In this case, we did not know, but we certainly were hopeful.. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Michael Conforto made last year. 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. Join our linker program. WebRated as the No. 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. 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? But deep beneath the schtick, Boras delivered one truth: Michael Conforto is going to have one of the most interesting and, it appears, protracted winters (and maybe springs and summers) of any free agent. Michael the father joked about how the acquisition of Juan Uribe and Johnson makes his son only the third-newest Met position player. pic.twitter.com/wUXncHd4t1, USA Synchro (@USASynchro) September 30, 2014, I was a football guy first because of my dad, Michael Conforto said. I think youll all know what I mean when I say: this is the most Mets way for the Marlins to ever lose pic.twitter.com/BWJKjZhInW. 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. Sure, he hails from Pac-12 country. 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. Mike, who walked on at Penn State, hails from Altoona, where many of his relatives still live. I had a feeling he was going to be a pretty good athlete, so we talked more about how to be a good teammate, Mike Conforto said, to help everyone around you be better and not get overly focused on yourself., Said Tracie Ruiz of her son: Hes the type of kid that will study a pitcher, and he will try to outthink and outsmart them while theyre trying to outsmart him., You could put him in a keg and drop down Niagara Falls, and hes coming out, Casey said of his former player. Or write about sports? The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. 18. He didn't just pick up his second What was the most important thing you learned in the minors? His father, Mike is an Italian American who played inside linebacker at Penn State. "He's got friends who played in the NFL who are now kind of starting to feel the effects of all that, all the collisions," the younger Conforto said. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Now it's more like I'll text him and say, 'You've got a gift. "It was nice of him to wait for me," Michael Conforto, the father, said. 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] New York Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the 10-day disabled list. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Though the younger Coder never made the NFL, he and Conforto opened a successful chain of gyms in the Pacific Northwest. Still, Long almost immediately noticed a hitting flaw Conforto was striding toward third base, making it almost impossible to get solid contact on inside pitches. That was kind of the attitude I took every day when I was at Oregon State.. Nombre Completo: Michael Thomas Conforto. 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. New York Mets sent LF Michael Conforto on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Mets. Left shoulder dislocation. New York Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the 10-day injured list. The trip was memorable for Conforto, now the sweet-swinging rookie whose July promotion helped rejuvenate an anemic Mets offense. "I really do. 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. We present them here for purely educational purposes. While Boras predictably laid it on thick about Conforto calling him the king of diamonds as well as the king of Queens (someone alert Kevin James and Jacob deGrom) before declaring Conforto is the ace of many general managers hearts, his less boisterous statements spoke to how layered and fascinating the free agent case is for Conforto. When Conforto joined the Mets, Curtis Granderson noticed an even-keel demeanor on the field the former All-Star attributes to high-level amateur experience. The innings passed, the hits kept piling up, and the old linebacker watched it all unfold, and his quiet pride was palpable. Here was Conforto, rapping an RBI single off poor Zach Lee, the Dodgers' luckless starter making his own big-league debut, in the first, and then ripping a double to the right-field corner in the third. But on Aug. 24, Conforto suffered a freak injury, dislocating and tearing the posterior capsule in his left shoulder on a swing. New York Mets activated LF Michael Conforto from the 10 day injured list. Tell us all about your experience so far since making it up to the big team. 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. That kind of combination I think is pretty valuable, so Im going to continue to try to be the guy that gets on base, and be a guy that can drive in runs. His .216 first-half average seemed so out of character that the Mets even considered sending him back to Triple-A. I think the Mets have really liked my ability to get on base. 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. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News). 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. The Mets want Conforto to be a major piece of a team that starts a new trend the other way. He was good enough to go to Oregon State and start as a freshman. "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. BINGHAMTON Haggard town, run-down ballpark. Maybe it's just that it calms me a little bit. 