Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Rylan Bannon was born April 22, 1996, in Joliet, Illinois. He is a second baseman in the MLB.

Bannon graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy and played college baseball at Xavier University. In 2017, he was the Big East Conference Baseball Player of the Year. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and made his professional debut with the Ogden Raptors, batting .336/.425/.591 with ten home runs and 30 RBIs in 40 games. He began 2018 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, where he hit .296 in 89 games with 20 homers and 61 RBIs and was eventually honored with the California League Most Valuable Player Award.

He split the 2019 season between Bowie and the Norfolk Tides, hitting a combined .266 with 11 home runs and 59 RBI. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Surprise Saguaros following the 2019 season.

On November 20, 2020, Bannon was added to the 40-man roster.