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Michael John Papierski (born February 26, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman in the Detroit Tigers organization. He has also played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds.

Michael Papierski
Papierski with the Sugar Land Space Cowboys in 2022
Detroit Tigers
Catcher / First baseman
Born: (1996-02-26) February 26, 1996 (age 26)
Palos Heights, Illinois
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 21, 2022, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.143
Home runs1
Runs batted in4
Teams
  • San Francisco Giants (2022)
  • Cincinnati Reds (2022)

Papierski played college baseball for the LSU Tigers and was selected in the ninth round in the 2017 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. He made his MLB debut in May 2022 with the Giants.


Early life and amateur career


Papierski grew up in Lemont, Illinois, and attended Lemont High School. He was selected in the 16th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, but opted not to sign in favor of attending Louisiana State University (LSU).[1]

Papierski played college baseball for the LSU Tigers for three seasons. He spent the majority of his freshman season as the backup to starting catcher Kade Scivicque.[2] In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] Papierski started 40 games at catcher and hit .242/.358/.387 in his sophomore season.[4] As a junior, Papierski hit .256/.401/.477 with 11 home runs and 39 RBIs in 65 games, and was named to the SEC All-Defensive team after throwing out 23 baserunners.[5]


Professional career



Houston Astros


The Houston Astros selected Papierski in the ninth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[6] After signing with the team he was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York–Penn League.[7] Papierski spent the 2018 season with the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits.[8]

He was assigned to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 2019, where he batted .233/.351/.324 with seven home runs, 11 doubles, one triple, and 38 RBIs. After the 2020 minor league season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Papierski was added to the Astros' alternate training site roster for the Major League season.[9] He spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters, hitting .246/.379/.375 with 7 home runs and 46 RBIs.[10] He opened the 2022 season back with Sugar Land.


San Francisco Giants


On May 14, 2022, the Astros traded Papierski to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Mauricio Dubón.[11] He was assigned to the Sacramento River Cats.[12] Papierski was promoted to the Giants' major league roster on May 21, 2022.[13] He made his debut later that day in 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres.[14]


Cincinnati Reds


On June 25, 2022 he was claimed off waivers from San Francisco by the Cincinnati Reds.[15] He recorded his first major league hit on June 29, 2022 against the Chicago Cubs.


Detroit Tigers


On October 14, 2022, he was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers.[16]


References


  1. Spiegelman, Sam (June 8, 2014). "LSU commit Mike Papierski drafted in the 16th round by the Toronto Blue Jays". The Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  2. "On campus: LSU's Michael Papierski makes Johnny Bench Award list". Chicago Tribune. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. "Michael Papierski - Profile". pointstreak.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. "After ditching switch-hitting, LSU hopes catcher Mike Papierski becomes a productive cog in the lineup". The Advocate. February 7, 2017. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  5. Boutwell, Christian (June 30, 2017). "Papierski excited to reunite with Bregman". MLB.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  6. Wyatt, Matt (June 24, 2017). "Astros draft pick Michael Papierski powers LSU's College World Series win". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. "Michael Papierski catching on fast with ValleyCats". Times Union. July 27, 2017. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  8. "Bandits' Papierski learning from a 'rock star'". Quad-City Times. May 2, 2018. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  9. "Astros' Michael Papierski: Joins player pool". CBSSports.com. RotoWire. June 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  10. "Held in high regard, catcher Michael Papierski keeps working toward Astros debut". Houston Chronicle. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  11. Pavlovic, Alex (May 14, 2022). "Giants trade Dubón to Astros with roster crunch looming". NBC Sports Bay Area. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  12. "Houston Astros acquire utilityman Mauricio Dubón from San Francisco Giants". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  13. "Giants' Michael Papierski: Contract selected by Giants". CBS Sports. RotoWire. May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  14. Schulman, Henry (May 21, 2022). "Papierski's MLB debut? Catching Rodón". MLB.com. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  15. "Why the Cincinnati Reds claimed and called up catcher Michael Papierski".
  16. "Tigers Claim Michael Papierski, Designate Ali Sanchez".




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