Nick Solak | |
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![]() Solak with the Round Rock Express in 2022 | |
Seattle Mariners | |
Second baseman / Outfielder | |
Born: Woodridge, Illinois, U.S. | January 11, 1995|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 20, 2019, for the Texas Rangers | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Batting average | .252 |
Home runs | 21 |
Runs batted in | 93 |
Teams | |
Nicholas Blake Solak (born January 11, 1995) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and Detroit Tigers. Solak attended Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois, and the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
The New York Yankees drafted Solak in the second round of the 2016 MLB draft. After playing in several minor-league teams in the Yankees farm system, Solak was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018 in a three-team trade, during which he played for the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits and, in 2019, the Triple-A Durham Bulls. On July 13, 2019, the Texas Rangers acquired Solak, and he was assigned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.
Solak made his major-league debut for the Rangers on August 20, 2019, and was voted the team's Rookie of the Year that season. Solak remained with the team until July 23, 2021, when he was sent down to the Triple-A Round Rock Express. He returned to the Rangers on August 20, 2021, and stayed with the team until May 19, 2022, when he was once again optioned to Round Rock.