in 21 games during AprilHit .174 (40-230) with 10 doubles, eight home runs, 24 RBI and 23 runs scored in 88 games from May through the remainder of the seasonHad six consecutive games with a double from April 24-30, tying a franchise record by Joe Christopher from August 14-18, 1964..Had a career-best 17 game on base streak from April 10-30Batted .377 (23-61) with a .443 OBPHit a three-run homer on Sept. 23 vs. Philadelphia, his first since going deep on August 7 at DetroitFinished the game 2-3 with three RBI, matching a career-high (fifth time)Over his final 12 games dating to Sept. 18, Conforto went 7-23 (.304) with two doubles, one homer, eight RBI and six runs scoredHit .422 (54-128) with eight doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 28 RBI and 30 runs scored in 33 games with Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. The Mets are confident he will improve. OF Michael Conforto assigned to New York Mets. He's doing it himself. Shortly thereafter, Smith appeared via Zoom and wept during an emotional press conference. Mike Conforto was a linebacker on Penn State teams that went to the Gator, Fiesta and Sugar Bowls in the late 1970s, and he passed on many of coach Joe Paterno's favorite sayings. The pitch a slider appeared to drop into the zone and into Chad Wallach's mitt for strike three. And with that impression comes the curiosity over his arrival date. All Rights Reserved. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. That doesn't mean Conforto will get off scot-free. WebRated as the No. We were very pleased. He didn't just pick up his second Im the guy thats going to drive in runs. Congratulations to you and the NY Mets for clinching! "Reality is somewhere in between, and I think it's kind of helped him to not get caught up too much in the highs or the lows. If the umpires were limited to reviewing if Conforto was hit by the pitch and not whether he attempted to avoid the ball it wasn't something they could reverse. His father, Mike is an Italian American who played inside linebacker at Penn State. Team: San Francisco Giants (majors) Born: March 1, 1993 in Seattle, WA us Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (10th) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR). Free Agent: 2025, More Michael Conforto Pages at Baseball Reference. Draft: 2014, New York Mets, Round: 1, Overall Pick: 10. "All the games he's been to this year, I've played really well," Michael the Met said of his father. The Jewish Vues | Brooklyn/Five Towns Edition | P.O. The best insights from the ultimate insiders, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Yankees' options for left field continue to dwindle, Ex-Mets star headed to Giants after missing 2022 season, Who will be the Yankees' left fielder? The father knows about such hits, having been a short-yardage inside linebacker at Penn State, all 5-11, 220 pounds of him, his teammates including Matt Millen, Jimmy Cefalo, Chuck Fusina, Matt Suhey and ex-Jet Lance Mehl. Hes probably more advanced than any hitter Ive seen in the minor leagues this year. He still deals with the ramifications from his football injuries but says he "would do it again in a heartbeat.". Find out more. That was kind of the attitude I took every day when I was at Oregon State.. You can't pitch him a certain way. Confortos father, Mike Conforto, grew up in Altoona, Pa., and played linebacker for Joe Paterno at Penn State. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. So Ive taken that with me. "They don't want to pitch around me and kind of just give me a free pass, so I think I'm getting more pitches in the zone, getting maybe a few more fastballs here and there.". NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 12: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Michael Conforto #30 of the New York Mets loses his bat against the Baltimore Orioles at Citi Field on May 12, 2021 in New York City. Given Conforto's success, mom has even lightened up on the motivational messages. When his son ran across the diamond to left field to start the game, that's when it truly hit him: Conforto's father says his son tends to play better when he's in the stands. He became the 1,000th player in Mets history and finished the season with a .270 average, nine homers and 26 RBIs. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. In just his second game with the Mets, Michael Conforto is already making an impact. Concussion. 18. .824. Chose Oregon State because of "it's a great program with great coaches and a great school. LF Michael Conforto assigned to Savannah Sand Gnats from Brooklyn Cyclones. What was the most important thing you learned in the minors? I actually got to see him early on his sophomore year. The Miami Marlins walked Francisco Lindor to load the bases for Conforto. This is a BETA experience. "I always check up on them to see how they're doing in the fall.". I knew the criticisms, I had heard about them and the coaches here talked to me about it. New York extended an $18.4 million qualifying offer in November to Conforto, who turned it down to test free agency. "Michael was a pretty emotional football player, and is a very composed baseball player, with little sparks of football intensity you will see from time to time," his father said. Michael Conforto was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (10th) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR). Now it's more like I'll text him and say, 'You've got a gift. Consistency is huge. I have put work in with them (coaches) and the best time to do it is in batting practice so you can get live reads off the bat. RUPete. "Doesn't take long to be yesterday's news," he said. IRON MIKE: METS PROPSECT CONFORTO HAS TOUGHNESS TO SPARE. Michael Conforto had a .255 average over his career. '", Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Positions: Leftfielder, Rightfielder and Centerfielder Bats: Left Throws: Right 6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg) . Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season, 2023 Contract Status: Video shows Cowboys Prescott taking snaps, moving well, Thamel: Millers firing tells truth about coaching in NCAA, Former Florida State, Giants WR arrested on murder charges, Rapinoe blasts Warriors Green for takes on womens sports. New York Mets activated RF Michael Conforto from the 7-day injured list. Left hamstring tightness. LF Michael Conforto assigned to FSL South Division All-Stars. Conforto put together a superstar-caliber season during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, when he hit .322 with nine homers, 31 RBIs and an OPS+ of 154. Known then as Tracie Ruiz, she won gold medals in solo and duet synchronized swimming at the 1984 Olympics and a solo silver four years later. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. A few months ago the 58-year-old underwent a total knee replacement. Father: Mike Conforto, played linebacker at Penn State under Joe Paterno. They were five rows behind home plate Saturday night, in David Wright's seats, taking in a thoroughly remarkable Game 2 of Michael the Met's big-league career one in which the most anemic offense on earth morphed into the '27 Yankees, spanking out 21 hits, including home runs from one of the newest Mets, Kelly Johnson, and Daniel Murphy and two from Lucas Duda. That's precisely what the Marlins tried to do. The son agreed, and a little while after giving his team all manner of comfort and support, Michael Conforto the son talked about "really, really special" it was to have his first four big-league hits in front of his father. 2023 Oregon State Athletics. He was good enough to go to Oregon State and start as a freshman. High School: Redmond HS (Redmond, WA), School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR), Debut: He was a good fit for Michael.. But the 22-year-old leftfielder is, after all, the son of a Penn State linebacker. Michael Conforto has a prestigious pedigree and already a multitude of accomplishments. The worst-hitting team in the big leagues got a great deal of both on Saturday night, when a 22-year-old outfielder very much lived up to his dictionary definition, and the Mets, unaccountably, rained hits all over Flushing. But he has struggled in his small sampling against big league lefties, hitting .188. WebView Mike Confortos profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. New York Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, 2018. Regarding his educational background, Michael Conforto attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington where he was on both the football and baseball Having made the jump from Double-A directly to the major leagues last July 24, he is the starting left fielder for the defending National League champions and is hitting .301. LF Michael Conforto assigned to Binghamton Mets from St. Lucie Mets. It's overwhelming as far as the big stage and everything that's going on, but once the game starts, it's the same game he's always played. New York Mets activated LF Michael Conforto from the 10-day disabled list. Ive covered the Mets for a variety of outlets since 1997. In this case, we did not know, but we certainly were hopeful.. She obsessed over it. Mother: Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, won two gold medals in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in synchronized swimming, then a silver four years later in Seoul, South Korea. Binghamton Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the temporarily inactive list. In 2017, Conforto made the All-Star team and hit .279 with 27 homers, 68 RBIs and an OPS+ of 148 before suffering what was initially feared to be a career-altering dislocated left shoulder. "When you experience success, you go up there are you expect to perform at a certain level, and he's got that swagger.". I was an athlete.. But he missed five weeks with a hamstring injury this year, when he was batting under .200 as late as Aug. 5 and didnt lift his average above .230 for good until the penultimate day of the season. "Michael was able to stay, which is a testament to how strong he is mentally and how talented he is physically.". Manager Don Mattingly was furious about the call, and argued with the umpires over the ruling. NEW YORK (AP) Two years ago, before he was a budding star for the New York Mets and among the big league batting leaders, Michael Conforto returned home after his first summer of professional baseball and listened to some advice from his mom. Oftentimes, we have pretty good feel for who would be there. Lopez credited Conforto with the sort of toughness that allows him to shake off in-game failure and still put together good at-bats. The game was not even three innings old and the Mets had five runs and seven hits, and never let up. He's got it," Mets manager Terry Collins said. 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