Danny Mendick #20

Engaged to Brittany...Attended the University of Massachusetts-Lowell...Was selected to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Second Team as a senior...Was named to the Brooks Wallace Watch List, awarded to the best shortstop in college baseball...Played two seasons at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y...Is a 2011 graduate of Pittsford (N.Y.) Mendon High School.

2023

Spent most of the season with Class AAA Syracuse but also played in 31 games with the Mets in his return from a torn right ACL suffered on 6/22/22...Appeared in 16 games at second base, nine at third, four in left and one at pitcher over three stints with the Mets...Began the season with Syracuse, where he played every defensive position except catcher...Went 4-6 with a home run and three RBI on 4/12 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Was recalled for the first time on 6/24 and made his Mets debut that night at Philadelphia, going 0-for-3 in his first MLB games since suffering his knee injury...Was optioned back to Syracuse on 7/4 and recalled for the second time on 7/22...Doubled on 7/26 at the Yankees for his first hit of the season...Hit a three-run homer on 8/7 vs. the Cubs, his first since 6/15/22 with the White Sox...Was optioned on 9/1 and went 18-for-32 (.563) with 11 RBI over an eight-game stretch from 9/5-16...Was recalled for the final time on 9/28.

2022

Was limited to 31 games with Chicago-AL due to a torn ACL in his right knee suffered in June... Batted .343/.425/.600 (12-for-35) with two home runs, seven RBIs and a 1.025 OPS in the seventh inning or later... Went 9-for-25 (.360) with one home run, seven RBIs and a .945 OPS vs. left-handers, 12-for-40 (.300) at home and 9-for-27 (.333) with 10 RBIs with RISP... Notched a career-long, nine-game hitting streak from June 9-19.

2021

Made 22 starts at shortstop, 21 at second base, seven in right field and one at third ...also made two appearances in left, one in center and one at pitcher....Batted .326 (14-for-43) with 20 RBI with RISP and .333 (7-for-21) with nine RBI with RISP/two outs....Was recalled from the Schaumburg training facility on 4/7, replacing Tim Anderson on the active roster ...made the start at shortstop that afternoon at Seattle, going 1-3 with a RBI....Matched his career high with three hits and reached base four times in the home opener on 4/8 vs. Kansas City....Pitched a scoreless eighth inning on 4/19 at Boston, allowing one hit and striking out Franchy Cordero ...followed DH Yermín Mercedes on the mound for the Sox, becoming the first pair of position players to pitch in a game since Alexei Ramírez and Leury García on 9/15/15 vs. Oakland (17-6 loss)....Was optioned to Schaumburg on 4/25 and recalled as the 27th man for a doubleheader on 4/29 vs. Detroit ...did not play and was returned following the nightcap....Was recalled again on 5/4, replacing Luis Robert on the roster...made his first career start in the outfield (right field) and connected on his first home run of the season on 5/8 at Kansas City....Hit his first grand slam (off Derek Law) on 5/17 at Minnesota and drove in a career-high five runs....Recorded a career-best, six-game hitting streak from 6/11-16, going 7-19 (.368) with three doubles and three RBI ...scored the game-winning run on Yoán Moncada's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning on 6/11 at Detroit....Was optioned to Charlotte on 7/30 and recalled on 8/12 to serve as the 27th player for the "MLB at Field of Dreams Game" in Dyersville, Iowa ...went 0-1 as a pinch-hitter before being optioned postgame....Was recalled three days later on 8/15 to replace Leury García (concussion list) on the active roster ...made six starts, including four straight at shortstop from 8/21-24, before being optioned to the Knights on 8/26 ...was recalled again 8/31....Appeared in five games before being optioned on 9/14...finished the regular season with Charlotte ...was not on the ALDS roster against Houston.

2020

Made 29 starts with the White Sox, including 25 at second base, three at third and one at shortstop … committed one error in 120 total chances (.992 percentage)...Was a finalist for the American League Rawlings Gold Glove Award® at second base...Sox went 15-1 over his final 16 starts from 8/16-9/13...Made his first career Opening Day roster … made his season debut as the starting third baseman on 7/26 vs. Minnesota...Recorded a career-high three hits on 8/5 vs. Milwaukee and 8/10 at Detroit...Hit all three of his home runs in a nine-game span, connecting on solo shots off Rony GarcÍa on 8/17 vs. Detroit and Jon Lester on 8/21 at the Cubs and a two-run shot off Trevor Williams on 8/26 vs. Pittsburgh...Was optioned to the Schaumburg training facility on 9/17 but remained with the club on the taxi squad for the rest of 2020.

2019

Spent most of the season with Class AAA Charlotte before making his major-league debut with the White Sox in September...Made three starts at shortstop, three at second and two at third with the Sox … also went 1-for-3 (.333) as a pinch hitter...His contract was purchased from Charlotte on 9/3...Made his MLB debut as a pinch runner on 9/3 at Cleveland … struck out in his first at-bat as a pinch hitter on 9/4 at the Indians...Made his first career start as the third baseman and hitting seventh on 9/5 at Cleveland, going 2-4 … recorded his first hit in the sixth, an infield single off Hunter Wood...Connected on his first home run on 9/8 vs. the Angels, a solo shot off Jaime Barria … hit safely in five straight games from 9/20-28, going 5-for-13 (.385) … hit his second homer on 9/28-1 vs. Detroit, a two-run shot off Edwin Jackson... Appeared in 133 games with Charlotte, including 48 at second base, 42 at shortstop, 38 at third base and nine in left field...Led Charlotte in at-bats (1st, 477), hits (1st, 133), total bases (1st, 212) and stolen bases (1st, 19).

2018

Spent the entire season with Class AA Birmingham, where he was named to the Southern League midseason All-Star Team...Led Sox farmhands with 20 steals and finished in the Top 10 in runs scored (62), extra-base hits (39), home runs (14), hits (112), RBI (59), total bases (179), walks (57) and doubles (25)...Ranked among the Birmingham leaders in stolen bases (1st), runs scored (1st), hits (2nd), doubles (2nd) and walks (2nd), RBI (3rd) and home runs (4th)...Led the SL in putouts (171), assists (348) and fielding percentage (.970)...Became the first true shortstop in Barons history to hit 14-plus home runs … homered in three straight games from 4/21-23...Went 4-for-4 on 7/26 vs. Tennessee.

2017

Combined to hit .256 (105-for-410) with 23 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs, 51 RBIs, 48 walks and 12 stolen bases over 126 games between Class A Winston-Salem and Birmingham...Finished among the organization's Top 10 in extra-base hits (37), runs scored (59), doubles and stolen bases (12)…Was named to the Carolina League midseason All-Star Team...Was named the Best Defensive Second Baseman in the CL by Baseball America following the season…Appeared in 18 games with Glendale in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .290 (20-for-69).