Goebbert attended Hampshire High School in Hampshire, Illinois, where he played for the school\'s baseball and American football teams. He then attended Northwestern University, where he played college baseball for the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team in the Big Ten Conference. During his collegiate career, Goebbert played for the Southern Ohio Copperheads of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League in collegiate summer baseball.\n', '

The Houston Astros drafted Goebbert in the 13th round (401st overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Playing in Minor League Baseball, the Astros promoted Goebbert from Class A to Class AAA during the 2011 season. They invited him to spring training in 2012. He finished the 2012 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League.\n', '

At the end of spring training in 2013, the Astros assigned Goebbert to the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. Before he could play for Oklahoma City, the Astros traded Goebbert to the Oakland Athletics for Travis Blackley. He played for the Double-A Midland RockHounds of the Texas League and Triple-A Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League in 2013. \n', '

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