Meet The Kernels 2012 - Abel Baker

Apr. 8, 2012 3:16 pm

Name: Abel Baker

Position: Catcher

Age: 21

Bats/Throws: Left/Right

Hometown: Denton, Texas

Noteworthy: Hit .306 in 48 games last season for Rookie-level

Orem. Had 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 33 RBIs. A seventh-round pick of the

Los Angeles Angels in 2011 first-year player draft out of

Grayson County College in Texas, the same school that produced former

Kernels pitchers

John Lackey. Played as a freshman at Baylor before going the Juco route. Has a brother,

Aaron, playing in

Baltimore Orioles organization. Their grandfather,

Jerry Mays, was a star defensive lineman for the

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