Nick Dini #3

Selected by the Royals in the 14th round of the 2015 Amateur Draft out of Wagner (N.Y.) College…named All-Northeast Conference Player of the Year as a senior and was an All-NEC selection for a second consecutive season.

2022

In his only season in the Mets organization, played 50 games with Triple-A Syracuse and ranked fourth on the team with 11 HR.

2021

Missed the first month and a half of the season with a back injury...Put up an .851 OPS in 98 PA.

2020

Spent the season at the Royals’ Alternate Training Site in Kansas City, Kansas...Was a non-roster invite to Major League Spring Training, appearing in nine Cactus League games.

2019

Selected from Omaha (AAA) on Aug. 8 and made his Major League debut that night in Detroit, going 1-for-3 with a walk, singling off Matt Hall   in the sixth for his first big league hit...Lined out as a pinch-hitter to begin the 10th inning of the Aug. 7 suspended game in Boston, which was resumed on Aug. 22…this means he technically first appeared in a big league game on Aug. 7, despite not being selected to the Majors until Aug. 8, when he made his debut...Hit his first Major League home run on Aug.19 in Baltimore off Gabriel Ynoa with several friends and family   from nearby Monroe, N.J. in attendance...Named Omaha Hitter of the Year by the local media…hit .296 (55-for-186) with a .370 on-base percentage and a .565 slugging percentage in 58 games with the Storm Chasers, including a career-high 13 home runs...Had a pair of season-high nine-game hit streaks from May 30-June 17 and June 30-July 17...Led the Storm Chasers (min. 200 PA) in slugging percentage and OPS (.935) through his last Triple-A game on Aug. 5.

2018

Opened the year at Omaha (AAA), before being sent to Northwest Arkansas (AA) on April 26…combined to hit .251/.294/.398 (80-for-319) with 14 doubles, 11 homers and 43 RBI...Threw out 23 of 62 would-be basestealers between his two stops (37.1 percent)...Hit .348/.380/.470 (23-for-66) with two doubles, two homers and nine RBI in 23 games during the month of June, with Northwest Arkansas…however, he hit just .212 (25-for-118) after July 1...Recorded his first career multi-homer game, June 21 at Tulsa, smashing a solo shot and a three-run blast, also collecting a season-high four RBI in a 17-3 triumph.

2017

Split the year between Lexington (A) and Northwest Arkansas (AA), batting .302/.364/.403 (93-for-308) with 19 doubles, four homers and 36 RBI in a combined 88 games... Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star... Combined between the two stops, batted .395/.451/.556 (32- for-81) against left-handed pitching, with 10 doubles, one homer and 15 RBI... Hit in a career-high 12-straight games (May 15-June 7), which included his final eight games with Lexington and his first four with Northwest Arkansas... Opened the year at Lexington, but was promoted to Double-A for the first time in his career on May 30…hit safely in 12 of his first 13 games with the Naturals... Over his first 44 contests at Northwest Arkansas, batted .370/.436/.462 (53-for-143) with seven doubles, two homers and 19 RBI... Also threw out 20 would-be basestealers (65 attempts) with the Naturals, tying for third-most in the Texas League... Played 12 games for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League, batting .211 (8-for-38) with a double and six RBI.