Married to Jennifer…has three children: Mason, Jan Lucas and Jordan...Enjoys playing PlayStation in his free time and says the FIFA soccer games are his all-time favorite...Made his professional debut at age 16 in the Cuban National Series, the country's top league, with Sancti Spítitus in 2010...Won a gold medal for Cuba in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games...Older brother, Yulieski "Yuli" is a two-time World Series champion with the Astros, who played 15 seasons in the Cuban National Series (2001-15)...Father, Lourdes Sr., is a legend in Cuban baseball and played over 1,700 games in the CNS…played 15 years with the national team and won a Most Valuable Player award, two batting titles and a Gold Medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics…went on to manage in the CNS for over a decade...Eldest brother, Yunieski, played nearly two decades in the CNS...Is considered by his two older brothers as the more playful one and jokester among the three Gurriel brothers...When older brother, Yuli, was called up to the Astros in 2016, he gained attention because of his unique hairstyle, which sprouted up and flowed in different directions and drew comparison to a pineapple… with his success at the plate, he was given the nickname "La Pi?a" (The Pineapple) and the phrase "Pi?a Power" (Pineapple Power) was created...When Lourdes Jr. made his debut with Toronto, he followed the look Yuli had created and continues to sport it with a different hair color each season…in his first season with Arizona he chose purple...Was rated as the sixth-best international prospect in the 2016 class...Defected from Cuba in February while competing in the Caribbean Series in the Dominican Republic...In September, held a showcase of his skills with over 100 scouts in attendance at Estadio Nacional Rod Carew (Rod Carew Stadium) located in Panama City, Panama.
2023
Batted .261 (144-for-551) with 35 doubles, two triples, 24 homers, 82 RBI and 33 walks over 145 games in his first season with the D-backs...Set career highs in games, runs (65), hits, doubles, homers, extra-base hits (61), total bases (255) and walks (33)...Tied the season's third-longest hit streak in the NL at 17 games (also: Bryson Stott/PHI and Jordan Walker/STL) from May 3-26…hit .391 (27-for-69)/1.281 OPS with seven doubles, one triple, seven homers,15 RBI and seven walks in that span...His 17-game hitting streak marked a career-best and was the longest by a D-back since Paul Goldschmidt in 2012 (also 17)...Tied for the third-longest streak in the Majors with 1+ extra-base hits in seven consecutive games from May 10-17 (also: three others), behind Max Muncy/ LAD (9) and Christopher Morel/CHC (8) for the top spot...Hit his first homer as a D-back on April 12 vs. Brewers (three-run HR off J. Junk)...Recorded his first walk-off as a D-back (second of his career) on May 14 vs. Giants with an RBI-double in the bottom of the ninth inning...Recorded his first two-homer game with Arizona (seventh of his career) on May 7 vs. Nationals (last: Sept. 12, 2021 @ Orioles)...Posted his second four-hit effort of the season on May 22 and came a triple shy of hitting for the cycle...Hit his sixth career grand slam (first with Arizona) on June 30 at Los Angeles (AL)...Recorded his first pinch-hit homer in the Majors on Aug. 13 vs. Padres in the bottom of the seventh inning…was the third pinch-hit of his career (previous: two singles with Toronto)...Batted .301 (44-for-146)/.363 OBP vs. left-handers with eight doubles, one triple, four homers and 21 RBI...On Dec. 22, agreed to terms on a three-year contract through 2026 with a team option for 2027.
POSTSEASON: Hit .273 (18-for-66) with three doubles, three homers and 11 RBI over 17 games, including five multi-hit efforts in his second career Postseason...Ranked among team leaders in hits (T-2nd), RBI (T-2nd), extra-base hits (T-2nd, 6), total bases (second, 30), doubles (T-3rd) and homers (T-3rd)...His seven-game hitting-streak tied Stephen Drew (2007) for third-longest in D-backs' Postseason history, behind Ketel Marte (20 in 2017-23) and Geraldo Perdomo (eight in 2023)...Hit in nine of his final 10 games…batted .351 (13-for-37)/.943 OPS with two doubles, two homers and seven RBI.
2022
Hit .291 (132-for-453)/.343 OBP with 32 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 52 RBI in 121 games in his fifth season with the Blue Jays…set a career-high in doubles...Boasted the third-best average among left fielders in the Majors (min. 400 AB) behind A. Benintendi/NYY (.304) and S. Kwan/CLE (.298)...Reached base safely in a career-best 20 consecutive games from July 12- Aug. 7 (.370; 30-for-81) with five doubles, 10 RBI and seven walks...Had a season-high 10-game hitting streak from June 4-15 (.475; 19-for-40) with four doubles, one homer and seven RBI, including seven multi-hit efforts in that span...Batted .295 (107-for-363)/.352 OBP with 24 doubles, one triple, five homers and 44 RBI in 121 games off right-handed pitchers...Tied a Blue Jays franchise high with his six-hit performance (6-for-7) on July 22 @ Red Sox (also: Frank Catalanotto on May 1, 2004 @ White Sox)...In 13 games at DH, hit .327 (16-for-49) with three doubles, two homers and four RBI...Placed on the injured list on Sept. 8 (strained left hamstring) and missed the remainder of the season.
