[Music] John Carlos Stanton is an american professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball he has previously played an MLB for the Florida Miami Marlins Stanton stands 6' 6 in tall and weighs 245 lb born November 8th 1989 aged 34 years Panorama City Los Angeles California United States current team New York Yankees number 27 slri Fielder bats right-handed height 1.98 m parents jenta gay Mike Stanton siblings KY Stanton aidio Stanton batting average. 258 John Carlos Stanton net worth $90 million early life John Carlo Cruz Michael Mike Stanton was born on November 8th 1989 in Panorama City California Stanton is mostly of Irish African-American and Puerto Rican descent his maternal great great grandmother was Puerto Rican his parents Mike Stanton and jenta gay have been divorced since Stanton was 8 years old he has a brother a gideo EG Carlos loisir gay and a sister kiris Olivia Stanton he was raised in the Tunga area of Los Angeles and grew up a Los Angeles Dodgers fan Stanton attended Verdo Hills High School in Tunga for 2 years he transferred to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks where he was a three- sport athlete in addition to baseball and basketball Stanton played wide receiver and cornerback for the football team he had accepted a scholarship to play baseball for Tain and received offers from UCLA UNLV and USC to play football professional career draft and the minor leagues the Florida Marlin selected Stanton in the second round with the 76th overall selection in the 2007 MLB draft rather than enroll in college Stanton signed with the Marlins receiving a $475,000 signing bonus Stanton began his professional career for the Gulf Coast League Marlins of the rookie level GF Coast league but quickly Advanced to the Jamestown Jammers of the class a short season New York Pen League after playing nine games for the Jammers where he batted 067 on 2430 hitting he was promoted to the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the class of South Atlantic league with Greensboro Stanton hit 39 home runs on a 293 batting average with 97 RBI and a993 Ops Stanton received an invitation to the 2009 Marlin spring training he won numerous postseason awards for his performance in the 2008 Minor League season and was placed at number six 16 on baseball America's top 100 prospects list Stanton began the 2009 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A Advanced Florida State League where he batted 294 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs this performance led to a promotion to the Jacksonville sons of the class aa7 League he was selected for the All-Star Futures game in the off season he was sent to the Arizona fall league for top MLB prospects before going down with an injury he led the league with a478 batting average Baseball America declared him the number one Prospect in the Marlin system as well as being number three on John manuels of baseball America top 20 prospects in the miners in 52 games with the Suns in 2010 Stanton batted 311 with 21 home runs 52 RBIs and a 1.67 Ops he struck out just nine more times than he walked 44 after a series of against the Mississippi Braves in early May Mississippi manager Phil Wellman told the Florida Times Union he looks like a 15-year-old playing on an 8-year-old's Little League team on May 6th 2010 Stanton hit a home run against the Montgomery Biscuits that cleared the scoreboard in center field and traveled an estimated 500 to 550 ft 150 to 170m