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. Mike Conforto's crowning football moment came in 1977. I was an athlete.. I could swing the bat hard, and I could throw pretty well. He's got it," Mets manager Terry Collins said. '", Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto will do whatever it takes to win games even if it requires some slight rule breaking. New York Mets placed RF Michael Conforto on the 10-day injured list. Decide for yourself. Shes golfing. She thought back to 2012, his freshman season with the Beavers. Its not my call, all I can do is prepare myself and show up in New York and wherever Im at and show up with the right attitude and the right work ethic and my play on the field will speak for itself. (Age 22-145d, The umpire awarded Conforto with the base, and the Mets won on a walk-off hit-by-pitch. QUESTION MARKBetween a strained hamstring and some uncharacteristic struggles at the plate in 2021, Conforto did not exactly soar into free agency on a high note. A decade before he began a promising professional baseball career with the New York Mets, Michael Conforto was afforded a lens into his father's athletic past. The Mets' game ended in controversy Thursday after Conforto appeared to lean into a pitch for a walk-off hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded. Michael Conforto has never won a World Series. Do you have a blog? Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Somebody asked me the other day if Ive seen anybody thats impressed me, a scout said, on the condition of anonymity. We sincerely route for each other. My dad is a competitive guy. The other was Wright in 2006It's the 10th time a Mets player has posted a 20 homer season at age 24 or youngerIs the first Mets outfielder since Darryl Strawberry to have multiple 10 or more home run seasons through age 24Had four multi-homer games (all from the leadoff spot) with his last multi-homer game coming July 28 at SeattleIs the first Met in team history to record four multi-homer games from the leadoff spot in a single seasonHas five career multi-homer games overall (also Game 4 of the 2015 World Series)His six leadoff homers were tied for most in the NL and tied for third-most in the majorsHis six leadoff homers were tied for third-most for a single-season in Mets history with Jos Reyes (2006)Had nine first-inning homers, tied for the sixth-most in the major leaguesHit his first career leadoff homer on April 21 vs. Washington (off Tanner Roark)Went 3-4 with two homers and a career-high four RBI on May 23 vs. San DiegoDrove in three of his four runs in the first inningAccording to Elias, was the first Met to have three RBI from the leadoff spot in the first inning in team historyWas also the first player in Mets history to hit a leadoff homer in the first inning and get an RBI hit later that inningOnly four other players in the last 30 seasons have hit a home run to lead off the first inning and had an RBI hit later in the inningEric Young did so for Colorado in 1996, Ryan Christenson for Oakland in 2000, Curtis Granderson for Detroit in 2006 and Ian Kinsler for Detroit in 2016Research courtesy of EliasRanked among the NL league leaders in May in the following categories (min. Leave us some feedback and we'll reply back. A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. You try to find that balance between challenging the player and having them in a spot where he can be successful, DePodesta said. A letter from 382 former Penn State football players was released Wednesday showing support for Joe Paterno. A painting of the play hangs in Michael's childhood bedroom. "My approach is the same everywhere I go," the son said. A few months ago the 58-year-old underwent a total knee replacement. Rated as the No. "It was really painful for the next five weeks, but there was no way I was coming out, because we were trying to make the playoffs," he said. He's hitting .304 in the third hole with four homers and 15 RBIs. Another significant shoulder injury may have cost himThe trajectory of Conforto's career might have been changed by a dislocated shoulder. "But I said the moment I dove into the pool, all of that went away and everything became automatic pilot and then I had the adrenaline to take it a step higher.". After his college graduation he and teammate Craig Coder moved to the Seattle area to try out for the Seahawks. Shortly thereafter, Smith appeared via Zoom and wept during an emotional press conference. At one of his gyms, Conforto trained a swimmer named Tracie Ruiz, who proceeded to win two gold medals in the 1984 Olympics and a silver in the 1988 Games for synchronized swimming. WebLettered two years in football as a quarterback and free safety Named second-team all-state in football. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. While the end result wasn't what they'd hoped for -- New York fell to Kansas City in the World Series, 4-1 -- Conforto became just the third player (and first rookie) in baseball history to appear in all three tournaments, joining Ed Vosberg and Jason Varitek. 