2021
Led the AL with a .368 RISP batting average (42-for-114)...Nominated for a Gold Glove for the 2nd consecutive season...His 12 outfield assists tied for 5th most in MLB and led all left fielders...Hit his first home run of the season April 28 vs. WAS, snapping a career-long 19-game homerless drought...Picked up two outfield assists in the second game of the doubleheader May 27 at NYY...Marked the second time in his career with two OF assists in a single game (also: June 15, 2019, at HOU)...Drilled his 7th bomb of the year June 18 at BAL to end a 0-for-18 drought...Hit his 1st career grand slam in the first inning June 24 at BAL...Was his 8th home run of the year and 50th of his career...Reached the 10-homer mark July 6 at BAL while recording his seventh three-hit game...Launched his second career grand slam in the first inning in the 2nd game of the doubleheader on July 18 vs. TEX...Drove in a pair of runs on Aug. 13 at SEA, bringing his RBI season total to 51 for a new career-high (50 RBI in 2019)...Hit a game-tying grand slam in the 8th inning on Sept. 3 vs. OAK, becoming the 4th player in franchise history with three slams in a single season (Carlos Delgado - 1997, Darrin Fletcher - 2000, Edwin Encarnacion - 2015)...Became the 3rd Blue Jay to hit a game-tying grand slam in the 8th inning or later, joining Rick Bosetti (May 7, 1978, at SEA) and George Bell (June 20, 1986, vs. NYY)...Smashed his 16th longball of the year Sept. 4 vs. OAK, homering in consecutive games for the fourth time this season (10th career)...Went 3-for-5 with four RBI, becoming the 8th player in franchise history to record 4+ RBI in consecutive games...Reached 70 RBI for the 1st time in his career with his 17th homer in the 1st game of the doubleheader Sept. 11 at BAL...Hit a pair of homers on Sept. 12 at BAL, including a first-inning grand slam, his franchise-record 4th slam of the season... Became the second player in MLB history with three first-inning slams in a season, joining Carlos Delgado in 1997...His two-run home run in the fifth inning went 460 feet, the farthest of his career...Became the only player ever with seven RBI, five runs and three walks in a single game...Crushed his 21st bomb on Sept. 21 at TB for a new career-high (20 home runs in 2019)...Homered in consecutive games for the 5th time this year (11th career)...Recorded 30 RBI in September to lead the Majors and tie the club record for RBI in the month of September (Kelly Gruber - 30 in 1990)...Batted .329 (28-for-85) with six doubles, two triples, and seven homers in the month...His 26 RBI in a 13 game span from Sept. 1-13 were second-most in team history (Edwin Encarnacion-27).
2020
Led the team with 64 hits, tied for 7th most among AL hitters...Ranked 6th in the AL with a .308 batting average while ranking 11th with a .534 slugging percentage...Led all AL hitters with a .350 road batting average and 43 road hits...His .351 AVG on breaking balls ranked 8th in MLB (4th in the AL)...Nominated for a Gold Glove for his play in left field...led all MLB left fielder in total chances (104) and putouts (100) while tied for 6th in assists (3)...according to Stats Perform, his 1.94 Range Factor/Game was the best among all qualified left fielders...Homered for the 1st time in 2020 on July 28 at WAS, a solo go-ahead home run in the 4th inning...had 11 of his first 32 career home runs hit as go-ahead blasts...On Aug. 20 vs. PHI, won Game 1 of a doubleheader with a walk-off RBI single...In Game 2, hit his 2nd home run of the year...Won MLB Play of the Week (Aug. 17-23) for his outfield assist from the left-field corner to home plate on Aug. 21 at TB...Belted a two-run homer on Aug. 23 at TB, his 3rd home run of the season, giving him 10 RBI in his last seven games...Hit a solo shot on Aug. 24 at TB, homering in consecutive games for the 4th time in his career...Drove in both runs with a home run in the Jays’ 2-1 win on Sept. 2 at MIA, his 5th long-ball and his 2nd go-ahead homer...Hit his 1st career extra-inning home run, a solo shot in the 10th inning on Sept. 3 at BOS...homered in consecutive games for the 5th time in his career...Singled four times on Sept. 6 at BOS for his 2nd career four-hit game (also May 26, 2019 vs. SD)...Named AL Player of the Week for Aug. 31-Sept. 6...Hit .467 (14-for-30) over eight games, including three doubles, two home runs and six RBI (.515 OBP, 1.282 OPS)...Recorded two-run homers on Sept. 13 vs. NYM and Sept. 