Oscar Colás #22

Married Viviana Aroche García … has one son: Oscar Jr...Attended Escuela Número 95 Nguyen in Van Troy, Cuba...Trained with Luis Robert Jr. over the last two off-seasons.

2023

Split the season between the White Sox (75 games) and Class AAA Charlotte (54 games)...Appeared in 69 games (59 starts) in right field and eight (six) in center with the Sox … made the Opening Day roster after coming to spring training as a non-roster invitee...Made his MLB debut as a pinch hitter on Opening Night (3/30) at Houston, delivering a seventh-inning single off Héctor Neris … became the fifth White Sox player since at least 1961 to record a hit as a pinch-hitter in his first career plate appearance and first since OF Joe Hall on 4/5/94 at Toronto (Elias)...Made his first career start as the right fielder on 3/31 at the Astros, going 0-3 with a HBP … recorded back-to-back multi-hit efforts on 4/1-2 at Houston, including a RBI double in the series finale as the White Sox salvaged a split with a 6-3 victory...Hit his first MLB home run on 4/7 at Pittsburgh, a solo shot off Will Crowe in the ninth … at 24.202 years old, became the youngest Sox player to homer since Luis Robert Jr. (24.056) on 9/28/21 vs. Cincinnati...Recorded his first career game-ending hit on 4/15 vs. Baltimore, a single off Logan Gillaspie in the 10th inning...Went 4-28 (.143) with two RBI over an 11-game span from 4/16-30 before being optioned to Charlotte on 5/2...Batted .293/.359/.508 (56-191) with 14 doubles, nine home runs, 29 RBI, 35 runs scored and 18 walks in 48 games with the Knights from 5/2-7/2...Hit safely in his first eight games with the Knights (.417, 15-36), including a six-game RBI streak from 5/4-11...Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from 6/22-7/2 (.357, 14-52), including seven home runs in a six-game stretch from 6/24-7/1 … homered twice on 6/24 vs. Louisville and 6/30 at Norfolk...Was recalled by the White Sox on 7/4 … recorded three-hit efforts on 7/23 at Minnesota and 8/23 vs. Seattle...Homered twice in a three-game span on 8/5 at Cleveland and 8/9 vs. the Yankees, the second and third of his career … hit four doubles in five from 8/19-23...Slashed .167/.216/.313 (8-48) with two homers and four RBI over his final 14 games from 8/24-9/10 before being optioned to Charlotte on 9/11 for the rest of the season...Preseason MLB.com Rankings: No. 3 prospect in the White Sox organization...Preseason Baseball America Rankings: No. 89 prospect in baseball … No. 2 prospect and Best Outfield Arm in Sox system.

2022

Combined to hit .314/.371/.524 (151-481) with 24 doubles, four triples, 23 home runs, 79 RBI and 81 runs scored over 117 games between Class High A Winston-Salem, Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte in his first pro season...Ranked among White Sox organizational leaders in hits (second), total bases (second, 252), extra-base hits (third, 51), home runs (T3rd), batting average (fourth), slugging percentage (fourth), OPS (fifth, .895), runs scored (fifth), RBI (T5th), doubles (sixth) and on-base percentage (ninth)...Posted a .362 (38-105) average against left-handed pitchers and a .301 (113-376) mark vs. right-handers...20 of his 23 homers were off RHP...Began the season with Winston-Salem, where he hit .301/.363/.479 (22-73) over 16 games in April...hit his first professional home run on 4/26 at Asheville and added his second the following day against the Tourists...Was placed on the injured list on 5/8 after missing eight games with a left wrist contusion...was reinstated IL on 5/15, going 2-4 with a solo home run in his first game back...Recorded a season-high four hits on 6/25 vs. Hudson Valley, 7/27 at Tennessee and 9/26 vs. Durham...Was promoted to Birmingham on 7/12...reached base safely in each of his first 15 games with the Barons (.368/.455/.571)...Collected three multi-homer efforts on 7/24 at Rocket City, 7/27 at Tennessee and 9/24 at Jacksonville...Recorded a RBI in five straight games (eight RBI) from 7/13- 24) and homered fives times in a four-game span from 7/22-27...Was promoted to Charlotte on 9/20, where he hit safely in six of his seven games with the Knights...went 4-6 with a double, two homers, three RBI and four runs scored on 9/24 at Jacksonville...Was signed as an international free agent on 1/25...was rated by MLB.com as the No. 5 international prospect...became the fourth Top 15 international prospect to sign with the Sox since 2013, joining Micker Adolfo (No. 2), Yoelqui Céspedes (No. 1) and Norge Vera (No. 15)...Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 2 prospect in the White Sox organization...Was signed by Marco Paddy and Ruddy Moreta.