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2019 Mets draft profile: Matt O’Neill

Born: Morristown, New Jersey

Age: 21 (8/20/97)

Height/Weight: 6’0”/215 lbs.

Position: C

Bats/Throws: R/R

School: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Daniel O’Neill, Matt’s father, played baseball while attending Tufts University, so it only made sense that he follow in his father’s footsteps. Lettering twice while playing baseball at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, not only did he attend an excellent school, like his father- the Wharton School of Business- but he also made it onto the University of Pennsylvania baseball team.