The New York Yankees could be bringing Alabama outfielder Richie Bonomolo Jr. back to the Bronx. The Bronx Bombers used the 224th selection in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on the Crimson Tide’s 2025 center fielder.

Bonomolo is an alumnus of Cardinals Hayes High School in the Bronx. He played two seasons at Wabash Valley College at Mount Carmel, Illinois, and played in two NJCAA World Series before coming to Alabama.

Bonomolo landed in the draft’s seventh round after starting all 59 games for the Crimson Tide in 2025. He hit .311 with a .416 on-base average and a .526 slugging percentage. Bonomolo posted 53 runs, 65 hits, 17 doubles, two triple, eight home runs, 52 RBIs and 16 stolen bases in his only season for Alabama.

Bonomolo had 46 strikeouts and 40 walks in 2025, when he made the SEC All-Tournament team.

Bonomolo had six games in 2025 in which he didn’t reach base, and he started his Alabama career with a 21-game on-base streak for the Tide.

Bonomolo became the third player picked from the 2025 Alabama team in this year’s draft. The Minnesota Twins took pitcher Riley Quick at No. 36 on Sunday, and the Chicago Cubs chose outfielder Kade Snell at No. 151 on Monday.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.