Detroit Tigers The
Detroit Tigers selected Travis in the 13th round of the
2012 Major League Baseball draft. He started his career with the short-season
Connecticut Tigers, hitting .280/.352/.441 with three
home runs and 11
runs batted in (RBI) in 25 games. Travis started the 2013 season with the Class A
West Michigan Whitecaps. He was the MVP of the
Midwest League All-Star Game after going 2-for-2 with a three-run
triple. Travis was promoted to the High-A
Lakeland Flying Tigers after hitting .352/.430/.486 with six home runs in 77 games with the Whitecaps. He played in 55 games with Lakeland, and batted .350 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI. and played 18 games for the
Mesa Solar Sox of the
Arizona Fall League. In early 2015 he was named the sixth best second base prospect in baseball, as well as the number nine prospect in the Blue Jays' organization by MLB. After a strong performance in spring training, Travis was announced as the Blue Jays' starting second baseman on March 31, 2015. Travis debuted on April 6 and recorded his first career hit, a solo home run off
Chasen Shreve of the
New York Yankees. He also recorded two walks and scored two runs as the Blue Jays won 6–1. On April 12, Travis hit a three-run double to help the Blue Jays win 10–7 against the
Baltimore Orioles. The hit was initially ruled an error on
Travis Snider, however the call was changed on April 16, and Travis was credited with a hit and three RBIs. Travis was named the Blue Jays Player of the Month for April on May 1. In a 10–7 loss to the
Cleveland Indians on May 3, Travis hit his first career
grand slam. On May 4, Travis was announced as the winner of the
American League Rookie of the Month for April. He batted .325/.393/.625 with six home runs, 17 runs scored, and 19 RBIs. After missing five consecutive games with a left shoulder injury, Travis was placed on the disabled list on May 21. To that point in May, he had batted .185 in 14 games. He was activated off the disabled list on June 26. Travis re-injured his shoulder on July 28, and was placed on the disabled list on July 31. On September 11, he was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. The Blue Jays shut down Travis for the remainder of the season on September 17, and announced that he would undergo an exploratory surgery on his shoulder. He finished 2015 with a .304 batting average, eight home runs, and 35 RBI. Two screws were inserted into his shoulder, in an attempt to stabilize the extra bone in his shoulder.
2016–2019 In late April 2016, Travis began taking part in extended spring training games. He was assigned to the Advanced-A
Dunedin Blue Jays for rehab on May 13. On May 25, Travis was activated off the disabled list by the Blue Jays and called up. He hit a walk-off infield single on May 28 to help the Blue Jays defeat the
Boston Red Sox 10–9. On August 5, Travis hit two home runs in a game for the first time in his career. Leading off against the
Kansas City Royals, Travis hit a solo home run to give the Blue Jays an early 1–0 lead. In the ninth inning, he hit another solo home run off
Kelvin Herrera to lift Toronto to a 4–3 victory. On August 8, Travis hit his first career
triple, which came as part of a four-hit game against the
Tampa Bay Rays. Following a game on August 31, the Blue Jays optioned Travis to the Rookie-Advanced
Bluefield Blue Jays. The move was made to allow
Josh Thole to be re-signed and have postseason eligibility. As the Bluefield season would end on September 1, Travis could be immediately recalled by Toronto afterward, bypassing the ten-day waiting period. Travis was recalled by the Blue Jays on September 2. He finished the season hitting .300 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI in 101 games. He played in the first game of the
Championship Series, but left in the fifth inning after reaggravating his knee injury. On October 15, Travis was removed from the ALCS roster due to injury, and replaced by
Justin Smoak. In accordance with MLB rules, Travis was ruled ineligible to return for the postseason, ending his season. On November 18, he underwent right knee surgery to remove a small flap of cartilage, and was expected to be ready for spring training. Travis struggled early in the 2017 regular season, batting just .130 at the end of April. However, he improved in May and batted .364. In a 7–6 victory over the
Texas Rangers on May 26, he hit the second grand slam of his career as well as his 15th double of the month. In doing so, he set the franchise record for extra-base hits in a month by a second baseman, tied
Fred Lewis's franchise record for doubles in the month of May, and became the first second baseman to hit more than one grand slam as a Blue Jay. On June 6, 2017, the Blue Jays placed Travis on the DL due to a bone bruise in his right knee. He subsequently underwent surgery in his knee and was expected to miss 3–4 months, but Travis did not return that season and finished the year playing in only 50 games. In his first 18 games of 2018, Travis recorded a .148 batting average, one home run, and three RBI's. On April 29, he was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo. He was recalled on May 22. Travis finished the season playing in 103 games, hitting .232 with 11 home runs and 44 RBI's. Travis suffered left knee inflammation early in 2019 spring training, though an
MRI revealed no structural damage. However, on March 13, he underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. Travis was outrighted off the Blue Jays roster on November 4, 2019, and elected free agency on November 7. ==Coaching career==