Blaze Alexander #9

Signed by D-backs as an 11th-round selection in First-Year Player Draft (June 10, 2018) \[signed by: Luke Wrenn\] ... Brother, C.J., is an infielder in the Royals organization and cousin, Zach Plesac, is a pitcher with the Guardians ... Grandfather, Charles, pitched in the Cubs organization after World War II, father, Chuck, is a former Minor League pitcher in the Cleveland organization, uncle, Dan Plesac, is a former Major League pitcher and current MLB Network analyst ... Committed to play baseball at the University of South Carolina but opted to play professionally after being drafted out of IMG Academy ... Was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in 2018, a relatively common heart condition that causes the heart to beat abnormally fast for periods of time ... Had a heart procedure, catheter ablation, where a tube is guided into the heart to destroy small areas of tissue that may be causing the abnormal heartbeat.

2023

Hit .291 (72-for-247) with 13 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 52 RBI, 42 walks and two stolen bases in 73 games with Triple-A Reno...Placed on the seven-day injured list on April 14 and transferred to the 60-day injured list with a fractured right thumb...Recorded 21 multi-hit games. Entered the season rated as the D-backs' No. 14 prospect by MLB Pipeline (No. 17 by The Athletic).

2022

Combined to hit .301 (106-for-352) with 18 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs and 59 RBI in 98 games between ACL D-backs Black, Double- A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno... Spent the majority of the season with Amarillo, batting .306 (97-for-317) with 17 doubles, three triples, 17 home runs and 54 RBI in 88 games....Had three stints on the injured list: April 10-18 (sprained right ankle), June 22-July 1 and July 21-Aug. 8 (left wrist contusion)...Promoted to Reno on Sept. 20…hit .259 (7-for-27) with one double, two home runs and four RBI in seven games with the Aces....Ranked the D-backs' No. 15 prospect in-season by Baseball America.

2021

 Played 92 games with High-A Hillsboro, batting .218 (74-for-339) with 16 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 38 RBI.  

2019

Batted .262 (90-for-343) with 12 doubles, 4 triples, 7 home runs and 47 RBI in 97 games with Single-A Kane County....Had four-hit games on July 2 @ Peoria and Aug. 3 vs. Quad Cities...Ranked among team leaders in triples (2nd), average (3rd), games (3rd), runs (3rd, 56), stolen bases (3rd, 14), hit by pitch (3rd, 12) and home runs (3rd)....Entered the year rated as the D-backs' No. 18 prospect by MLB Pipeline.

2018

Hit .329 (69-for-210)/.955 OPS with 19 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 42 RBI in 55 games between Rookie-level AZL D-backs and Rookie-Advanced Missoula....Ranked among AZL leaders in OPS (1st, 1.049), runs (1st, 25), slugging pct. (2nd, .574), on-base percentage (2nd, .475), total bases (2nd, 54), RBI (2nd, 25), extra-base hits (T-2nd, 14), doubles (T-2nd, 10), average (3rd, .362), and walks (T-3rd, 19)...Promoted to Missoula on Aug. 1…ranked among Pioneer League leaders in runs (1st, 27) and triples (T-3rd, 3).