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NY Mets Honor Former Tate Baseball Standout Jet Butler
September 26, 2019
The New York Mets have named a former Tate High School baseball standout as the winner of one of the organization’s Sterling Awards.
The Mets honored Area Scouting Supervisor Jet Butler as recipient of the 2019 Scout of the Year Award. The presentation was made at home plate of Citi Field prior to the Mets vs. Marlins game earlier this week. He has been a member of the Mets amateur scouting staff since 2014 and supervises Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Butler was selected by the Mets in the 2010 MLB Draft out of Mississippi State University. He helped lead the Tate Aggies to the 2005 Florida High School Class 4A State Championship and a ranking of 13th in the nation by Baseball America, and was the starting shortstop on the 2007 Mississippi State College World Series team.
After a four-year professional playing career, he spent one season as an assistant coach for the Florida State Seminoles before returning to the Mets.
Butler had a huge impact on the Mets’ successful 2019 Draft, signing the All Time SEC hits leader Jake Mangum, pitcher Nathan Jones, LSU All Time hits leader Antoine Duplantis, and 32nd round pick Cole Gordon, who last month received the BC Powder Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award. The Escambia County native currently resides in Brandon, Mississippi with his wife Kristen, and their two children, Jetta Marie and Knox.
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4 Responses to “NY Mets Honor Former Tate Baseball Standout Jet Butler”
Jet
.Great recognition..
Hope you see someone you like in Chatham or Orleans this week on Cape Cod. It was great meeting you last evening at Royal II. Maybe our grandson will end up a Met.
Gordon McGinnis
The Escambia/Santa Rosa area can take great pride in the athletes coming from our little corner of the world.
Congratulations Jet!
Another Pensacola boy makes a big splash in Major League Baseball! Congratulations, Jet – what an accomplishment. Now come back and coach our Noles again!!