CJ Alexander #26

Charles Joseph Wesley Alexander was originally signed by Braves scout Justin Clark...graduated from Bishop Verot Catholic HS (Fla.) in 2015, where he batted .380 as a junior...attended Ball State University (Ind.) from 2016-17 before transferring to the State College of Florida in 2018, where he batted .405 with 15 homers as a junior...his father, Chuck, was drafted by the Guardians in the 15th round of the 1988 Draft, and he spent four years in their minor league system as a left-handed relief pitcher.

2024

Spent most of the season at Triple-A where he batted a combined .302 with 19 home runs, 68 RBI and a .920 OPS in 94 games with Omaha (82 games) and Las Vegas (14 games)...also had a four-game stint with Kansas City and went 1-for-8 in his Major League debut...Had a career-high .559 slugging percentage and his batting average, on-base percentage (.361) and OPS (.920) were his best since his first season in 2018...also had career highs in doubles (27), walks (31), hit by pitches (four) and extra base hits (52)...Tied for third in the Royals farm system in triples (five), ranked sixth in extra base hits (44), tied for seventh in doubles (23) and tied for eighth in home runs (16)...Batted .316 (30-for-95) with an .830 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .297 (83-for-279) with 17 of his 19 home runs and a .950 OPS against right-handers...Had a .330 batting average with runners in scoring position...was 8-for-14 (.571) with three doubles, a home run and 16 RBI with the bases loaded...Hit .300 or better in April (.304), May (.333) and June (.338)...batted under .286 in just one month (.205 in August)...Combined for a .275 batting average, six home runs and 25 RBI in 45 home games...hit .327 with 13 home runs and 43 RBI in 49 contests on the road...Batted .397 with 10 home runs in 29 day games, .260 with nine home runs in 65 night games...Had a .333 batting average over the first three innings of a game...Started 53 games at third base, 17 in left field, 15 at designated hitter, six at first base and two in right field...all three of his starts with Kansas City came at third base...committed 11 errors in 54 Minor League games at third base (.917 fielding percentage) and also made one in 18 games in left field.

2023

Appeared in 17 games during Spring Training as a Minor league camp transplant and batted .391 (9-for23) with a 1.245 OPS, four extra-base hits (two HR) and six RBI... CJ was responsible for Omaha’s hardest batted ball of the season, a 115.3 mph double in the first inning on April 7 vs. Toledo... Hit 17 home runs in 92 games between rookie-level ACL Royals and Triple-A Omaha, third most among Royals farmhands... Appeared in 13 games during the Arizona Fall League and posted an .844 OPS with three home runs, five doubles and one triple, while also collecting a double and a walk in the championship game... Also earned AFL Co-Player of the Week on Oct. 28 with Cleveland’s Chase DeLauter after he slashed .292/.387/.750 in his first seven games of the fall, swatting two homers with eight RBI and six extra-base hits. 

2020

Appeared in two spring training games…Took two at-bats and went hitless with a strikeout...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as Atlanta’s No. 18 prospect.

2019

In his first full professional season, limited to 43 games because of two separate injuries…Hit .117 (15-for-128) with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI between High-A Florida and Double-A Mississippi...Sidelined three months with right elbow inflammation, from 4/18-7/5, and missed time with a fractured right thumb, 8-18-end of the season...Hit his only two homers in the same game, on 8/7 at Jacksonville, his first career multi-homer game.

2018

Split his debut season between three levels of the Atlanta system, combining to bat .352/.429/.495 in 52 games between the GCL Braves, rookie-level Danville and High-A Florida...Ranked in the Top 10 among Atlanta’s farmhands (min. 200 PA) in batting average (1st, .352), on-base percentage (2nd, .429), OPS (2nd, .924) and slugging percentage (4th, .495)…Played just three months after being drafted, and in each month, won a Player of the Month award from the organization – one at each level...Was the GCL Braves recipient for June, the Danville Braves recipient for July and the Florida Fire Frogs recipient for August.