Randal Grichuk
American baseball player
Randal Alexander Grichuk (born August 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, and New York Yankees.
Grichuk was selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, Texas. The Angels traded him to the St. Louis Cardinals in November 2013, with whom he made his MLB debut in 2014.
Early life and amateur career
In 2003 and 2004, Grichuk participated in the Little League World Series for Lamar National of Richmond, Texas. He was featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section in July 2005.
Grichuk attended Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, Texas. In 2008, as a Lamar Consolidated Baseball player, he was a First Team All-State OF and the All-Houston Area Most Valuable Player (MVP).
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