Kyle Battle #16

Signed with the New York Yankees as an undrafted free agent out of Old Dominion on July 16, 2021... promoted from Tampa to Hudson Valley on Aug. 18, 2022... attended Glen Allen High School in Virginia before heading to ODU, where he was named NCBWA Second-Team All-America, Third-Team All-America by Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings and D1Baseball, First-Team All-Conference USA and Conference USA All-Academic Team in 2021... that year he finished third in the country and tied the ODU record (Ron Walker) with 56 walks and also finished 11th nationally with 68 runs scored and led Conference USA and tied for 16th nationally with 18 home runs... his 18 homers in 2021 was the second most in a single-season in ODU history... played for ODU from 2017-2021... was named aFreshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball News in 2018 along with a selection to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team... played ice hockey growing up... helped the Charlottesville Tom Sox to the Valley League title in 2017 summer ball... son of David and Diane Battle; his father, David, played college football at Doane College in Nebraska