15 at NYY...homered in consecutive games for the 6th time in his career and 3rd time in 2020...Slugged two solo shots for his 5th career multi-HR game on Sept. 17 at NYY...added a single and a double, tying a career-best with four hits for the 3rd time...the 11 total bases were a career-high...Went 4-for-4 with his 11th home run on Sept. 27 vs. BAL...was one of four players in 2020 with 3+ four-hit games (Tim Anderson - 4, DJ LeMahieu - 4, Jose Iglesias - 3)...Was 50-for-146 (.342) with 11 doubles, 10 home runs and 30 RBI in his last 40 games of the regular season (1.009 OPS)... since that stretch began on Aug. 17, ranked 3rd in the AL in hits, 3rd in batting average, 3rd in total bases (78), T-3rd in extra-base hits (21), 4th in slugging (.623), 4th in OPS, T-5th in home runs and 6th in RBI...Made his postseason debut in Game 1 of the ALWC on Sept. 29 at TB...went 2-for-4 on a single and a double...became the 9th player in team history to record multiple hits in his 1st career playoff game, and became the 10th with an extra-base hit in his 1st playoff game (Cavan Biggio was 9th earlier in the game)...Became the 5th player in team history to record an outfield assist in the postseason when he threw out Mike Brosseau in the 1st inning of Game 2.
2019
Limited to 84 games due to a stint with Triple-A Buffalo and two placements on the injured list...Snapped a career-long 0-for-25 drought with an infield single on April 3 vs. BAL...Added an RBI double for his 22nd career multi-hit effort (70th game)...Became the 6th player in Blue Jays history to record a straight steal of home when he accomplished the feat on April 9 at BOS (last: Kevin Pillar - March 31, 2018 vs. NYY)...Optioned to Triple-A Buffalo on April 15 (.273 AVG in 30G)...Recalled on May 24...Hit .273 (33-for-121) in 30 games for the Bisons while transitioning to the outfield (13-2B, 4 HR, 26 RBI)...Recorded his 1st home run of the season in his first game after being recalled, on May 24 vs. SD...Hit his 2nd homer on May 25 vs. SD, homering in back-to-back contests for the 2nd time in his career (also Sept. 20-21, 2018 vs. TB)...Belted a solo shot in the 4th inning on May 26 vs. SD…Homered in three consecutive contests for the 1st time in his career, doing so in each game since being recalled...Finished 4-for-4 with two RBI for his 1st career four-hit game...Extended his career-best extra-base hit streak to seven games with a double on May 31 at COL...Notched his 1st career triple on June 8 vs. ARI...Recorded two assists while in left field on June 15 at HOU, becoming the 1st player in team history to have 2+ assists in a game within his first 19 career games in LF...Hit a three-run home run and a solo shot off of James Paxton for his 3rd career multi-HR game on June 26 at NYY...Tied a career high with his four-RBI day, having also done so 10 days earler, on June 16, 2019 at HOU....Homered twice for his 4th career multi-HR game on June 28 vs. KC...Became the 4th player in team history with back-toback multi-HR games (Jesse Barfield - 1983; Edwin Encarnacion - 2014; Josh Donaldson - 2017)...Gave him 14 home runs since his May 24 recall, the most in the Majors over that stretch...From May 24-June 28, led the AL in home runs (14), AVG (.352), SLG (.768), OPS (1.156) and total bases (96), while also leading all MLB outfielders with six assists...Recorded six consecutive multi-hit games from June 22-28, tied for the 5th longest streak in the Majors in 2019...On July 7 vs. BAL, hit his then team-leading 16th home run...Became the 1st player ever to lead his team in home runs at the All-Star break after hitting 0 HR in the first 50 team games (courtesy STATS)...Sent the game to extras with a two-run homer in the 9th inning on July 21 at DET, his 2nd career game-tying home run in the 9th (also Sept. 20, 2018 vs. TB)...Hit his 19th homer of the season on Aug. 7 at TB, becoming the fastest player to reach 30 career home runs in Blue Jays history (143 games)...Landed on the IL with a left quad strain from Aug. 9-Sept. 13...Went 2-for-3 with a double in his first game back from the injured list, on Sept. 14 vs. NYY...On Sept. 19 at BAL, followed up a Cavan Biggio blast with his 20th home run of the season, extending Toronto's clubrecord in back-to-back homers to 13 (11 in 2009)...Reached the 20-HR mark for the 1st time in his career...Missed the final four games of the season due to an appendectomy...Placed on the 60-day IL on Sept. 25.
