BIOGRAPHY
Nick Ciuffo was born March 7, 1995, in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He is a catcher in the MLB.
Ciuffo was selected in the first round (21st overall) of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. Ciuffo signed with the Rays, receiving a $1,974,700 signing bonus, and reported to the Gulf Coast Rays to begin his professional career. He appeared in 43 games for the GCL Rays where he slashed .258/.296/.308.
Ciuffo began the 2014 season in extended spring training, was assigned to the Princeton Rays in June, where he spent the entire season, batting .224 with four home runs and 20 RBIs in 52 games. He played with the Bowling Green Hot Rods in 2015 and batted .258 with one home run and 32 RBIs in 94 games. In 2016, with the Charlotte Stone Crabs, Ciuffo compiled a .262 batting average with 15 RBIs and 8 doubles in 59 games. After the 2016 season, Ciuffo was named Tampa Bay's Minor League Defensive Player of the Year. He spent 2017 with the Montgomery Biscuits and posted a .245 batting average with seven home runs and 42 RBIs in 102 games. He was named Tampa Bay's Minor League Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. The Rays invited Ciuffo to spring training in 2018, but he was suspended for 50 games for his second positive test for a drug of abuse. In the 2018 season, Ciuffo played for the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League. Ciuffo hit .262/.301/.380 with five home runs and 28 runs batted in over 60 games.
On September 3, 2018, Ciuffo was promoted to the major leagues. Ciuffo slashed .189/.262/.297 with one home run in 37 at-bats