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. New York extended an $18.4 million qualifying offer in November to Conforto, who turned it down to test free agency. in Seattle, WA "It's a little bit of a surreal feeling," the father said. There was some confusion over whether the play could be reviewed. first round (No. New York Mets signed OF Michael Conforto. Nobody was happier than the man who gave Michael Conforto his name, and half of his excellent genes. His current contract terms are 2 yrs/$36M (23-24). Craig's older brother, Ron, played on their offensive line. Trade him! "Frankly, I was not the all-American linebacker at Penn State or anything," Mike Conforto said by telephone last week from Washington, "not the accomplished guy that some of my good friends were there. If not soonest, then soon enough. In the same player pool, his on-base percentage (.364) ranks 12th, he hit the 15th-most home runs (111) and his 127 OPS+ was tied for 11th with Mitch Haniger. While his father, Mike, was a linebacker at Penn State, his mother, Tracie, was an Olympic synchronized swimmer who took home two gold medals at the Los Angeles games in 1984 and a silver medal in Seoul in 1988. To appreciate how he wound up at Jacoby Ellsburys alma mater (Conforto met the Yankees outfielder a couple of times on campus), you first must know about Confortos family tree. He didn't just pick up his second RBI in two games. Two years after that, in 2015, Conforto was with the Mets when they won the National League pennant for the first time since 2000. I was doing baseball, football, basketball.. 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. This is a BETA experience. If Conforto was hoping to get some help from the Mets' broadcasting booth, that wasn't going to happen. Binghamton Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the temporarily inactive list. New York Mets placed LF Michael Conforto on the 7-day injured list. He talked about one of his favorite moments in his son's career, when he was a star for Oregon State and hit a grand slam against archrival Oregon, the ball landing on a building far over the right center-field fence. 2023 Oregon State Athletics. More than 325 former Penn State football players have joined in support of a recent lawsuit filed against the NCAA. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Ive covered the Mets for a variety of outlets since 1997. LF Michael Conforto assigned to FSL South Division All-Stars. 20,963rd in major league history) Conforto knows the advantages his background presented. Free Agent: 2025, More Michael Conforto Pages at Baseball Reference. Born: 3/01/1993 in Seattle, WA. New York Mets sent OF Michael Conforto on a rehab assignment to St. Lucie Mets. Michael the father has had four knee surgeries, and No. She obsessed over it. 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). Data Provided By He was a good fit for Michael.. 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. He drives the ball., Said a second scout who also has seen Conforto in 2015: The early signs are that he can be a nice-looking bat. Signed with the Mets: on July 11, 2014, receiving 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. I looked at him as a guy who had a real good chance of being a high pick as a junior.. The field last night was Citi, and his son had just gone 4-for-4 in his second big-league game. With the teams set to play two more games in the series, it wouldn't be a huge shock to see Conforto get hit again before the weekend is over. A series of debilitating knee injuries limited his potential and kept him in the trainers' room for much of his senior season in '78. 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. "This kid can hit. He also saw up close what football did to his dad, who has had seven knee surgeries, including a pair of knee replacements. WebFullname: Michael Thomas Conforto. 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. Marlins during a game at Citi Field on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Michael, his supreme athletic genes never in question, grew up playing football and baseball. After beginning this year as the Mets' No. STAT TO KNOWFrom 2017 to 2021, Conforto's 308 walks ranked ninth among outfielders (minimum 200 games). 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). If the play looked bizarre in real time, well, that's because something else may have been going on. He makes a lot of solid contact. Reports on his defense are mixed, but most observers believe he can hit plenty enough to justify his corner outfield position. As a freshman at Oregon State, he fouled a pitch off his right shin during batting practice before a game against Stanford. While it didn't come to that, and he rebounded to hit .273 in the second half, it's hard not to consider where Conforto would have been without that setback. The Mets entered the bottom of the ninth trailing 2-1, but Jeff McNeil quickly evened the score with a leadoff home run. New York Mets activated LF Michael Conforto. 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. "Some people have it. He drove home 71 runs as a freshman, and the next two seasons, Conforto won Pac-12 Player of the Year honors. He wasnt afraid to get in my face, but he always built me back up in the best way. Everything has been perfect since Ive come up. LF Michael Conforto assigned to Binghamton Mets from St. Lucie Mets. 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). Shes doing all kinds of stuff. 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. In just his second game with the Mets, Michael Conforto is already making an impact. 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. Alongside his 4-for-4 and his five trips on base, he had two doubles, four runs, a nice running catch in left field, and oh yes, a batting average of .571. 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Confortos father, Mike Conforto, grew up in Altoona, Pa., and played linebacker for Joe Paterno at Penn State. As a kid, Michael had designs on playing for the Nittany Lions. