Tyler Hill (baseball)

Tyler Phillip Hill (born March 4, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Listed at and , he bats and throws right-handed.
Career
Hill was selected by the Red Sox with their 20th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft out of Delaware Military Academy in Wilmington, DE, where he was a three sport standout before graduating in 2014. As a senior, Hill hit .432 with six home runs and 18 stolen bases, driving in 29 runs while scoring 29 times. He was committed to play baseball at Wilmington University, but opted to sign with the Red Sox instead. But Hill was even better in July, when he led the New York-Penn League in batting average (.432), hits (35), total bases (50) and slugging (.617). Besides, he was selected to the annual NYPL All-Star Game. Hill finished the season in strong form, leading the NYPL hitters with a .332 average and 113 total bases through 61 games with the Spinners, while ranking second with a .508 slugging percentage and a .887 on-base plus slugging. Besides him, only four other players hit at least .300 during the regular season.
Following his breakout campaign at Lowell, Hill joined the Greenville Drive in 2017. During his full season in Class A, he had a .272/.342/.390 slash line in 119 games, finishing first in stolen bases and fourth in hits (125) in the Red Sox' minor league system, while posting the seventh best runs scored (65) among all regulars. Hill began the 2018 season with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox.
During the 2018 Winter Meetings, the Detroit Tigers selected Hill from the Red Sox in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He was, in turn, traded to the Yankees for cash considerations. Hill appeared in 51 games for the Class A-Advanced Tampa Tarpons, hitting .242 with 5 home runs and 20 RBIs before he was released by the organization on June 21, 2019.
On June 26, 2019, Hill signed with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the independent American Association.

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