Kyle Holder

BIOGRAPHY

Kyle Holder was born May 25, 1994, in San Diego, California. He is an infielder in the MLB.

Holder graduated from University City High School in 2012. After graduating, he enrolled at Grossmont College where he played for their baseball team, posting a .405 batting average with sixty hits and 21 RBIs. After his freshman year at Grossmont, he then enrolled at the University of San Diego where he played baseball for the Toreros. After the 2014 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a junior, he led USD in batting average (.348) and RBIs(31). He was named WCC player of the year. After his junior year, he was drafted by the New York Yankees in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft. Holder signed with the Yankees for $1.8 million signing bonus.

In 2017, Holder was named as the Best Defensive Shortstop in the minor leagues. Holder was invited to the Arizona Fall League in 2017 and hit .333 over 45 at bats. He was then a non-roster invitee for the New York Yankees spring training in 2018 and started the year with Trenton Thunder. He also spent time during the season with the Charleston RiverDogs and the Trenton Thunder. Over 48 games between the two teams, he hit .257 with three home runs.

The Yankees invited Holder to spring training as a non-roster player in 2019. He spent the year with Trenton, slashing .265/.336/.405 with nine home runs and forty RBIs over 112 games.