Joshua Blake Satin (born December 23, 1984) is an American former professional baseball corner infielder.
[1][2] During his career, he played for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball, as well as for the Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres organizations.
He tied a Mets rookie record set in 1977, by reaching base in 29 consecutive games that he started, and for the season batted .279 (.317 against left-handers).
[8] He and outfielder Blake Gailen—also a member of the Israeli national baseball team—have been friends since they were children, and Gailen attended Satin's bar mitzvah.
[12] As a senior, he batted .478 with 10 home runs, was first-team All-CIF Southern Section, and was Los Angeles Times All-Region.
[16] That year he was a Baseball America first team All-American (joining among others future Mets teammate Ike Davis).
[25] He was also a Rivals.com second team All American, Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger third-team All-American, and first-team All-Pac-10.
[23][29] In 2009, he hit .284/.385/.418 for the Savannah Sand Gnats in the A-level South Atlantic League, with 38 doubles and 73 walks.
'"[31] He closed out the season by playing seven games for the St. Lucie Mets in the A+ Florida State League, batting .364/.464/.591.
[10][30] John Sickels gave him a C grade because he was older than his competition, but wrote in his 2011 Baseball Prospect Book: "provides plenty of doubles, can draw a walk, and seems to hit .300 in his sleep ... my gut likes him.
"[23] Playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League after the regular season, he batted .390/.468/.512.
[23] In June 2013, Satin was hitting .305/.418/.491 (and batting .354 against left-handers) with 9 home runs and 32 RBIs in 59 games with AAA Las Vegas (the Mets had changed AAA affiliations from Buffalo to Las Vegas), when he was called up to the Mets.
], Satin was recalled back to the Mets on June 3, 2012, to fill the roster slot vacated when Mike Baxter was placed on the DL.
[3] After appearing in only one game, Satin was designated for assignment on June 6, in order to clear space on the 40-man roster for Pedro Beato, who was returning from the 60-day disabled list.
[41] In spring training in 2013, Satin batted .455 with a .647 on-base percentage in 16 plate appearances, but was sent to AAA to start the season.
He tied a Mets rookie record set by Steve Henderson in 1977, by reaching base in 29 consecutive games that he started.
[48] While Lucas Duda won the everyday job, Satin struggled in limited playing time, hitting just .107 in 15 games, and was demoted on May 10.
Satin spent much of the season at Las Vegas before being recalled when the major-league rosters expanded on September 1.
On November 22, 2014, Satin signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds.