Steven Baron was actually a first-round pick (33rd overall) by the Seattle Mariners way back in 2009 as an 18-year-old catcher prospect out of John A. Ferguson High School in Miami, and was just the second player drafted out of the school, and first to be signed to a minor league contract. Then not much (that we would care about) until the St. Louis Cardinals picked him up this past offseason.
Baron would struggle out of the gate, slashing just .179/.241/.292 over 30 games with the Mariners’ Rookie-class affiliate. Despite these struggles, he was promoted to Single-A the following year.