Attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky...Attended Bellarmine University for three years…older brother, Brady, was a senior catcher during his freshman season and younger brother, Brett, was a freshman infielder in his junior year...Was the second-highest draft pick in school history behind Todd Wellemeyer (4th round, 2000) and ninth all-time...His father, Brian, played soccer at Bellarmine, his grandfather, Bob, played baseball in the 1960s (later attended grad school at Arizona State) and aunts Martha and Krysteen played field hockey and softball respectively...His mother, Staci, played basketball, but at the University of Louisville...Went 2-1 with a 2.81 ERA in nine games (two starts) with Wareham of the 2019 Cape Cod League.
2023
Went 3-9 with a 5.72 ERA (61 ER in 96.0 IP) in 18 starts with Arizona...Entered the season rated as the D-backs' No. 4 prospect by The Athletic (No. 38 overall) and MLB Pipeline (No. 59 overall) and No. 5 by Baseball America...Made his Major League debut on May 3 @ Rangers ( 7 ER in 4.2 IP)…was the second D-backs starting pitcher to make their MLB debut @ Rangers and first @ Globe Life Field (last: Nelson Figueroa on June 3, 2000)...Struck out Josh Jung in the second inning for his first career strikeout...Was the first D-backs starter to make his debut in 2023...At the time of his selection, ranked among Pacific Coast League leaders in strikeouts (T-1st), WHIP (second), ERA (fifth), win percentage (fifth, .667), opponent average (T-5th, .245) and innings pitched (10th)...Optioned to Triple-A Reno on May 27 and recalled on June 29...Optioned to Triple-A Reno on June 30…in his last start with the Aces on July 16, earned the win @ Las Vegas, tossing 5.2 shutout innings with eight strikeouts and allowing six hits and two walks...Recalled on July 22...Earned his first Major League win on Aug. 25 vs. Reds (2 ER in 5.1 IP, 5 K)...Recorded three career-high-tying eight-strikeout games on Aug. 13 vs. Padres and back-to-back on Sept. 22 @ Yankees and Sept. 27 @ White Sox...Owned a 12.2 inning scoreless streak from 8/13/23 vs. SD (second inning) - 8/25/23 vs. CIN (second inning)...Opponents hit .180 (24-for-133) with 47 strikeouts off his sweeper...Appeared in one game in relief, the first of his career, on Sept. 10 vs. Cubs (4 ER in 6.0 IP)...Went 6-2 with a 3.71 ERA (25 ER in 60.2 IP) in 12 starts with the Aces.
POSTSEASON: Appeared in five Postseason games, going 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA (8 ER in 22.0 IP) and 26 strikeouts...Made his Postseason debut in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card on Oct. 3 @ Brewers (3 ER in 2.2 IP)...Was the second-youngest (24-353) pitcher to start a Postseason game in franchise history, behind Daniel Hudson (24-207 on Oct. 2, 2011 @ Brewers) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]...Became the third D-backs rookie to start a Postseason game (also: Josh Collmenter/2011 vs. MIL and Micah Owings/2007@ COL [source: Elias Sports Bureau]...Tossed 4.1 scoreless innings in his second career Postseason start and first @ Chase Field on Oct. 11 vs. Dodgers in NLDS Game 3...Became the youngest (24-361) D-backs' pitcher to start a home Postseason game in franchise history (previous: Josh Collmenter (25-239) vs. Brewers on Oct. 4, 2011 in NLDS Game 3) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]...Tossed 5.2 scoreless innings in his first career start vs. Phillies @ Chase Field on Oct. 19 in Game 3 of the NLCS (2 H, 0 BB, 9 K)...Became the first pitcher in MLB history to allow no runs and no walks in consecutive Postseason starts (source: @ESPNStatsInfo)...Became the second pitcher in franchise history to strike out 9+ batters without a walk in a Postseason game (also: Curt Schilling, 2001 World Series Game 7) and the fourth Rookie pitcher in MLB Postseason history to record 8+ strikeouts without a walk.
2022
Named the D-backs' Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 11-7 with a 3.83 ERA (71 ER in 167.0 IP), 218 strikeouts, 1.16 WHIP in 29 starts between Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno…led all organization farmhands in wins, ERA and strikeouts... Was the first Minor League pitcher to reach the 200-strikeout milestone since 2011 and his 218 strikeouts were the most in the Minors since Brandon Claussen/NYY in 2001 (220)... Struck out 10+ batters five times, including a season-high 12 strikeouts on June 23 @ Corpus Christi.
2021
Combined to go 8-7 with a 3.21 ERA (47 ER in 131.2 IP), 160 strikeouts and 28 walks over 22 starts between Single-A Visalia, High-A Hillsboro and Double-A Amarillo...Ranked among all Minor Leaguers in innings (2nd) and strikeouts (7th) and finished Top 10 in the farm system in innings (1st), wins (T-2nd), strikeouts (2nd) and starts (3rd)...Promoted to High-A Hillsboro on June 22 after just seven starts (3.12 ERA; 14 ER in 40.1 IP) with Single-A Visalia...tossed his first career complete game shutout on July 14 vs. Vancouver...Promoted to Amarillo on Aug. 16 after 9 starts (2.48 ERA; 16 ER in 58.0 IP) with the Hops…went 1-1 with a 4.59 ERA (17 ER in 33.1IP) in 6 starts for the Sod Poodles...Ranked as the No. 4 High-A West League prospect by Baseball America following the season.
