Justin Foscue

Justin Connor Foscue (born March 2, 1999) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Texas Rangers organization. He was selected 14th overall by the Rangers in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.
Career.
Amateur career.
Foscue attended Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama, where he played baseball. In 2017, his senior year, he hit .318 with six home runs, earning All-State honors. Undrafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, he fulfilled his commitment to play college baseball at Mississippi State University.
In 2018, Foscue's freshman season at Mississippi State, he appeared in 58 games, batting .241 with three home runs and twenty RBIs. As a sophomore in 2019, he moved from third base to second base and slashed .331/.395/.564 with 14 home runs, sixty RBIs, and 22 doubles over 67 starts. He earned All-SEC First-Team honors. That summer, he played for the United States collegiate national team. In 2020, Foscue's junior year, he hit .302 with two home runs and 16 RBIs over 16 games before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professional career.
Foscue was selected 14th overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Rangers on June 19 for a $3.25 million bonus. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A East League.