David Adams

David Lee Adams (born May 15, 1987) is an American former professional baseball infielder.

The Detroit Tigers chose Adams in the 21st round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, but, disappointed with where he was selected, he opted not to sign, instead enrolling at Virginia.

In his freshman year, Adams became the Cavaliers' regular starting second baseman.

He had a .318 batting average with five home runs and 49 runs batted in (RBI), and was named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger.

In 2006, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 2007 to play for the Falmouth Commodores.

Adams played for the Cavaliers for three years, starting each season at second base.

In his three years, Adams had a .325 batting average, and placed in the all-time top ten for the Cavaliers with 226 hits, 142 runs batted in, and 102 walks.

The Cavaliers reached the NCAA Division I baseball tournament in all of Adams' three years at Virginia.

As a sophomore, in 2007, he had a .372 batting average and a .454 on-base percentage, earning Second-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors.

Out of Virginia, the New York Yankees selected Adams in the third round (106th overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.

Adams signed and made his professional debut that year with the Class-A Short Season Staten Island Yankees.

Adams played for the Class-A Charleston RiverDogs and Class-A Advanced Tampa Yankees in 2009.

He began the 2010 season with the Class-AA Trenton Thunder, but suffered an ankle injury in May.

The injury was originally thought to be a sprain and the organization had him try to rehab the injury for two months.

At the 2010 MLB trade deadline, the Yankees and Seattle Mariners almost completed a deal that would have sent Adams, Jesús Montero, and Zach McAllister to the Seattle Mariners for All-Star pitcher Cliff Lee.

When the teams shared medical reports, the Mariners determined that Adams' ankle was broken, not sprained.

As a result, they chose to trade Lee to the Texas Rangers in a package centered around Justin Smoak.

Adams was shut down for the season after the discovery and only appeared in 39 games that year.

Still rehabilitating from his ankle injury, Adams played for Tampa and the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Yankees in 2011.

He was put on the disabled list three times due to the ankle.

Adams was added to the Yankees' 40 man roster after the 2011 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Adams spent the 2012 season with the Trenton Thunder of the Class-AA Eastern League, where he hit .306/.385/.450 over 383 plate appearances.

He played in only 86 games, as he missed time due to back spasms.

After the regular season, the Yankees assigned Adams to play in the Arizona Fall League, where he played second and third base.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees in 2013.

Prior to playing professionally, Adams competed on travel teams and for Grandview Preparatory School in Boca Raton, Florida.

He attended the University of Virginia, where he played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers.

Adams played in amateur baseball tournaments from a young age, winning the championship in a 12-and-under travel competition for a team representing Broward and Palm Beach counties, against a team representing California's Central Valley, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Chris Volstad was a teammate.

Adams attended Grandview Preparatory School in Boca Raton, Florida.

A second baseman for the school's baseball team, Adams batted .464 with 25 runs batted in (RBI) and 17 stolen bases as a sophomore.

He was named captain and MVP of the team.

Major League Baseball scouts followed Grandview Prep to see Adams.

Adams committed to attend the University of Virginia, to play college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team.

Baseball America rated Adams as the second-best high school third baseman in the United States.

On March 26, 2013, the Yankees released Adams to make space on the team's 40-man roster for new acquisition Vernon Wells.

The Yankees re-signed him to a minor league contract three days later.

After playing in 27 games for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, in which he batted .316, the Yankees purchased his contract on May 15, the first day he was eligible to be promoted to the majors.

Adams made his major league debut on May 15, 2013, and got his first career hit.

On May 16, 2013, Adams got his first career double and RBI.