RYAN LAVARNWAY TEAM ISSUED BLUE NEW YORK YANKEES #30 EQUIPMENT BAG TEAM ISRAEL

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Ryan Lavarnway Team Issued Official Blue New York Yankees #30 Catchers Equipment Bag
Ryan Lavarnway is a professional baseball catcher in the Cleveland Indians organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds. He has also been a member of Team Israel.
Lavarnway attended Yale University, where in 2007 he won the NCAA batting title by hitting .467, and led the NCAA with an .873 slugging percentage. That year, Lavarnway also set the Ivy League record with a 25-game hitting streak. In addition, he set the Ivy League all-time career home run record, with 33.
Lavarnway was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2008. In 2009, he led the South Atlantic League with 59 extra-base hits, and in 2010 he was a Carolina League Mid-Season and Post-Season All Star, and was named the Red Sox co-Minor League Offensive Player of the Year. In 2011, after he hit 30 home runs in 478 minor league at bats, Baseball America named Lavarnway the best power prospect in the International League and named him the catcher on its 2011 Minor League All-Star Team, and the Red Sox organization named him co-winner of their Offensive Player of the Year award.
He was called up to the major leagues by the Red Sox in August 2011, and split playing time between Pawtucket and the majors after that. Entering the 2012 season he was the No. 9 prospect in the Red Sox system according to Baseball America, and that season he was the International League All Star starting catcher, and a post-season IL All-Star. In 2014 with Pawtucket, Lavarnway led the team to the International League title, and was voted MVP of the IL series. In 2015 he played for the Orioles and the Atlanta Braves, and in 2016 he played in the minor leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic in March 2017, and was named Pool A MVP, and during the season played in the Oakland A's organization. He was a 2018 mid-season Triple-A All Star for the Pirates' AAA affiliate.
Lavarnway played for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier. Throughout the qualifier, Lavarnway was the starting catcher in all three games while also batting second in all games. In the opening game, Lavarnway went 3-for-4, while scoring a run and walking once, with his one out resulting in a double play. In the second game Lavarnway went hitless in three at bats, while walking once. In the third and final game, Lavarnway hit a two-run home run, as part of a 2-for-5 evening, scoring 2 runs and collecting 3 RBIs.
Lavarnway was the starting catcher for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic in the main tournament in March 2017. After # 41-ranked Israel defeated # 3-ranked South Korea and # 4-ranked Taiwan, Lavarnay noted: "two generations ago, the way that this team was put together would have meant that we were being killed...It means a lot more than that we're here." Lavarnway was named Pool A MVP, after going 5-for-9 (.556/.692/.889) a home run, 3 RBIs, and 4 walks. Over the two rounds that the team played, Lavarnway batted 8-for-18 (.565) with two doubles, a home run, and 6 RBIs, while walking 5 times. Speaking of the experience, he observed: "It changed how proud I am about being Jewish.
On November 6, 2018, Lavarnway signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees for the 2019 season, with an invitation to spring training. The 31-year-old had a stellar spring slashing .350/.435/.450 in 20 at-bats. Due to the Yankees depth at catcher, he was released on July 18, 2019.
Just hours after his release from the Yankees, Lavarnway signed a one-year major league contract with the Cincinnati Reds. The following day on July 19, 2019, he became the first player in Reds history to hit two home runs in his first game with the team, the first player with six RBIs in his Reds debut since RBIs became an official statistic in 1920, and the first player ever to have three or more extra base hits and six or more RBIs in his first game with any team (dating back to 1920). He was also the first Reds catcher to have three hits, two home runs, and six RBIs in one game since Johnny Bench in 1973. On July 28th, Lavarnway was designated for assignment. He was released on August 29, 2019. With the Reds in 2019, he batted .278/.316/.722 with two home runs and seven RBIs in 18 at bats. On August 30th, 2019, Lavarnway signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians and was assigned to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers.
The featured blue and white New York Yankees Catchers Equipment Bag was issued to Ryan Lavarnway in 2019 Spring Training as a member of the Yankees. The talented catcher used this Bag for travel to road games. There is a New York Yankees player issued "30" in the ID Window.
The Bag is unsigned and measures 35 x 12 x 9 and shows a lot of wear.
Awesome Bag for a New York Yankees Fan!!!!
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