Davis Wendzel #38

Davis McKee Wendzel…he and his wife, the former Rachel Achterman, were married on 5/15/20…played three seasons at Baylor University, finishing with a career .326 batting average, 24 home runs, 121 RBI and more walks (100) than strikeouts (99) in 154 games for the Bears…shared Co-Big 12 Player of the Year honors with fellow Texas draftee Josh Jung (Texas Tech) in 2019, leading the conference in batting average (.367) and on-base percentage (.449)…committed just 2 errors in his college career…was teammates at Baylor with LHP Cody Bradford, Texas’ 2019 6th round selection…made NCAA Regional appearances each year at Baylor and helped the Bears to their first-ever Big 12 title in 2018…prepped at JSerra Catholic (Calif.) High School, winning Trinity League championships as a junior and senior…his sister, Bailey, played volleyball at Brown University…played little league and club baseball with Texas pitcher Kolby Allard in Southern California…was also selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 37th round of the 2018 June draft, but did not sign…played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod League in 2018.

2021

2020

Though he did not see official game action due to the cancellation of the minor league season, Wendzel was added to the club’s Alternate Training Site roster on 8/31 and worked out in Arlington for the remainder of the Major League regular season…he also participated in the Fall Developmental League following the campaign, batting .267 (12-45) with two home runs and four RBI…was sidelined with a right calf injury for a portion of the Fall League…appeared in 2 spring training ‘A’ games before camp was halted in March, going 1-for-3 with a double as a minor league extra…entered the season rated as the club’s No. 9 (MLB.com) and No. 15 (Baseball America) prospect.

2019

Wendzel was selected by Texas in the June draft on 6/3, signed his contract on 7/3 (by scout Josh Simpson), and debuted with the Rookie-level AZL Rangers on 8/22…was promoted to Short-A Spokane on 8/31…combined to go 6-for-19 (.316) with one home run and two RBI in seven games between both clubs.