Brett Austin Baty is a professional baseball utility player for the New York Mets, who selected him 12th overall in the 2019 MLB draft and saw him make his major league debut in 2022. A multi-sport standout at Lake Travis High School in Texas, he was named Gatorade Texas Baseball Player of the Year before entering the Mets' system, though he missed the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Baty made an immediate splash in his MLB debut on August 17, 2022, homering in his first at-bat—becoming just the fifth Mets player to do so—but a thumb injury cut his rookie season short. After a challenging 2023 season (.212 average) and a 2024 campaign that included his first multi-homer game, he broke out in 2025, playing 130 games with 18 home runs and 50 RBIs. In August 2026, he added a career highlight by hitting his first grand slam against the Atlanta Braves, cementing his role as a versatile offensive threat for the Mets.