C Max Hewitt, Free Agent, Signed $20,000, Los Angeles Dodgers

Hometown: Midhurst, Ont.

Bats/Throws: L-R

Height/Weight: 6’ 0” 197 lbs.

Team: Oklahoma State

Coach Josh Holliday

Previous teams: Connors State, Ontario Blue Jays, Oakville Royals.

Previous coaches: Perry Keith, Dino Roumel, Kyle DeGrace, Mike Siena, Sean Travers, and Mike Steed.

Good genes: Mom, Sandra, was a figure skater, while dad, Dean, played hockey and baseball.

Scout: Heath Holliday

The most influential people in his baseball life: “Perry Keith (Connors State coach) was the only person to offer me a spot on a college team the year after I graduated high school. He taught me so much and gave me every opportunity to develop as a player and person. He has a formula for developing players that simply works when a young person buys in and Matt Holliday (2,096 hits in 15 seasons with the Cardinals, Rockies, Yankees and A’s) obviously a superstar, and great hitting coach. What I appreciated the most is his servant mind set and how he walks out his faith, and shares that with those around him. Beyond that, he lives with excellence. He taught us a lot about nutrition, and training. His strength set him apart, and seeing how he works, how he eats, and how he invests the time to be his best self explains why he will forever be remembered in baseball. He moved his family back to Stillwater following his retirement with a hand out to help those in the community he grew up in, as well as our baseball program.”

Appreciates classical music: Like Cody Johnson.

Bullpen behavoir: As bullpen catcher for the Barrie Baycats of the Intercounty League he warmed ex-pros Adam Hawes (Twins), Derek McDaid (Padres), Brad Bissell (Edmonton Cracker Kats-IND), Santos Arias (Twins), Adam Rowe (Royals), and Emilis Guerrero (Red Sox) plus Chris Nagorski, who attended Binghamton University name a few. Santos, Guerrero, and Hawes all threw pretty hard.

Leslee Holliday, co-host of Table Forty and married to former all-star Matt Holliday: “My kids -- since we moved back to Stillwater -- and going to Oklahoma State games the last couple of years ... when Matt played in the professional baseball there were a couple of players our boys were interested in seeing hit. They’d be running around doing whatever but then they’d say ‘Troy Tulowitski is up, let’s watch him hit.’ Or ‘Hey Nolan Arenado is up ... Let’s watch him hit.’ Since we moved back to Stillwater you became that person for our sons. Now it has been ‘Max is up, Max is up.’ There was something about you my boys were attracted to, they saw the work you put in behind the scenes they saw how competitive you are and how you prepared. Jackson and Ethan recognized that behavior and admired that. You should know Jackson and Ethan are really big fans.”

2021 season at Oklahoma State University as a red-shirt senior _ Batted .281 with nine doubles, two triples, four homers and 32 RBIs with a .792 OPS in 51 games ... Two hits with five RBIs including a home run against Wichita State ... Singled in a three-game series playing Illinois State ... Doubled in two-game series playing Grand Canyon ... Hit solo homer against Oral Roberts ... Two hits and an RBI playing Vanderbilt ... Singled facing Texas Tech ... Singled against Missouri State ... Three hits, five RBIs against Kansas State in three-game series ... Two hits playing for Oklahoma ... Four hits, two RBIs playing West Virginia ... Three hits, including a homer and four RBIs against North Carolina-Wilmington ... Six hits, including a pair of doubles, a homer and four RBIs against TCU ... Against Arkansas Pine Blue he had five hits and seven RBIs with a triple and two homers ... Facing Texas in a three-game series with three hits with a triple ... Against Oklahoma he had five hits with two homers and three RBIs ... He had five hits, including a double, and two RBIs facing Kansas ... He knocked in a run against Oklahoma ... He added two hits against Baylor ... Facing New Orleans he had one hit and drove in two against New Orleans ... He homered against Texas ... Facing West Virginia he doubled, homered and knocked in two runs ... He singled playing TCU ... He singled against Santa Barbara ... Against Grand Canyon he had two hits ... And in the finale he singled facing Santa Barbara.

2020 season at OSU as a senior _ Played in all 18 games, starting 17 … started 10 games behind the plate, four at second and three as DH ... Finished second in the Big 12 with a .410 batting average, becoming OSU’s first .400 hitter since 2007 … Had eight multiple-hit games, including five games with a career-high three hits … Was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in season opener at Grand Canyon … Recorded a career-high three RBIs playing UT Rio Grande Valley going 3-for-5 with a double and triple in the game … Tied career best with three RBIs playing Missouri State.

Summer of 2019 with Fort McMurray Giants, Western Canada League _ Hit .316 with 13 doubles, two triples, two homers and 29 RBIs. Had an .867 OPS in 41 games.

2019 season at OSU as a junior _ Appeared in 33 games with 19 starts making 17 starts at shortstop and two at third ... Went 3-for-4 with a pair of walks and two RBIs in season opener playing Rio Grande Valley... Pinch hit against Baylor and went 2-for-3, as he delivered first-career home run, a fifth-inning shot that broke a 4-4 tie and proved to be the game-winning run to lift OSU to the series win.

Summer of 2018 with Madison Mallards, Northwoods League _ Batted .196 with a double and seven RBIs with a .563 OPS in 32 games.

2018 season at OSU as a sophomore _ Played 24 games, starting nine, five games at short and four at second … Made his first-career start and recorded the first hit of career, a double, against Arizona State.

2017 season as a freshman at Connors State _ Batted .436 with three homers, 19 doubles and 67 RBIs in 60 games … Helped lead team to Region II championship.

Honours 2020 season _ 2020 Canadian Baseball Network First Team honours … 2019 season _ Part of Big 12 Tournament and NCAA Regional winning team ... 2017 season _ Named All-Region II performer and a Gold Glove Award winner … Canadian Baseball Network First Team honours Connors State Cowboys

Table 40 Podcast with Leslee and Matt Holliday