Education
Mitchell attended Westgate High School, where Baseball America picked him as the Number.
Mitchell attended Westgate High School, where Baseball America picked him as the Number.
He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He played college baseball at Louisiana State University, where he was the College World Series Most Outstanding Player in 2009. 3 high school athlete and 43rd-best overall high school baseball prospect in the nation for 2006.
Mitchell turned down a $700,000 signing bonus from the Minnesota Twins in order to attend Louisiana State University after being selected by the club in the 10th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.
"They came at me hard but kept around the same as the original," Mitchell said. "I had a number in my head, and they never got there.
lieutenant"s a great organization. Things just didn"t work out when we had a chance to do something.
Who knows what will happen three years down the line?"
Mitchell played for both the Louisiana State University Tigers baseball team and the Louisiana State University Tigers football team
He also played on the 2007 Louisiana State University British Computer Society National Championship football team as a wide receiver. Mitchell was drafted in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox. White Sox scouting director Doug Laumann was familiar with Mitchell because he played the previous two summers in an amateur league near Laumann"s Cincinnati-area residence.
He began his professional career with the Kannapolis Intimidators, the Class A affiliate of the White Sox.
He finished the season with a.296 batting average, 12 doubles, two triples, no home runs, 10 runs batted in, 5 stolen bases, 23 walks, and 40 strikeouts in 115 at-bats. On March 16, 2010, Mitchell underwent surgery to repair a tear of the tendon in his left ankle.
He missed the entire season. He returned to play in 2011 in Class A-Advanced ball for the Winston-Salem Dash in North Carolina.
He finished the 2011 season batting.222 AVG, 31 2Bs, 8 3Bs, 9 HRs, 58 Reserve Bank of India, 14 SBs, 52 BBs and 183 Ks in 477 at bats.
In 2012, Mitchell moved up to Double-A Birmingham Barons. Later in the 2012 season Mitchell was promoted to Triple-A Charlotte Knights. Mitchell finished the 2012 season hitting a combined.237 AVG, 24 2Bs, 13 3Bs, 11 HRs, 67 Reserve Bank of India, 21 SBs, 78 BBs and 179 Ks in 455 at bats.
Mitchell started the 2013 season with Triple-A Charlotte but after hitting.132 AVG in his first 53 at bats, he was demoted back to Double-A Birmingham.
He finished the 2013 season between American Automobile Association and Associate of Arts batting.167 AVG, 8 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 5 HRs, 23 Reserve Bank of India, 17 SBs, 51 BBs and 123 Ks in 300 at bats. Despite the poor season, Mitchell started the 2014 season at Triple-A Charlotte and was added to the White Sox 40-man roster.
On May 3, 2015, Mitchell was released by the White Sox. Mitchell signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 16, 2015.
Quotations: "They came at me hard but kept around the same as the original,".