Jason Krizan


Jason William Krizan is an American professional baseball left fielder in the Oakland Athletics organization. He played college baseball at Dallas Baptist University, where Krizan was named a First-Team All-American in his senior season.

Amateur career

Krizan attended Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas. At Pflugerville, he was named to the All-District Baseball Team all four years, the All-Central Texas Baseball Team as a junior in 2006 and as a senior in 2007, and the All-State Baseball Team by the Texas Sports Writers Association as a junior.
Krizan enrolled at Dallas Baptist University, where he played college baseball for the Dallas Baptist Patriots of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I, competing as an independent program. Krizan played collegiate summer baseball for the Pittsfield Dukes of the New England Collegiate Baseball League after the 2008 season the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods League after the 2009 season, and the North Texas Copperheads of the Texas Collegiate League after the 2010 season.
As a senior in 2011, Krizan had a 39 game hitting streak, a Dallas Baptist record. He also set an NCAA Division I record with 39 doubles in 2011, besting the previous record of 36 shared by Brad Hawpe, Damon Thames and Jeremy Morris. Krizan led Dallas Baptist to its first NCAA Division I tournament victory. After the season, Krizan was named to the 2011 College Baseball All-America Teams of the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America.

Professional career

The Detroit Tigers drafted Krizan in the eighth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, and Krizan signed with the Tigers. He was assigned to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Class-A Midwest League after he signed.
Krizan played for West Michigan in 2012, and for the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in 2013. He played for the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League in 2014. He ended the year with a.293 batting average, 31 doubles, and 56 runs batted in. He was named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the final week of the season. The Tigers invited Krizan to spring training in 2015, where the Tigers had him play in the infield with an eye on converting him into a utility player. He began the 2015 season with the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League, but was demoted to Erie in May after batting.169 in 71 at bats. Krizan began the 2016 season in Erie, hitting.293 with nine home runs and 55 runs batted in 95 games. In July, Krizan won the Double-A Eastern League Home Run Derby with a total of 30 home runs. On August 8, 2016, Krizan returned to Toledo and in 32 games hit.300 with one home run and ten runs batted in.
Krizan became a free agent after the 2017 season, and signed a new contract with Detroit. He elected free agency on November 3, 2018.
On December 18, 2018, Krizan signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets. After the 2019 season, the Athletics selected Krizan from the Mets in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.

Personal

Krizan married fiancée, Kristin, on November 3rd, 2018 at First United Methodist church in Sarasota, Florida.