When Sam Haggerty arrived via a waiver claim from the Mets last January, little fanfare followed. While his minor league track record has shown strong plate discipline (13.2% career Minors walk rate) and base stealing skills (81.2% SB%, including a 2017 in which he swiped 49 bags in High-A), he’s cracked just fifteen minor league homers across 1707 career plate appearances. Not exactly a thumper. Turning 27 in May, he’s never been much older than the rest of his competition, but only got his first taste of the Majors in September 2019, appearing in eleven games while going 0-for-4 at the plate, with most of his time spent pinch-running.
40 in 40: Sam Haggerty
