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Devlin Granberg

Devlin Granberg
Outfielder
Born: (1995-09-08) September 8, 1995 (age 30)
Hudson, Colorado, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Devlin Granberg (born September 8, 1995) is an American former baseball outfielder. In 2018, he was a consensus All-American and also the Division I Baseball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year. He was later in the Boston Red Sox organization.

Biography

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Granberg was born and grew up in Hudson, Colorado and attended Holy Family High School.[1][2]

Granberg began his college baseball career at Creighton. As a freshman, he hit for a .111 average in 18 at-bats.[3] Granberg transferred to Cisco College after his freshman year. He batted .535 with seven home runs, 25 doubles 57 RBIs and 69 runs scored and was named the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore.[4] Granberg transferred to Dallas Baptist University for his remaining collegiate eligibility and led the Missouri Valley Conference with .359 batting average in his first season with the team.[5] As a senior, he batted .443 with 13 home runs and 70 RBIs while leading the nation with 112 hits and was named the MVC Player of the Year.[6] Granberg won the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award as the best Division I hitter in Texas.[7][8] He was also named the Division I Baseball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.[9]

Granberg was selected in the 6th of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox.[10] He was assigned to the Class A Short Season Lowell Spinners after signing with the team.[11] Granberg began 2019 with the Greenville Drive of the Class A South Atlantic League before being promoted to the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox.[12] He returned to Greenville, now the Red Sox's High-A affiliate, to begin the 2021 season.[13] Greenberg batted .326 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs in 27 games before being promoted to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs.[14]

Granberg began the 2022 season on the injured list with Portland.[15] He was promoted to the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox after slashing .304/.427/.467 in 40 games with the Sea Dogs.[16] He retired on July 26, 2023.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball: Holy Family Tigers' Granberg commits to Creighton". Broomfield Enterprise. July 19, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Baseball: Holy Family alum Devlin Granberg drafted by Boston". Daily Camera. June 5, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  3. ^ "How a rain delay helped Dallas Baptist land outfielder Devlin Granberg, the Nation's third-leading hitter". The Dallas Morning News. May 31, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Former local star Devlin Granberg had a big JUCO Series". The Denver Post. June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  5. ^ Hutchinson, Andrew (May 30, 2018). "Taking a closer look at Dallas Baptist". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  6. ^ Frongillo, Carmine (July 4, 2018). "Timely Hitting Not There for Spinners". APNews.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Deborah (November 2, 2018). "DBU Player Drafted by Red Sox Wins Slugger Award". NBCFW.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  8. ^ Dawson, Peter (November 2, 2018). "Ex-Dallas Baptist star wins Collegiate Slugger Award". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. pp. 3B. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  9. ^ "Devlin Granberg Of Dallas Baptist Headlines Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Baseball Team" (PDF). CoSIDA. June 7, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  10. ^ "Tracking Colorado players selected on Day 2 of the 2018 MLB Draft". The Denver Post. June 5, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  11. ^ "Newcomers help the Spinners stop losing skid". Lowell Sun. August 29, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "Devlin Granberg #59". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "Greenville Drive's Devlin Granberg Earns High-A East Player of the Week". The Greenville News. June 9, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  14. ^ Smith, Christopher (June 21, 2021). "Any Boston Red Sox power-hitting prospects who could surprise like Jared Walsh did? Devlin Granberg, drafted round before Jarren Duran, slugging .632". MassLive.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Red Sox Major League & Minor League Rosters". soxprospects.com. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  16. ^ Morrison-O’Day, Katie (August 4, 2022). "WooSox notebook: Get to know the newest members of the Worcester Red Sox". MassLive.com. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  17. ^ "Devlin Granberg". MLB.com. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
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