Professional career Desmond Jennings

1 professional career

1.1 tampa bay rays
1.2 cincinnati reds
1.3 new york mets

professional career
tampa bay rays

jennings rays fifth-best prospect heading 2009 season according baseball america, , 18th-best prospect overall in midseason top 25.

jennings named 2010 all-star futures game. 2008 2011, jennings top-100 prospect in baseball in each preseason ranking of both baseball america , baseball prospectus. peaked @ sixth overall in baseball america s pre-2010 ranking.

in 2010, batted .278 season in triple-a durham, , .190 in 21 at-bats tampa bay.

jennings called triple-a durham on july 23, 2011, rays optioned reid brignac durham. @ time of call-up, jennings batting .275 , leading international league in runs scored, 68. on july 28, 2011, jennings blasted first career home run, two-run shot against oakland athletics. on september 7, 2011, jennings hit first career walk-off home run off mark lowe give rays 5-4 win on texas rangers , give them 1,000th win in franchise history.

with departure of b.j. upton atlanta, jennings began 2013 season starting center fielder , lead-off hitter, sam fuld backup. on august 3, jennings fractured left middle finger, , placed on disabled list 3 days later. jennings returned on august 19, , finished season tampa bay. in 139 games, hit .252/.334/.414 14 hr, 54 rbi, 82 r , 20 sb. led team in triples (6) , stolen bases.

on may 7, 2013, jennings hit line drive hit toronto blue jays pitcher j. a. happ in head. happ needed carried off field on stretcher after 11-minute delay. jennings visibly shaken accident remained in game.

on may 3, 2015, jennings placed on 15-day disabled list due left knee bursitis.

on august 26, 2016, rays announced jennings released next day. on seven-year career tampa bay rays, batted .245 55 home runs, 191 rbi, , 95 stolen bases.

cincinnati reds

on february 9, 2017, jennings signed minor league contract cincinnati reds. released cincinnati on march 31, 2017.

new york mets

on april 5, 2017, jennings signed minor league contract new york mets; assigned mets triple-a affiliate, las vegas 51s. released mets organization on june 16, 2017.