Bullpen arm Brandon Kintzler is his senior by a whopping two days, but Matt Joyce is the oldest hitter on the Miami Marlins by a year-and-a-half (Francisco Cervelli). Joyce will turn 36 on August 3.
Joyce is a six-foot-two, 200 lb. lefty-batting, righty-throwing outfielder from Tampa, FL. He was chosen out of Florida Southern College in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB Amateur Entry Draft by the Detroit Tigers.
Three years later, Joyce had worked his way up through the Tigers system to make his major league debut in Detroit.