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Baseball player
Jace Andrew Jung (
young ; born October 4, 2000) is an American
professional baseball
second baseman in the
Detroit Tigers organization. He played
college baseball for the
Texas Tech Red Raiders .
Early life and amateur career
Jung grew up in
San Antonio, Texas and attended
Douglas MacArthur High School .
[1]
Jung enrolled at
Texas Tech University to play
college baseball for the
Texas Tech Red Raiders . Jung batted .264 through 19 games of his true freshman season before it was cut short due to the
coronavirus pandemic .
[2] As a
redshirt freshman, Jung and was named the
Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year after batting for a .337 average with 21 home runs and 67 RBIs.
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[4] During the summer of 2021, he played for the
Orleans Firebirds of the
Cape Cod Baseball League .
[5]
[6] Jung was named the preseason Big 12 Player of the Year going into his redshirt sophomore season.
[7]
Professional career
The
Detroit Tigers selected Jung in the first round, with the 12th overall selection, of the
2022 Major League Baseball draft .
[8] He signed with the team on July 25, 2022, and received a $4,590,300 signing bonus.
[9]
Personal life
Jung's older brother,
Josh Jung , also played baseball at Texas Tech and was selected by the
Texas Rangers in the first round of the
2019 MLB draft .
[10]
[11]
References
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"Mac's Jung brothers cherish special season" .
San Antonio Express-News . April 21, 2016.
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"Jace Jung develops into a top draft prospect" . Baseballprospectjournal.com . Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
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"Jace Jung highlights several Texas Tech players garnering Big 12 honors" .
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . May 24, 2021.
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"Jace Jung gets D1 Baseball nod, becomes consensus All-American" . Everythinglubbock.com . June 28, 2021.
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"Jace Jung" . Pointstreak.com . Retrieved July 16, 2022 .
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"Here's what you should know about the Orleans Firebirds" .
Cape Cod Times . June 21, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022 .
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"TTU Baseball: Jace Jung favorite to repeat as Big 12 Player of the Year" .
KCBD.com . January 26, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
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"The night is Jung. With the 12th pick in the 2022 #MLBDraft, the Tigers select 2B Jace Jung from Texas Tech" . Twitter.com . Retrieved July 19, 2022 .
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"Detroit Tigers sign MLB draft's No. 12 overall pick Jace Jung" .
Detroit Free Press . July 25, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022 .
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"Finalists for the Bragan Award includes brother of Texas Rangers' Josh Jung" .
Fort Worth Star-Telegram . June 8, 2021.
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"How Texas Rangers prospect Josh Jung and brother Texas Tech star Jace Jung helped prepare each other for their potentially career defining upcoming seasons" .
The Dallas Morning News . February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022 .
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