About fifteen months before Andrew Benintendi’s MLB debut with the Boston Red Sox on August 2nd in Seattle, the promising young prospect was finishing up his finals and tearing up collegiate baseball at the University of Arkansas.
That’s how quick the rookie jumped through the minor leagues. Benintendi was drafted on June 8th 2015, and was in the major leagues just under fourteen months later.
Benintendi raked in the minors, hitting .312 with 38 doubles, 16 triples, 20 homers and 107 RBI’s to go along with a 63 to 74 strikeout to walk ratio in just 151 career games.