2018
Among AL rookies (min. 200 PA), ranked 4th in AVG (.281), 7th in SLG (.446) and 8th in OPS (.755) ... His 70 hits tied for 4th most all-time by a Toronto batter through his first 65 career games ... Had an 11-game multi-hit streak from July 11-29, surpassing Tony Fernandez (9G in 1986) for the longest in franchise history... Was the longest by a rookie all-time and tied for the longest in AL history with Shoeless Joe Jackson (1912) and Sam Rice (1925)...Became the 7th player since 1900 to record an 11+ game multi-hit streak (last: Tony Perez - 11 in 1973) ... Had hits in each of his 18 starts from June 21-Aug. 18, tied for the 4th longest streak in the Majors... Hit .423 (33-for-78) with 4-2B, 5-HR and 16-RBI over that span ... Had a career-long 12-game hitting streak from July 11-Aug. 24 (.481, 26-for-54, 3-2B, 3-HR, 10-RBI), one game shy of Justin Smoak for the longest by a Blue Jay in 2018 ... Reached base in 15 straight games from July 11-Aug. 28 (.415/.449/.600) ... Hit .423 (30-for-71) over the course of July for the highest batting average in the AL... Was named AL rookie of the month, the 7th player in team history to claim the honour (last: Devon Travis - April, 2015) ... Was on the DL with a concussion from July 15-21 and landed there again from July 30-Aug. 23 with a left ankle sprain ... Reached base safely in 37 of his last 44 starts (.311/.343/.482) ... Called up from Double-A New Hampshire on April 20... Recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on June 19 and July 2... Went 17-for-49 (.347) for the Fisher Cats (5-XBH, 11-RBI) and hit .281 (38-for-135) over 34 games for the Bisons, with 8-2B, 5-HR and 28-RBI ... In his MLB debut on April 21 at NYY, drove in two runs with a 4th-inning single and added a 3rd RBI with a single in his next at-bat...Became the 4th Blue Jay all-time with a 2+ hit and 3+ RBI MLB debut (Pat Borders, Eric Hinske, J.P. Arencibia) ... Hit his 1st career home run, a solo shot off Bartolo Colon, to start the 7th inning on April 28 vs. TEX ... In Game 1 of a doubleheader on May 3 at CLE, hit his 1st career double... Went 3-for-5 for his 1st career three-hit effort... Put the Jays ahead, 8-7, with a single in the 7th ... Notched his 3rd career HR and went 2-for-4 for his 4th career multi-hit effort (21st game) on June 21 at LAA ... Recorded 13 RBI in his first 24 MLB games, becoming one of 10 Blue Jays all-time with 13+ RBI through their first 24 career games ... On July 23 vs. MIN, became the 13th player in team history to record 5+ HR in his first 33 MLB games (12th player with 16+ RBI) ... Followed up a Curtis Granderson leadoff homer with a home run of his own on July 27 at CWS, starting a game with back-to-back home runs for the 4th time in franchise history... Added another blast for his 1st career multi-HR game... Added a double for his 3rd three-hit game and his 1st career 3-XBH game ... Tied the game, 8-8, in the 9th inning with his 9th home run on Sept. 20 vs. TB... Was his 1st game-tying HR and his 1st 9th-inning homer ... On Sept. 21 vs. TB, homered twice for his 2nd career multi-HR game... Became the 14th player in team history to homer in three straight plate appearances and the 1st Blue Jays rookie to do so... Along with his brother, Yuli (HOU), became the 1st set of brothers in MLB history with multi-HR games on the same day.
2017
Assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to start the season ... Spent time on the disabled list from April 6-18 (thumb and hamstring) ... Re-injured his leg in his minor league debut on April 19 (1-for-2, 2B, RBI) and returned to the DL from April 20-June 18 ... Promoted to Double-A New Hampshire on July 12 after 18 games with Dunedin (.197 AVG, 1-2B, 1-HR, 8-RBI) ... Slashed .241/.286/.371 over 46 games for the Fisher Cats, including 10-2B, 4-HR and 28-RBI with 10BB/30K and 2-SB ... Started 17 games at shortstop and 21 games at second base for New Hampshire ... Played for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League after the season where he hit .291 (23-for-79) in 21 games (7-2B, 3-HR, 11-RBI).
2016
In August declared a free agent by Major League Baseball...Ranked as the sixth best international prospect available at that point...In September, he held a showcase of his skills at Rod Carew Stadium that was attended by 60 MLB scouts.... On November 12, signed a seven-year, Major League contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
