{"id":102277,"date":"2025-06-17T00:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T04:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=102277"},"modified":"2025-06-17T00:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T04:23:35","slug":"noah-sheffield-hopes-same-path-as-dad-gary-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/17\/noah-sheffield-hopes-same-path-as-dad-gary-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Sheffield Will Look to Walk the Same Path as His Dad Gary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major League Baseball is a generational business, with traditions passed on from the senior to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/15\/reviewing-yankees-top-draft-picks-2024-one-year-later\/\" target=\"_self\"> junior classes<\/a>. The New York <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/25\/yankees-prospects-cam-schlittler-jesus-rodriguez-hold-positive-future-value\/\" target=\"_self\">Yankees<\/a> (among other teams) once employed a great generational player, Gary Sheffield. Now, his son Noah Sheffield will be pursuing the same path to the major leagues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the greats in this game have influenced their young ones to love the game of baseball. With the test of time, some of those kids eventually follow suit toward filling the shoes of their fathers. Noah Sheffield is in that conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name \u201cSheffield\u201d in the Bronx, and around Major League Baseball is a staple in the industry. From the bat-wag to the relevance in the Red Sox rivalry, the name will forever spark memory. Gary Sheffield&#8217;s son hopes to uphold his family&#8217;s baseball legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">July 17, 2005<br \/>\nGary Sheffield demolishes a knuckleball over the Green Monster <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ONoFVVmahC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ONoFVVmahC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NY Yankees Throwbacks (@yankeethrowback) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yankeethrowback\/status\/1724151743540244564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gary Sheffield Left a Huge Mark in Major League Baseball<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you hear the name Sheffield, fans&#8217; imaginations quickly revert to a right-handed hitter with a violent bat wag. They also remember Gary&#8217;s extreme bat speed, bat power, and contact ability, as well as his competitive nature and emotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield was a player who made an impression on each club he played with. The veteran played 22 major league seasons in total. He was drafted in 1986 by the Milwaukee Brewers where he began his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield played six years with the then-Florida Marlins, four with the Los Angeles Dodgers, four with the Milwaukee Brewers, two with the Atlanta Braves, two with the Detroit Tigers, two with the San Diego Padres, and one with the New York Mets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While all of these clubs received contributions from Sheffield, he is arguably most remembered in Yankees pinstripes despite only three seasons in them. Sheffield<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a nine-time All-Star and decorated player, and now his son will aspire to follow suit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Noah Sheffield Aims to Walk the Same Path as His Father\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailing from Tampa, Florida, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=sheffi000noa\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noah Sheffield<\/a> quickly set his eyes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/10\/yankees-draft-position-priority-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">baseball world<\/a>. Gary\u2019s younger son attended Tampa Jesuit High School, where baseball was a focus. His attributes screamed college baseball and nothing less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the 2024 graduate had draft hopes, his player profile fit right in with Division I. In the state of Florida, Perfect Game Baseball ranked Sheffield sixth at his position of shortstop, and 22nd overall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nationally, he ranked 41st at his position and 160th overall. Sheffield\u2019s participation in the 2024 MLB Breakthrough Series and his listing as a 2023 All-American Classic Player caught the attention of Florida State University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Sheffield is a proud member of the Seminoles and plays in the infield. In limited appearances, he finished the 2025 season with a .250 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and a .250 slugging percentage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prospect only saw eight at-bats to start his college career, but will expect a ton more in his sophomore year. Sheffield is not huge, but is built to compete at his level and position. His bat will be a sell throughout his seasons with the Seminoles<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Noah Sheffield with his first hit as a Nole \ud83c\udf62 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YbNv44tCdQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YbNv44tCdQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryant (@bwombat24) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bwombat24\/status\/1891216132373123276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two things Sheffield for sure takes from his dad are his bat wag and his bat speed. His ability to make contact will also be another trait that will be more consistent pending at-bats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield is in a great spot for development and could make a push for pro ball down the road. The Florida prospect already advised his dad to not contact anyone or put his two cents into the process; he wants to make it on his terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield will next compete in summer ball for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jim Rassol-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball is a generational business, with traditions passed on from the senior to the junior classes. The New York Yankees (among other teams) once employed a great generational player, Gary Sheffield. Now, his son Noah Sheffield will be pursuing the same path to the major leagues.\u00a0 Many of the greats in this game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5126,"featured_media":102304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4454,1071],"tags":[1840,28992],"class_list":["post-102277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-baseball-history","category-mlb","tag-gary-sheffield","tag-noah-sheffield"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102305,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102277\/revisions\/102305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}