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#9 Payton Green

Payton Green - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Junior
B/T R/R
Height 6-3
Weight 192
Hometown Cary, N.C.
Last School NC State
Major History, Technology, & Society
Payton Green - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2022-23 (NC State): In 2023, made 55 appearances with 54 starts – started 31 games at shortstop and 23 games at second base … Batted .274 with 57 hits, 12 doubles, 10 homers, 45 RBI and 99 total bases … Led the Wolfpack with nine stolen bases … Ranked second on the team with 13 multi-RBI games and tied for second on the roster with 16 multi-hit games … Tied for third on the team with a 10-game hitting streak and ranked third alone with a 19-game reached base streak … Belted two homers and tallied a career-high 10 total bases in a win over Belmont on Feb. 25 … Hit a walk-off homer to complete a weekend sweep against NJIT, leading the Wolfpack to a 6-5 comeback victory on March 5 … Recorded a hit in 18 of his first 19 games of the season, logging multiple hits seven times during that stretch … In 2022, Started all 57 games at third base or shortstop, the only freshman to do so on the team and one of three players to do so … In 2022, Batted .256 with 53 hits, including 12 doubles, two triples and seven homers … Tallied 39 RBIs and 39 runs scored … Had a two-homer day on March 19 at Florida State to drive in a career-high four RBIs – hit his first career homer then followed it up with another homer in his next at bat … Turned in 12 multi-hit games, highlighted by a career-best 3-for-4 outing on April 15 vs. Boston College … Also had 12 multi-RBI games, the second-most on the team … Held a 19-game reached base streak from April 10-May 14, including an eight-game hit streak during that time frame … Led the team with a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen bases.

High School: Attended Green Hope High School and Pro5 Baseball Academy … Selected in the 15th round of the 2021 MLB Draft to the Boston Red Sox … Rated the No. 2 shortstop in the state of North Carolina, and the eighth-overall prospect in the state … All-conference honoree at Green Hope High School and Pro5 Academy … 2020 South Atlantic Boarder Battle Invitee … Led Green Hope High School to a pair of playoff appearances in 2018 and 2019 … Helped Pro5 Academy to a NAA regular season championship in 2021 … Honor Roll student three of his four years in high school.

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