Education
He attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington where he was an honor roll student.
He attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington where he was an honor roll student.
After playing college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers, the Mets selected him in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft with the 10th overall pick. Conforto represented the Northwest Region in the Little League World Series in 2004. He played shortstop on the baseball team and quarterback and safety on the football team
As a football player, Conforto was recruited by several Ivy League schools.
Meanwhile, Conforto received offers to play baseball at Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Washington State, Stanford and Oregon State. As a freshman at Oregon State University in 2012, Conforto hit.349/.437/.601 with 13 home runs and 76 runs batted in (Reserve Bank of India) over 58 games.
His 76 Reserve Bank of India was an Oregon State single-season record. He was named Freshman Hitter of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
During the summer he played for the United States of America Baseball Collegiate National Team.
As a sophomore in 2013, Conforto hit.328/.447/.526 with 11 home runs and 47 Reserve Bank of India in 65 games. He helped lead the team to the College World Series, where he went 7 for 16 and was named to the All-Tournament Team. He again played for the United States of America Baseball Collegiate National Team during the summer in 2013.
He finished the season hitting.345/.504/.547 with seven home runs and 56 Reserve Bank of India in 59 games.
He was also a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy. Minor league career
The New York Mets selected Conforto in the first round, with the 10th overall selection, of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
Conforto signed with the Mets on July 11, 2014, receiving a $2,970,800 signing bonus. He played for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League after he signed.
Conforto started the 2015 season with the Saint Lucie Mets of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and was promoted to the Binghamton Mets of the Class Associate of Arts Eastern League on June 26, 2015.
On July 12, 2015 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, he started in left field for the United States team at the All-Star Futures Game and collected two hits and one assistant Major league career
On July 24, 2015, the Mets promoted Conforto to the major leagues. He made his debut later that day, picking up his first major league Reserve Bank of India on a groundout, but going 0-3.
The next day, he collected his first major league hit -an Reserve Bank of India infield hitas part of a 4 hit game.
He hit his first major-league home run on August 3 off Marlins" starter Tom Koehler. Conforto hit two home runs in Game 4 of the 2015 World Series, becoming the first rookie to do so since Andruw Jones in the 1996 World Series.