Owen is in his fifth professional season, fourth with the Cubs organization...Is a non-roster invitee for the first time in his career...Is a career .278 (278-for-99) hitter with 63 doubles, four triples, 40 home runs, 171 RBI and a .857 OPS in 279 Minor League games...Enters the 2024 season rated by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 3 prospect and the No. 47 overall prospect in baseball...Following the 2023 campaign, was named a Southern League Post-Season All-Star, an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star, a Baseball America Double-A All-Star, a Minor League All-Star and was a member of the All-MiLB.com Prospect First Team...Played in three games with Team Canada during the 2023 World Baseball Classic, going 3-for-13 (.231) with one home run and four RBI...Was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Month for May 2022, after batting .313 (26-for-83) with six doubles, four home runs and 26 RBI...Was acquired by the Cubs from San Diego on Dec. 29, 2020 with right-handed pitcher Zach Davies, outfielder Ismael Mena and infielders Reginald Preciado and Yeison Santana for right-handed pitcher Yu Darvish, catcher Victor Caratini and cash...Was selected by the Padres in the second round (45th overall) of the 2020 draft...Graduated from Notre Dame High School in Burlington, Ontario, Canada...Was committed to the University of Michigan prior to signing with San Diego...Played for Canada's Junior National Team as a 17-year-old.
2023
Owen in 2023 helped lead Double-A Tennessee to the Southern League championship, spending the entire season with the club...Set career-marks in doubles (31), home runs (22), RBI (84), walks (76) and slugging percentage (.519) in 120 games...Ranked among the Southern League leaders in on-base percentage (first, .399), slugging percentage (second), RBI (third), home runs (fourth) and walks (fifth)...His 22 home runs were tied for the third-most among Cubs Minor Leaguers, while his 84 RBI ranked third...Hit .315 (99-for-314) with 23 doubles, 17 home runs and 64 RBI vs. righthanders...Prior to the season, played in three games with Team Canada during the World Baseball Classic, going 3-for-13 (.231) with one home run and four RBI...Tallied three multi-homer games, including a three-home run, six-RBI effort April 12 in Montgomery...Posted a six-game hitting streak from May 25-31, batting .370 (10-for-27) with four home runs and seven RBI during the run...From July 1-end of the season, batted .317 (65-for-205) with 18 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 36 RBI in 57 games...Batted .484 (15-for-31) during an eight-game hitting streak from July 25-Aug. 4...Following the season, was named a Southern League Postseason All-Star, an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star, a Baseball America Double-A All-Star, a Minor League All-Star and was a member of the All-MiLB.com Prospect First Team.
2022
In 2022, played in 105 games with High-A South Bend, batting .254 (96-for-378) with 21 doubles, one triple, 11 home runs and 58 RBI...Stole a career-high 11 bases...Was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Month for May 2022, after batting .313 (26-for-83) with six doubles, four home runs and 26 RBI...His 26 RBI in May marked the most in a single month in his career...Tallied seven multi-hit efforts in May, including in three straight games twice from May 13-15 and May 20-22...Recorded his first career multi-homer game May 20 at Wisconsin...Played in 16 games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season, batting .220 (13-for-59).
2021
Split the 2021 campaign between the Rookie Level ACL Cubs and Single-A Myrtle Beach, combining to play in 54 games...Made his professional debut with the ACL Cubs in June, batting .349 (38-for-109) with seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 20 RBI in 32 games...Hit his first career home run July 13 vs. ACL Royals Blue...Homered in back-to-back contests twice in July, July 13-15 and July 26-27...Hit safely in 13 of 14 games from July 19-Aug. 10, batting .392 (20-for-51) during the stretch...Aug. 23 was promoted to Myrtle Beach where he appeared in 22 contests to end the season.
