Alberto Rios #98

Alberto Rios...Twitter: @arioos19... Son of Alma and Alberto Rios...Has two sisters, Brianna and Cassandra... Cousin, Frankie Rios, played baseball at USC before being selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the 2017 MLB Draft... Attended Stanford University...Batted .373 (93/249) with a 1.162 OPS in three seasons from 2021-23... Played in just eight games in his freshman and sophomore seasons, and batted .384 (93/242) with a 1.192 OPS and 69 runs scored, 73 RBI, 24 doubles and 18 home runs in 63 games as a junior in 2023...Won the PAC-12 championship with Stanford in back-to-back seasons from 2022-2023...Named the PAC-12 Player of the Year in 2023...Named a Golden Spikes semifinalist in 2023...In 2023, was named to the D1Baseball All-American first team, Collegiate Baseball All-America first team, ABCA All-America first team, and NCBWA All-America first team...PAC-12 All Conference player in 2023...PAC-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2021...Set a Stanford record with 11 RBI vs. CSU Bakersfield on March 5; went 5/7 with a pair of three-run homers in the game...Majored in Management Science and Engineering... Graduated St. John Bosco HS (Calif.) in 2020...2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region...All-Trinity League in 2019...Two-time Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American (2018-19).

2023

Split season between ACL Angels and Low-A Inland Empire, batting .182 (39/165) with nine extra-base hits in 36 games... Homered in consecutive games for the first time in career from Aug. 10 to Aug. 11... Notched eight RBI in seven games from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15... Logged three outfield assists, including one double play in 2023...Committed just one error in 275 total innings in left field, a .981 fielding percentage (52/53).