Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Skye Bolt was born January 15, 1994, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a right fielder in the MLB.

Bolt attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta, Georgia. He played for the school's baseball team, and the Washington Nationals selected him in the 26th round of the 2012 MLB draft. He did not sign, and enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was named Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and a Freshman All-American. He also made USA Baseball's collegiate national baseball team. In 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

In 2018, he began the season with the Midland RockHounds of the Class AA Texas League, but struggled and was sent down to the Stockton Ports of the Class A-Advanced California League. He was promoted back to Midland in June. For the week of July 30 through August 5, Bolt was the Texas League's Player of the Week. He hit a combined .260/.347/.474/.821 with 19 home runs and 69 RBI during the 2018 season. After the season, the Athletics assigned him to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. And also, The Athletics added Bolt to their 40-man roster.

In 2019, he began the season with the Las Vegas Aviators of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. The Athletics promoted him to MLB on May 3, and he made his MLB debut that night.