Jake Gelof

Jakob "Jake" Gelof (born February 25, 2002) is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers and is the University of Virginia’s all-time career home run leader, and holds its single-season home run and RBI records. The Dodgers selected him with the 60th pick of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. Early life Gelof was born and grew up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he attended Hebrew school in the Seaside Jewish Community. His parents are Adam and Kelly Gelof, both of whom are attorneys, and he is Jewish. His grandmother was the president of Congregation Beth Sholom in Dover. His brother Zack Gelof was a member of the UVA baseball team from 2019–21. Zack Gelof was also a second round pick of the Oakland Athletics in 2021, made his MLB debut for Oakland in 2023, and played for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. High school Gelof initially attended Cape Henlopen High School in Delaware, from 2016-18. He played two years of baseball at the school. He also played two years of soccer at the school, earning All-Conference honors his sophomore year as a goalkeeper after eight shutouts. He was an Academic All-Conference selection in both baseball and soccer as both a freshman and sophomore. He was Perfect Game's top ranked overall baseball player and No. 1 shortstop in Delaware’s 2020 class. He transferred to IMG Academy ('20) in Bradenton, Florida, after his sophomore season, for his final two years of high school. In early 2019, Gelof threw a 91 mph fastball (and threw 92 mph from the infield, and 94 mph from the outfield), and ran a 6.95 second 60-yard dash. He played summer collegiate baseball after graduating high school for the Brockton Rox of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, and batted .281/.372/.422 with eight doubles (7th in the league), two triples (4th), two home runs, and 19 RBIs in 128 at bats, while primarily playing shortstop.