Fisher Cats Feature: K.C. Hobson

by PATRICK CAVANAUGH

(MANCHESTER, N.H.)—K.C. Hobson has spent the past five seasons trying to make a name for him and find his way to the top of the Toronto Blue Jays system. After splitting

K.C. Hobson (courtesy of Minor League Baseball)

his time between Lansing and Dunedin over the past five seasons, he capped out the 2014 year in the Granite State with the Fisher Cats and is back to start off the 2015 season.

Hobson, 24, is the son of Butch Hobson, a former player and coach in the Boston Red Sox organization and a New England sports icon. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6^th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft, shortly after graduating from Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, California. In his five years with the Blue Jays organization, Hobson has displayed consistent numbers with a batting average that usually hovers between .200 and .250. Although his average may not stick out, Hobson is a strong defensive asset and a reliable glove at first base.

This season, K.C. Hobson is off to a hot start in New Hampshire. After just five games, Hobson carries an average of .389. He hit a homerun in the Fisher Cats’ first two regular season games, and also went yard in an exhibition game with the Southern New Hampshire University Penmen on April 7^th, two days before the season began. Aside from his homerun tally, Hobson has 7 hits, 4 RBI, 1 walk, and only 1 strikeout.

K.C. Hobson, tonight's featured @FisherCats went 0-4 with a groundout, a pair of fly outs, and a strikeout in his appearances at the dish. #FisherCats #MiLB

— BSU18 Baseball (@BSU18Baseball) April 14, 2015