Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Trey Amburgey was born October 24, 1994, in Lake Worth, Florida. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

The New York Yankees selected Amburgey in the 13th round, 393rd overall, of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was initially assigned to the Gulf Coast League Yankees, where he batted .333 with 14 stolen bases in 37 games before being promoted to the Low-A Staten Island Yankees. Amburgey split the 2016 season between the GCL Yankees, the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs, and the High-A Tampa Yankees, accumulating a .274/.313/.381 slash line in 68 games between the three teams. In 2017, Amburgey returned to Tampa and hit .236/.296/.382 with career-highs in home runs (14) and runs batted in (RBIs) (57).

Amburgey spent the 2018 season with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, batting .258/.300/.418 with 16 home runs and 74 RBIs in 125 games. He was assigned to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in 2019 and finished the season with a .274 batting average with 22 home runs, 31 doubles and an .822 OPS. Amburgey did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He was assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to begin the 2021 season. On July 15, 2021, Amburgey's contract was selected to the Yankees' 40-man roster and he was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his MLB debut the following day as the starting right fielder against the Boston Red Sox, going 0-for-2. On August 18, Amburgey was returned to the minors, removing him from the 40-man roster.