Kellin Lee Deglan (born May 3, 1992) is a Canadian

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who is currently a free agent. He was drafted out of

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in the

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by the Texas Rangers.

Career

Texas Rangers

Despite not being able to play high school baseball, Deglan gained enough attention playing with the Langley Blaze of the wood-bat

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(which had produced

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and

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) and with the Canadian Junior National Team to be drafted 22nd overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2010 MLB draft. He signed for a below-slot

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of $1 million. Baseball America viewed Deglan as a second or third round talent, praising his defense and power potential but seeing concerns about his overall offensive profile. Deglan began his professional career in 2010 as an 18-year-old with the

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in the rookie class

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. He also appeared for the Low-A

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, and hit .191 between the two teams. In 2011, he played for the Single-A

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, slashing .227/.320/.347 in 89 games. He played 92 games for Hickory in 2012, batting .234/.310/.438 with career-highs in home runs (12) and RBI (41). He spent 2013 in High-A with the

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, batting .231/.331/.393 in 89 games. The next year, he split the season between Hickory and Myrtle Beach, accumulating a .247/.314/.450 batting line with career-highs in home runs (16) and RBI (68). In 2015, he split the season between the High-A

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and the Double-A

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, posting a batting line of .231/.284/.397 with 13 home runs and 42 RBI. Deglan spent the 2016 season with Frisco, hitting .194/.256/.332 in 83 games. He elected free agency on November 7, 2016.

New York Yankees

On December 12, 2016, Deglan signed a minor league contract with the

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organization, however, he missed the entire 2017 season due to injury and became a free agent after the year. On March 24, 2018, Deglan re-signed with the Yankees on a new minor league contract. He split the season between the High-A

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and the Double-A

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, batting .179/.258/.286 in 36 games. The Yankees invited Deglan to spring training as a non-roster player in 2019. He did not make the team and split the 2019 season between Trenton and the Triple-A

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, posting a .257/.329/.426 batting line with 9 home runs and 32 RBI. He became a free agent following the 2019 season. He re-signed with the Yankees on a new minor league deal and received an invitation to Spring Training on February 3, 2020. Deglan did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the

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. On November 2, 2020, Deglan elected free agency. On December 14, 2020, Deglan again re-signed with the Yankees on a minor league contract.

Toronto Blue Jays

On August 3, 2021, Deglan was traded to the

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. He signed a minor league contract for the 2022 season with the Blue Jays on November 29, and was invited to spring training. He was released on August 5, 2022.

International career

He was selected for the

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at the

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and

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. At the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification tournament, appearing in the September 22 game against Germany as a defensive replacement. In 2015, Deglan was part of the Canadian Baseball team than won gold in the 2015 Pan American Games while playing in Ajax.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deglan, Kellin 1992 births Living people Arizona League Rangers players Baseball catchers Baseball people from British Columbia Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Canada national baseball team players Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Charleston RiverDogs players Frisco RoughRiders players Hickory Crawdads players High Desert Mavericks players Melbourne Aces players Myrtle Beach Pelicans players Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in baseball People from Langley, British Columbia (city) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players Spokane Indians players Surprise Saguaros players Tampa Tarpons players Trenton Thunder players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players 2019 WBSC Premier12 players Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian expatriate baseball players in Australia