Peyton Burdick

Attended Wright State University (Ohio)...Graduated from Glen Este (Ohio) HS...Was a three-sport athlete growing up, playing basketball, football and baseball...Grew up a Reds fan. Favorite players were Ken Griffey Jr. and 2023 Marlins teammate Johnny Cueto...Loved riding horses as a kid...At Wright State University, his redshirt junior season in 2019 he hit .407/.538/.729 (87-for-214) with 15 home runs, 18 doubles, three triples, 79 runs, 72 RBI and 60 walks to 35 strikeouts in 59 games played and led the Horizon League in batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, hits, RBI, total bases, walks...Named Horizon League Player of the Year becoming the seventh player in Wright State history to earn the honor...Earned All-Horizon League First Team honors...Recognized as an All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and D1 Baseball...Recorded an RBI in 11 consecutive games during his redshirt sophomore season on his way to being named Horizon League First Team...Won the Horizon League tournament MVP award and was named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team in 2018...Helped lead Wright State to the 2018 NCAA Baseball Tournament as part of the Stanford Regional, being named to the ABCA First Team All-Region...Missed the entirety of the 2017 season after undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery (Tommy John)...Played in all 63 games as a freshman, helping Wright State reach the Louisville Regional Final...Ranked as the No. 183 overall draft prospect by Baseball America...Was named all-league, all-district and all-state in 2015 plus all-city in 2014 and 2015 at Glen Este HS.

2023

Slashed .182/270/.333 (6-for-33) with two doubles, one home run, four runs scored, two RBI, three walks and one stolen base in 14 games with the Marlins...Began the year at Triple-A Jacksonville, where he slashed .293/.381/.636 (29-for-99) with four doubles, 10 home runs, 24 runs scored, 24 RBI, 13 walks, five stolen bases and a 1.017 OPS in 25 games...Ranked tied for second in the International League in home runs at the time of his promotion...Optioned back to Jacksonville on 5/23...In 114 total games with the Jumbo Shrimp, he hit .219/.327/.448 (92-for-420) with 20 doubles, two triples, 24 home runs, 63 runs scored, 74 RBI, 57 walks, 12 stolen bases and a .775 OPS...Ranked 11th in the International League in homers. 

2022

Edmund Peyton Burdick played in 32 games with Miami after starting the year with Triple-A Jacksonville...Hit .207 with a .664 OPS, four home runs, 11 RBI, eight walks and one stolen base in his first Major League campaign...Recorded three multi-hit efforts; two on Aug. 12 at Atlanta; two on Aug. 26 at Los Angeles-NL and three on Oct. 5 vs. Atlanta...Went 5-for-8 with two home runs, three runs scored and seven RBI in four games in October (2.000 OPS). ..Started 13 games at center field, 12 in left field and three in right field...Made his Major League debut Aug. 5 at Chicago-NL. Recorded an infield single for his first MLB hit in his second career game Aug. 6 at Chicago-NL...In 99 games with the Jumbo Shrimp to start 2022, Burdick posted a .735 OPS with a .214 batting average, 15 home runs and 58 RBI.

2021

Entered the 2021 season as the Marlins No. 14 prospect, according to MLB.com...Named Marlins Minor League Player of the Year and Pensacola MVP. Led the Double-A South with a Pensacola record 23 home runs. Played in 109 games in his second professional season and tallied 17 doubles and 52 RBI. Led the league in walks and runs scored on his way to be recognized by MLB.com as the Marlins prospect of the year...Assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville on Sept. 21. Played in eight games. Hit .143 with three doubles.

2020

Did not play in 2020.

2019

Split 2019 between Short Season - A Batavia and Single-A Clinton. Hit .318 with a home run and five RBI in six games in Batavia. Played 63 games in Clinton. Hit .307 with 20 doubles, 10 home runs and 59 RBI...Drafted in the third round by the Marlins in the 2019 draft out of Wright State University.