Jud Fabian
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Florida Gators – No. 4 | |
Outfielder | |
Born: Ocala, Florida | September 27, 2000|
Bats: Right Throws: Left |
Judson Edward Fabian (born September 27, 2000) is an American college baseball outfielder for the Florida Gators.
Career[]
Fabian attended Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Florida, where he played baseball.[1] In 2018, his junior year, he batted .453 with 11 home runs.[2] He played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field that summer.[3][4] He graduated from high school early, and enrolled at the University of Florida to play college baseball in January 2019.[5]
In 2019, Fabian's freshman year at Florida, he played in 56 games (making 54 starts) in which he batted .232 with seven home runs, 26 RBIs, and seven stolen bases.[6][7] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Bourne Braves, and was the youngest ever selection to Cape Cod League All-Star Team.[8][9][10] As a sophomore in 2020, Fabian batted .294 with five home runs and 13 RBIs over 17 games before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] He played in the Florida Collegiate Summer League that summer, batting .304 with two home runs and 11 RBIs alongside a .971 fielding percentage over 19 games.[12]
In 2021, as a redshirt sophomore (given a redshirt due to the cancellation of the 2020 season), he began the season struggling with high strikeout rates.[13][14] Throughout the course of the year, he decreased his strikeout numbers (going from a 37.4% strikeout rate in April to 29% at the end of the season) and also began hitting for power, and was named to the All-Southeastern Conference First Team.[15][16] He finished the season batting .249 with twenty home runs and 46 RBIs over 59 starts in center field.[17] He became the fifth player in Gator baseball history to reach twenty home runs in a single season.[18] After the season, Fabian was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the second round with the 40th overall selection of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[19] On August 1, after failing to agree with the club on a signing bonus, Fabian announced that he would return to Florida for his redshirt junior season.[20][21]
References[]
- ^ Kardasz, Paul. "A to Z with Trinity Catholic's Jud Fabian". Ocala.com.
- ^ Writer, Josh KimbleStaff. "The Ocala Raptors: Then and Now". Ocala.com.
- ^ Staff report. "Celtics' Fabian makes Under Armour All-America baseball roster". Ocala.com.
- ^ "2018 Under Armour All-America Road to Wrigley - Jud Fabian". Baseball Factory. June 1, 2018.
- ^ Torre, Nick de la. "Ocala's Jud Fabian living out a childhood dream | GatorCountry.com".
- ^ "Fabian had a strong offseason to build his confidence". Swamp247.
- ^ "Jud Fabian ranks 2nd among 2021 MLB Draft prospects".
- ^ "#17 Jud Fabian". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ writer, Josh KimbleStaff. "Ocala's own Jud Fabian shines as Cape Cod League All-Star". Gainesville Sun.
- ^ Gersonagerson@capecodonline.com, Aria. "One of the Cape League's youngest, Jud Fabian fits right in with Bourne". capecodtimes.com.
- ^ "A season cut too short for top-ranked Gators". The Independent Florida Alligator.
- ^ "2020 All-Florida League Team | Florida Collegiate Summer League - Pointstreak Sites". www.floridaleague.com.
- ^ "Mock Draft: HS prospects surging up boards". MLB.com.
- ^ Meoli, Jon. "Two months from MLB draft, what type of talent might be available to the Orioles with the fifth overall pick?". baltimoresun.com.
- ^ Brudnicki, Alexis. "How Jud Fabian Cut Down On Strikeouts, Built Confidence Ahead Of 2021 MLB Draft". www.baseballamerica.com.
- ^ "Fabian, three others receive SEC baseball honors". Gator Sports.
- ^ "Jud Fabian named third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball". Swamp247.
- ^ Abolverdi, Zach. "Florida clinches fifth straight SEC series with Jud Fabian's historic homers". Gator Sports.
- ^ Dunne, James (July 12, 2021). "Red Sox select Jud Fabian with second-round pick". SoxProspects.com. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ Polishuk, Mark (August 1, 2021). "Red Sox Notes: Bloom, Scherzer, Sale, Fabian". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ Roche, Conor (August 1, 2021). "Red Sox second-round pick Jud Fabian opts to return to college". Boston.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Florida Gators bio
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ocala, Florida
- Baseball players from Florida
- Baseball outfielders
- Florida Gators baseball players
- Bourne Braves players