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Jedd Lindon Gyorko ( ; born September 23, 1988) is an American professional baseball second baseman with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Gyorko made his MLB debut on Opening Day of the 2013 season for the San Diego Padres as their starting second baseman. Gyorko attended University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia. Playing for the school's baseball team as a shortstop, he was named one of the best baseball players in the state. He then enrolled at West Virginia University, and set numerous school records for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball program. Gyorko won the 2010 Brooks Wallace Award as the best shortstop in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The Padres selected Gyorko in the second round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Playing in minor league baseball, Gyorko shifted to third base, and developed into one of the best prospects in baseball. He made the Padres' Opening Day roster as their starting second baseman, and had a strong rookie season. The Padres signed Gyorko to a contract extension worth $35 million early in the 2014 season. ==Early life== Gyorko was born on September 23, 1988, in Morgantown, West Virginia, to Randall and Penny Gyorko.〔 His family also had a home on Cheat Lake, where he stayed often his youth.〔 He was a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). When he was five years old, his father, Randall, and Jerry Mahoney, a former college baseball player at West Virginia University (WVU) and WVU employee, began to train Gyorko to become a baseball player through various instructional drills.〔〔 They trained at WVU's Shell Building, which Mahoney had access to, when the weather was too cold to train outdoors.〔 In youth baseball, Gyorko played as a second baseman.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jedd Gyorko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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