Alan Roden #83

Alan Eric Roden...Graduated from Middleton High School...Earned All-Big 8 First Team honors in both his junior and senior year, along with being named to First-Team All State as a senior...Spent three seasons with the Creighton Blue Jays, playing in 91 games combined hitting .383 (131-for-342) with 42 doubles, a pair of triples, 14 home runs, 93 RBI, 13 stolen bases, 49 walks to just 27 strikeouts and a 1.125 OPS...Was named Big East Freshman of the Year, First Team Freshman All-American and First Team All-Big East in 2021, after redshirting in 2019 and playing in only three games in 2020 due to the shortened season...Played in 39 games in 2021, hitting .378 (54-for-143) with nine homers, while leading the conference in RBI (47), runs scored (39), doubles (17) and total bases (98)...Graduated from Creighton in May of 2022 with a Physics degree...Was a recipient of the NASA Nebraska Space Grant...His favorite TV show is The Office...Ranked as the Blue Jays seventh-highest prospect heading into the 2024 season, according to MLB.com...Listed as the ninth ranked prospect according to Baseball America.

2023

Appeared in four games at MLB Spring Training, going 0-for-6...Began the 2023 season at High-A Vancouver...With the Canadians, hit .321 (86-for-268) with 23 doubles, a triple, four homers, 41 RBI, 42 walks and 15 stolen bases with a .896 OPS...Promoted to Double-A New Hampshire, hitting .310 (54-for174) in 46 games with six doubles, a triple, six homers, 27 RBI, nine stolen bases and a .881 OPS...Spent most of his time defensively in left field and right field, along with some games played as the team’s designated hitter...Was named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...Had more walks on the season (68) than strikeouts (64) posting a 12.8% walk rate, while leading all Blue Jays Minor Leaguers in wRC+ (149).

2022

In 2022, started his professional career with Low-A Dunedin...Played in 25 games, hitting .233 (21-for-90) with five extra base hits, nine RBI, and 17 walks.