LJ Layhew

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Catcher

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5-8

205lb

Houston, Texas

The Kinkaid School

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Summer 2025 (Mahoning Valley Scrappers — MLB Draft League)

  • Appeared in 7 games with 6 starts

  • 1 hit in 19 at-bats for a .053 average

  • Walked 3 times and finished with 2 RBI's

  • 1-1 on stolen base attempts

 

The Kinkaid School

  • Four-year starter for coach Seve Maas as the Falcons won the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) title in his freshman and senior seasons

  •  Name the Houston Chronicle’s All-Greater Houston Private School team and All-SPC as a senior after hitting .333 with nine doubles, three triples, and four homers, while driving in 28 runs, scoring 30 and stealing 13 bases while posting a 1.221 OPS

  • Hit .300 in his career with 36 extra base hits, 78 RBI and 60 runs, while fielding .952 in 322 innings and throwing out 36 baserunners.