Description
Don Mattingly married Kim Sexton and had four sons: Taylor, Preston, Jordon and Austin. Preston was chosen in the supplemental round (31st overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and was rated as a B- prospect in John Sickels’ 2007 Baseball Prospect Book. Sickels noted, “Position a question but has promising tools and bloodlines.” Preston was traded to the Cleveland Indians on September 26, 2010, just nine days after his father was announced as the manager of the Dodgers for the 2011 season. He was subsequently released by the Indians at the end of spring training, and re-signed with the Dodgers. On January 11, 2012, the Yankees signed Preston to a minor league contract but they released him again on March 27.
Presented is an OML (Selig) baseball autographed by Preston Mattingly. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”).
Authentication: Ironclad Hologram