J.J. Matijevic whose full name is Joseph John Matijevic is a professional American Baseball first baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball who was born on November 14, 1995, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in the United States. He made his major league baseball debut in the year 2022. That is supposed to mean he just earmarked in his MLB later this year 2022.
In his Amateur career as a baseball player, Matijevic was known to attend Norwin High School in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where he was known to play baseball and basketball. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox to play the shortstop position in the 22nd round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
However, for some reason, he did not sign and decided to enroll at the University of Arizona where he featured in college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats. He also played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodore of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He earned the name All-Star in the year 2015.
He began his professional career with the Houston Astros when he was selected by them in the 75th overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He was known to receive an amount of $700,000 after signing with them at the time. It will interest you to know that J.J. Matijevic received his first career play time start on April 27, 2022.
J.J. Matijevic Contract
Matijevic signed a contract amount of $700,000 as signing bonus when he was selected in the 75th round of the 2017 MLB draft.
J. J Matijevic Net Worth
J. J Matijevic’s net worth is estimated to be around 1.5 million dollars.
J. J Matijevic Salary
Matijevic enjoys an adjusted salary amount of $476,904 million.