Connor Kok-Wy, also known as Connor Joe Joe, a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Colorado Rockies, is an American-Chinese professional baseball player. On August 16, 1992, Connor Joe was born in San Diego, California, in the United States. He was rumored to have worked with the San Francisco Giants in the past.
His Amateur days make it evident that he was known to have attended Poway High School in San Diego, California, and was known to have featured in college baseball at the University of San Diego where he attended University College. During his college days, he was named a league all-star.
He began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Pirates Of Major League Baseball where he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round the 39th overall of the Major League Baseball draft in the year 2014. He was known to have made his professional debut in the year 2015 with the West Virginia Power.
He then joined the Atlanta Braves Organization on August 5, 2017, through a trade agreement in exchange for one Sean Rodriguez. Then to the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, which he joined on September 25, 2017. He was after that was with the San Francisco Giants, then had a second stint with the Dodgers.
Connor Joe currently plays for the Colorado Rockies where he joined them on November 20, 2020.
Who Drafted Connor Joe?
In the first round (39th overall) in the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected the University of San Diego’s Connor Joe (San Diego, CA).