Troy Johnston #20

Full name is Troy Michael Johnston...Played three years at Gonzaga University, batting .330 with a .610 slugging pct. in his final collegiate season. Majored in accounting...Attended Rogers HS in Washington where he also played football and wrestled...His father, David, played baseball and wrestled at Eastern Washington.

2024

Batted .276 (132-for-479) with 30 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 63 RBI in 125 games with Triple-A Jacksonville in his fifth professional season...Ranked second among Marlins farmhands in hits and extra-base hits (45), third in doubles and total bases (203), fifth in RBI, sixth in runs (65), seventh in AVG and ninth in SLG (.424)…Recorded three hits eight times, all coming in the first half of the season. Had multiple hits in 34 games...Appeared defensively for the Jumbo Shrimp in 87 games at first base (.996 fielding pct.) and 19 games in left field (.962 fielding pct.)…Was placed on the temporarily inactive list from Aug. 9-13...Also missed time on Jacksonville's 7-day IL from Aug. 26-Sept. 13...Batted .340 (33-for-97) with nine extra-base hits in 26 games in June, his best AVG of any month. Hit .167 (2-for-12) in three March games, .290 (29-for-100) in 25 April games, .236 (25-for-106) in 26 May games, .293 (24-for-82) in 22 August games and .303 (10-for-33) in 10 September games...Played for the 2024-25 Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League. Slashed .252/.339/.325 (41-for-163) with nine doubles, one home run and 27 RBI in 45 games while posting a .663 OPS. Mainly saw action at first base (29 games), but also played 12 games in right field and five in left field.

2023

Awarded the 2023 Marlins Minor League Player of the Year Award. Split the season between Double-A Pensacola and Triple-A Jacksonville, setting career highs in games played (134), AVG (.307), hits (157), doubles (36), triples (five), home runs (26), RBI (116), stolen bases (24) and OPS (.948)...Led all Minor League players in RBI and ranked fourth in extra-base hits (67) and total bases (281)...In the month of July, hit .412 (40x97) with 14 doubles, seven home runs, and 34 RBI with Double-A Pensacola. Earned Southern League Player of the Week on July 9...Named a Marlins Organizational All-Star...Collected 30 doubles and 17 home runs against right-handed pitchers, going 115x366 (.314 AVG). Hit six doubles and nine home runs with a .288 AVG (42x146) against left-handed pitching...Played in four games with the Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League following the season. Went 2x10 with two RBI, one stolen base, one walk and four strikeouts. 

2022

Troy Johnston, ranked by MLBPipeline as Miami’s No. 20 prospect, was named the 2022 Pensacola Blue Wahoos MVP, ranking second in batting average among qualifiers in the Southern League... Batted .292 with 96 hits, 20 doubles, 10 home runs and 32 walks. He played in 85 games and drove in 49 runs before getting the call to Triple-A... Went 2-for-5 with a double and 1 RBI in his Jumbo Shrimp debut on Aug. 16 vs. Nashville... In 29 games with Jacksonville, hit five doubles, four home runs and had eight RBI... Rode a season-long 12-game hitting streak from May 8 - 28, including four multi-hit efforts... Was named the Southern League Player of the Week for the week of June 5, putting together five consecutive multi-hit efforts, including a career-high-tying four hits with two runs scored, one double, one home run and three RBI on June 2 vs. Biloxi... Slashed .323/.385/.624 with a 1.009 OPS in 23 games played for the Blue Wahoos in June with seven doubles, seven home runs and 25 RBI.