according to MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nRefsynder graded out as high as the team\u2019s No. 7 prospect in 2015 alongside other high-end talent that came from the Yankees\u2019 system, as Luis Severino was their top prospect at the time, followed by future three-time MVP Aaron Judge, Jorge Mateo, Greg Bird and Gary Sanchez.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He played in 94 games for the Yankees, accumulating just 17 RBIs and two home runs for the Bronx Bombers while failing to leave his mark.<\/p>\n
Refsnyder was traded to the division rival Toronto Blue Jays during the 2017 season and was a useful player for the next nine years as he bounced between AL East rivals.<\/p>\n
His best seasons came as a utility player for the Red Sox spanning four seasons.<\/p>\n
Refsnyder hit .307 in 2022 and blasted a career-high 11 home runs to support a .283 AVG in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seattle Mariners designated hitter Rob Refsnyder reacts after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Best known for being a short-side platoon specialist, Refsynder hit .265 with a .787 OPS against lefty pitching in his career, giving teams an incredible value proposition on top of his positional versatility.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Mariners hoped he could continue to mash lefties, but Refsynder was instead the midst of a career-worst season in Seattle, hitting .140.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rob Refsnyder played some of his best baseball in four seasons with the Boston Red Sox. Getty Images<\/p>\n
He previously floated the idea of retirement and the hope of spending more time with his family back in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Refsynder is married to his longtime partner, Monica, who swam at the University of Arizona, and they have a son together who was born in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Yankee prospect is calling it a career. Rob Refsynder, 35, spent three seasons with the Yankees…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3472,20,9,11,10,321,72880,7580,319,10747],"class_list":["post-320541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-rob-refsnyder","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}