Skye Bolt

Career

Skye Bolt played center field at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta, Georgia, and batted .430 during his senior year. The Washington Nationals picked him in the 26th round of the 2012 MLB draft, but he chose not to sign and instead went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a freshman for the North Carolina Tar Heels, he was named Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and a Freshman All-American, and he also made the USA Baseball collegiate national team.

Oakland Athletics

In 2014, he played summer ball for the Harwich Mariners in the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Oakland Athletics selected him in the fourth round, 128th overall, of the 2015 MLB draft. He made his pro debut that year with the Vermont Lake Monsters, posting a .238/.325/.381 line with four home runs and 19 RBI. In 2016, he played for the Beloit Snappers, hitting .231/.318/.345 with five homers and 37 RBI, and was a mid-season All Star.

The next season, with the Stockton Ports of the High-A California League, he batted .243/.327/.435, scoring 76 runs (10th in the league), hitting seven triples (7th), 15 home runs, drawing 53 walks (6th), and driving in 66 runs, again earning mid-season All Star honors. In 2018, he started with the Midland RockHounds of the Double-A Texas League, struggled, and was sent back to Stockton, where he was a mid-season All Star before returning to Midland in June.

He was named Texas League Player of the Week for July 30 through August 5. For the full season, he hit a combined .260/.347/.474 with 19 home runs, 19 stolen bases, and 69 RBI, and was named an MiLB Organization All Star. After the season, Oakland assigned him to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League, where he hit .247/.353/.493 in 73 at-bats, and added him to the 40-man roster. In 2019, he began with the Las Vegas Aviators of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, batting .269/.350/.459 with 11 home runs and 61 RBI.

The Athletics called him up to the majors on May 3, 2019, and he made his MLB debut that night, totaling 10 at-bats that season. He did not play for Oakland in the shortened 2020 season. On April 1, 2021, the Athletics designated him for assignment.