Corban Joseph  Corban Reece Joseph (born October 28, 1988) is an American professional baseball second baseman who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Joseph attended Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee, where he played for the high school baseball team. In his sophomore year, he was named All-Midstate for baseball. In his senior year, he batted .510 with 15 home runs and 58 runs batted in (RBIs) for Franklin and was named Midstate Player of the Year. He committed to attend the University of Kentucky to play for the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team after his high school graduation in 2008. Joseph was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fourth round, with the 140th overall selection, of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft out of Franklin High School. He signed with the Yankees on June 10. Joseph joined the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Yankees. In 2009, he played for the Class-A Charleston RiverDogs, where he named the South Atlantic League's player of the month for July and a post-season all-star third baseman despite playing just 37 games at third. He began the 2010 season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he had a .302 batting average, six home runs and 52 RBIs before he was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League in August. Joseph spent the entire 2011 season with the Thunder. He was added to the Yankees 40 man roster on November 18, 2011. In 2012, he played for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees of the Class AAA International League. After starting the 2013 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Yankees promoted Joseph on April 30, when they placed Kevin Youkilis on the disabled list. However, he was optioned to the minors two days later without appearing in a game. The Yankees recalled Joseph on May 13 as the 26th man in a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians, starting him at first base during the first game and second base in the second game. During the second game of the doubleheader, Joseph got his first career base hit. He was then optioned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the doubleheader. Joseph was outrighted off the Yankees roster on November 20, 2013. He was released by the Yankees on August 27, 2014.