Bligh Madris

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Bligh John Madris (born February 29, 1996) is a Palauan-American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, and Detroit Tigers, and in the KBO League for the SSG Landers. Madris attended Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada, and played college baseball at Colorado Mesa University. As a junior at Colorado Mesa in 2017, he had a .422 batting average with 17 home runs and 67 runs batted in (RBI). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. Madris made his professional debut with the Class A Short Season West Virginia Black Bears, batting .270 with five home runs and 31 RBI over 56 games. He spent the 2018 season with the Class A-Advanced Bradenton Marauders with whom he hit .238 with nine home runs and 53 RBI over 103 games, and he spent 2019 with the Double-A Altoona Curve, batting .260 with eight home runs and 55 RBI over 132 games. After not playing a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season, he returned to Altoona to begin the 2021 season before being promoted to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians in May. Over 114 games, he slashed .267/.353/.417 with nine home runs and 56 RBI and was named Rookie of the Year by the Indians. After the season, he played in the Puerto Rico Baseball League for the Gigantes de Carolina.