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The raw power was just sitting there, said Pat Casey, still the head coach at Oregon State. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News). Two innings later, Conforto drilled a double to the center-field wall, and followed with a single to left in the sixth. Mike Conforto's crowning football moment came in 1977. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. "I talked about blocking everything else out completely blocking everything out, scouts, really focusing on beating the pitcher. Im from Seattle, so he was always who I tried to look like when I was swinging the bat. ---Question/CommentAdvertisingMarketing. 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. On Friday in Los Angeles, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged such a notion has been discussed internally. New York Mets selected the contract of Michael Conforto from Binghamton Mets. 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. You can't play him a certain way. The elder Michael Conforto misses his son's big-league debut but gets to see his breakout game. Michael Conforto was born in Seattle, WA. He has a unique athletic pedigreePlenty of big leaguers were raised by athletes themselves -- just ask the Blue Jays, who field lineups with three second-generation players, the sons of incredibly successful Major Leaguers. 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. WebMichael Conforto. 17 overall prospect in the Draft named Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year in 2012 & Player of the Year in 2013 hit .345 with 7 HR, 16 2B, 2 3B, 56 RBIs and a .504 OBP. It was Week 3, just before halftime of a Penn State win against Maryland in a nationally televised game at Michael Conforto didn't just get the first, second, third and fourth hits of his big-league career in a 15-2 victory over the Dodgers. vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Rookie Status: He has undergone four ACL reconstructions. We knew he was never going to be a middle infielder., Casey, Mike Conforto said, is kind of like a football coach whos a baseball manager. Did a quick google search and found his signature on a statement supporting Paterno. pic.twitter.com/Y9pjj1S3VC, Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 8, 2021. The mindset his parents imbued: Work hard, have a competitive edge on the field, and don't let anyone have a mental edge over you. Michael Conforto has a prestigious pedigree and already a multitude of accomplishments. 100 AB)Drove in 19 runs in 17 games vs. the Phillies, the most by any player in 2018, including a careerhigh six RBI on September 17 at PhiladelphiaOnly Mike Piazza (22 RBI in 2002) and Darryl Strawberry (20 RBI in 1987) have had more RBI against Philadelphia in a season in Mets historyHomered in his third at-bat of the season in his return from the Disabled List on April 5 at WashingtonWas recovering from surgery, performed on September 6, 2017, to repair a tear in the posterior capsule in his left shoulder after suffering a dislocated left shoulder on August 25, 2017Clubbed a Statcast-estimated 472-foot homer on August 27 at Wrigley Field, the longest home run by a Mets hitter since Statcast began tracking data in 2015Homered in three-straight games for the first time in his career, September 8-11. Did Michael Conforto lean into it? Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. New York Mets activated RF Michael Conforto from the 7-day injured list. After being activated from the Disabled List on April 5, played in a career-high 153 of the Mets' 157 remaining gamesMade 141 starts, including 74 in left field, 56 in center field, 10 in right field and one as the DHSet career highs in hits (132), runs (78), home runs (28), RBI (82), doubles (25), walks (84) and stolen bases (3)Ranked among NL leaders in road homers (17, tied for fourth), walks (eighth) and go-ahead home runs (11, tied for 14th) and home runs (15th)Became the ninth player in franchise history with at least 27 home runs in consecutive seasonsThe last Met to do so was Lucas Duda (2014-2015)Reached base safely in his first 20 games of the season, the longest on-base streak of his careerThe 20-game on-base streak to begin a season was the ninth-longest in Mets historyAfter the All-Star break, ranked fourth in the majors with 52 RBI, was tied for seventh in the majors with 17 home runs and tied for ninth with 33 extra-base hitsWas second in the majors with 29 RBI and tied for fourth with nine homers in SeptemberThe last Mets hitter with at least nine homers and 29 RBI in a month was Carlos Beltrn (10 HR, 32 RBI in July 2006)Was one of five left-handed hitters with double-digit homers against lefty pitchersOnly Texas' Joey Gallo (15) had more than Conforto's 10 blasts against southpawsJust two other lefties in Mets history (Darryl Strawberry, 1985, 1987 and 1988 and Carlos Delgado, 2008) have hit at least 10 homers vs. lefthanded pitchers in a seasonHad 10 games with at least three RBI, tied for sixth-most in the NL and tied for 10th-most in the majors Ike Davis (11 in 2012) was the last Met with moreFrom June 16 through the end of the season, Conforto batted .287 (33-115) off left-handed pitching, thirdbest in the majors by a left-handed hitter in that span (min. 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