Langeliers father and mother, Steve and Annie, wereNew York Mets fan and named Langeliers after the Mets' home park,Shea Stadium. His father encouraged him to play catcher, feeling it was the best opportunity to succeed in the sport.[1]
As a freshman at Baylor in 2017, Langeliers batted .313 with ten home runs and 38 RBIs in 55 games.[5] He was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Conference Freshman Team as well as being named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.[6] He spent that summer playing in theCape Cod Baseball League for theChatham Anglers where he was named an All-Star.[7][8] In 2018, as a sophomore, Langeliers missed time at the beginning of the season due to a wrist injury.[9] However, he returned, and finished the year batting .252 with 11 home runs and 44 RBIs in 58 games.[10][11] He was named to the All-Big 12 First Team[12] along with winning a Rawlings/ABCA Division I Gold Glove, becoming only the second player in Baylor history to win the award.[13][14] Langeliers played for theUSA Baseball Collegiate National Team that summer.[15]
In 2019, his junior season, he was named to the All-Big 12 First Team for the second consecutive year[16] despite missing three weeks due to a broken hand.[17] In an elimination game during the2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, he hit three home runs and had 11 RBIs in Baylor's 24–6 win overNebraska-Omaha.[18] Langeliers finished his junior year hitting .308 with ten home runs and 42 RBIs in 44 games.[19]
Langeliers did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic.[27] In 2021, he spent a majority of the season with theMississippi Braves of theDouble-A South, slashing .258/.338/.498 with 22 home runs and 52 RBIs over 92 games.[28] Following the end of Mississippi's season, he joined theGwinnett Stripers of theTriple-A West for their final homestand.[29][30] He was named Atlanta's Minor League Player of the Year.[31][32] He was selected to play in theArizona Fall League for thePeoria Javelinas after the season.[33]
On August 16, 2022, Langeliers was promoted to the major league roster.[39] He made his MLB debut that night versus theTexas Rangers, and collected his first major league hit that night, a double, on the first pitch of his firstat-bat.[40] He hit his first MLB home run the next night, a two-run home run, off ofJosh Sborz of the Rangers.[41]
On April 9, 2024, Langeliers hit three home runs and drove in all four runs, including the go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning againstTexas Rangers en route to a 4-3 victory.[42] During a doubleheader on May 8 against the Texas Rangers, Langeliers drove in a career high of 5 runs in the first game and 3 in the second for a total of 8 RBIs on the day.[43]
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