A 28-year-old right-handed hitter, Drew Ferguson was drafted by the Astros in the 19th round of the 2015 draft and spent five seasons in that organization. With the cancellation of the minor league season last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn’t play a sixth season, and the Mets picked him up in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft following the 2020 season.
Ferguson’s professional career began in upstate New York, as the Astros assigned him to their then-New York-Penn League Low-A affiliate Tri-City ValleyCats. He hit .328/.418/.586 in his first 68 plate appearances there, prompting a promotion to the Astros’ Single-A affiliate in the Midwest League.