Daz Cameron


Dazmon Jaroid Cameron is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers' organization. He attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Georgia, and was selected by the Houston Astros in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. The Astros traded Cameron to the Tigers in 2017. His father, Mike Cameron, played in MLB.

Amateur career

Cameron attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Georgia, where he played for the school's baseball team. As a freshman, he had a.392 batting average. He improved his power in his sophomore year, finishing the season with a.434 batting average, a.764 slugging percentage, seven home runs, and 28 runs batted in in 106 at bats. He has committed to enrolling at Florida State University on a college baseball scholarship, to play for the Florida State Seminoles.
In the summer of 2014, Cameron was a member of the USA Baseball's 18-and-under national team, competing against other nations from the Pan American Baseball Confederation. He also appeared in the 2013 and 2014 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game. As a senior in 2015, Cameron had a.455 average with eight home runs and 32 RBIs, and was chosen as Georgia's Gatorade Player of the Year.

Professional career

Cameron was considered a potential first overall draft pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft; however, he fell into the competitive lottery pick round because of rumored high contract demands.

Houston Astros

The Houston Astros took him 37th overall; as the team with the largest draft spending pool, they were thought to have the best chance to sign Cameron. Cameron signed with the Astros for a reported $4 million signing bonus. After signing, Cameron reported to the Rookie League GCL Astros. After batting only.222 with six RBIs in 21 games, he was reassigned to the Greeneville Astros of the Appalachian League where he improved, batting.272 with 11 RBIs and a.721 OPS in 30 games.
Cameron began the 2016 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League. He struggled with Quad Cities, batting.143 in 21 games, and was reassigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. After playing in 19 games, in which he batted.278, Cameron broke his finger when he was hit by a pitch in July, ending his season. Cameron returned to Quad Cities for the start of the 2017 season.

Detroit Tigers

On August 31, 2017, the Astros traded Cameron, Franklin Pérez, and Jake Rogers to the Detroit Tigers for Justin Verlander. Detroit assigned him to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League. In 123 total games between Quad Cities and West Michigan, Cameron batted.271 with 14 home runs and 74 RBIs along with 32 stolen bases. Cameron began the 2018 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and he batted.259 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in 58 games played. On June 18, the Tigers promoted Cameron to the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League. After he batted.285 with five home runs and 35 RBIs in 53 games, the Tigers promoted him to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League on August 17. In 15 games for Toledo, he hit.211 with six RBIs. After the regular season, Cameron played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. Cameron returned to Toledo for the 2019 season, hitting.214/.330/.377/.707 with 13 home runs and 43 RBI.
Cameron was added to the Tigers 40–man roster following the 2019 season.

Personal life

Cameron's father, Mike, played for eight teams over seventeen seasons in MLB. His father began to instruct him on how to play baseball when he was 13 years old.