Shea Langeliers


Shea Ryan Langeliers is an American professional baseball catcher in the Atlanta Braves organization. He played college baseball for the Baylor Bears. He was selected by the Braves as the ninth overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

Career

Langeleirs attended Keller High School in Keller, Texas. He began catching as a high school sophomore. As a senior in 2016, Langeleirs batted.369 with six home runs and 31 RBIs. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 34th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead chose to attend Baylor University to play college baseball for the Baylor Bears.
As a freshman at Baylor in 2017, Langeliers batted.313 with ten home runs and 38 RBIs in 55 games. He was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team as well as being named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. He spent that summer playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Anglers where he was named an All-Star. In 2018, as a sophomore, Langeliers missed time at the beginning of the season due to a wrist injury. However, he returned, and finished the year batting.252 with 11 home runs and 44 RBIs in 58 games. He was named to the All-Big 12 First Team along with winning a Rawlings/ABCA Division I Gold Glove, becoming only the second player in Baylor history to win the award. Langeliers played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that summer. In 2019, his junior season, he was named to the All-Big 12 First Team for the second consecutive year despite missing three weeks due to a broken hand. In an elimination game during the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, he hit three home runs and had 11 RBIs in Baylor's 24-6 win over Nebraska-Omaha. Langeliers finished his junior year hitting.308 with ten home runs and 42 RBIs in 44 games.
Langeliers was considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves with the ninth overall pick. He signed with the team for $4 million. He began his professional career with the Rome Braves of the Class A South Atlantic League, spending all of the 2019 season there. Over 54 games, Langeliers hit.255/.310/.343 with two home runs and 34 RBIs.