Christopher S. "Cito" Culver (born August 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Frontier League. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the first round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. Career Culver attended Irondequoit High School in Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester. He played little league for Irondequoit Athletic Association. New York Yankees Culver was selected by the New York Yankees with their first-round pick, 32nd overall, in the 2010 MLB Draft. While he had already committed to play college baseball for the University of Maryland, he passed on his commitment and instead signed a contract reportedly worth $954,000 with the Yankees. He made his professional debut that season for the Gulf Coast Yankees. He was later promoted to the Staten Island Yankees. Overall in 56 games, Culver hit .251/.325/.330 with two home runs and 18 RBI. Culver spent the entire 2011 season with Staten Island, posting a slash line of .250/.323/.337 with two home runs and 33 RBI in 69 games. In 2012, he played for the Charleston RiverDogs, batting .215/.321/.283 with two home runs and 40 RBI in 122 games. Culver decided to stick to batting right-handed rather than switch hitting prior to the 2013 season. He started the season back with Charleston. In August, he was promoted to the Tampa Yankees. Overall, he hit .248/.322/.362 with nine home runs and 34 RBI in 120 games. He remained with Tampa for the 2014 season and in 132 games, he batted .220/.298/.303 with five home runs, 48 RBI, and 12 steals, playing 130 of the games at shortstop while serving as the DH the other two. Culver spent 2015 with both the Trenton Thunder and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, where he posted a combined .207 batting average with three home runs and 30 RBI in 114 combined games between both teams. In 2016, Culver also split time between the Thunder and the RailRiders, where he batted .254 with four home runs and 51 RBI in 117 games. Culver played his final season in the Yankees organization in 2017, batting .224 with 12 home runs and 48 RBI in 103 games with the RailRiders. He elected free agency on November 6, 2017. Miami Marlins On January 9, 2018, Culver signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins. He elected free agency on November 2, 2018. Sussex County