Jake Hager (baseball)
Jake William Hager is an American professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.Career
Hager attended Sierra Vista High School in Spring Valley, Nevada, where he was a four-year starter on the baseball team. As a senior, he was the Nevada Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year after batting.547 with 11 home runs and 57 RBIs. Hager was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Rays rather than play college baseball at Arizona State University.
After signing, Hager made his professional debut that same year for Princeton Rays and spent the whole season there, batting.269 with four home runs and 17 RBIs in 47 games. He played for the Bowling Green Hot Rods in 2012 where he slashed.281/.345/.412 with ten home runs and 72 RBIS in 114 games, Charlotte Stone Crabs in 2013 where he batted.258 with 33 RBIs in 113 games, and Montgomery Biscuits in 2014 where he posted a.271 batting average with four home runs and 47 RBIs in 114 games. Hager did not play in 2015 due to injury. In 2016, he played for Montgomery and the Durham Bulls where he batted a combined a combined.233 with four home runs and 38 RBIs in 114 games, and in 2017, he returned to Durham where he slashed.229/.275/.328 with four home runs and 26 RBIs in 73 games.
Hager elected free agency on November 6, 2017. On February 9, 2018, Hager signed with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association.
On February 20, 2018, Hager signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. He was assigned to the Biloxi Shuckers. On October 29, Hager re-signed to a minor league contract that included an invitation to 2019 spring training. He elected free agency following the 2019 season.
Hager signed with the New York Mets on January 9, 2020.
