Married, wife's name is Anna Claire...Attended Mississippi State University and New Braunfels (Texas) HS...Hit .317/.432/.517 (19-for-60) with six doubles, two home runs, 17 runs and 11 RBI in 16 games during his junior season at Mississippi State in 2020, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Led the Bulldogs in doubles and slugging and ranked tied for the team lead in runs, home runs and total bases (31).
2023
Opened the season with Triple-A Norfolk after being reassigned to Minor League camp during Spring Training on 3/27. Had his contract selected on 6/26 and finished the season with Baltimore...Slashed .260/.311/.404 (54-for-208) with 17 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 26 runs scored, 23 RBI, 16 walks, one hit-by-pitch and four stolen bases in 68 MLB games (54 GS)...Made his MLB debut on 6/26 vs. CIN batting seventh playing second base. Went 1-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk. Drew a seven-pitch walk in his first plate appearance. Tallied his first hit in the fifth inning, a single off Eduardo Salazar...His 17 doubles in his first 68 career games are the second-most in O's history (since 1954) behind Adley Rutschman (22, 2022)...Hit his first MLB home run on 7/24 at PHI, a solo blast off Cristopher S¨¢nchez...Drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a hit-by-pitch as the O's rallied for a 2-1 win on 7/2 vs. MIN...Knocked in the game-winning run on a groundout in the 10th inning on 9/5 at LAA...Tallied an RBI in four straight games from 8/18-22...Batted .284/.354/.432 (21-for-74) with nine extra-base hits (8-2B, HR) against left-handed pitching and .246/.288/.388 (33-for134) with 13 extra-base hits (9-2B, 2-3B, 2 HR) against righties...Slashed .348/.508/.522 (16-for-46) when ahead in the count...Batted .295/.372/.567 (79-for-268) with 15 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, 57 runs scored, 54 RBI, 29 walks, four hit-by-pitches and six stolen bases in 67 games with the Tides...Hit his fourth career Minor League grand slam and second at Triple-A on 4/25 at Charlotte...Entered the season ranked as the No. 74 overall prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline and No. 76 by Baseball America...Went 2-for-9 with one double, two runs and four punchouts across three ALDS games vs. TEX in his first postseason.
2022
Named the Orioles Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year after slashing .265/.355/.496 (144-for-544) with 39 doubles, three triples, 27 homers, 96 runs scored, 106 RBI, 70 walks and 12 stolen bases in 138 games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Led Orioles Minor Leaguers in doubles, extra-base hits (69), total bases (270) and RBI; finished second in the organization in hits and home runs...After being promoted to the Tides on 6/6, he led the International League with 74 RBI, tied for the league lead with 25 doubles, while also ranking second in the IL with 46 extra-base hits, 184 total bases and 64 runs scored through the end of the season...Became the first O¡¯s minor leaguer with 100+ RBI in a season since Jason Fransz drove in 111 for Single-A Delmarva in 2005...Finished the year ranked as the No. 5 prospect in Baltimore's farm system, according to MLB Pipeline, and No. 6 according to Baseball America; ended the season ranked as the No. 76 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 89 by Baseball America...Enters the 2023 season ranked as the No. 74 overall prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline and No. 76 by Baseball America.
2021
Appeared in 112 games across three levels in his first season of professional baseball...Slashed .285/.389/.479 (121-for424) with 15 home runs, 27 doubles, 79 RBI, and 17 stolen bases...Earned Low-A East Player of the Week honors for the week of 5/18-23 after hitting .526 (10-for-19) with two doubles, a home run, five RBI, and two stolen bases...Participated in the team's Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla...Ranked as the Orioles No. 6 prospect according to MLB Pipeline's end of season rankings...Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star.
2020
Participated in the team¡¯s Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla...Did not play during the regular season, because of the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Ranked as the No. 10 Orioles prospect according to Baseball America¡¯s mid-season update.
