Andrew Jacob Cave...Married, wife’s name is Saige; has one daughter, Sloane, and one son, Sonny...2011 graduate of Kecoughtan High School (VA)...As a senior, hit .627 with a .725 OBP and also pitched, posting a 1.65 ERA with 101 strikeouts in 55.0 IP as he was named Co-Eastern Region Player of the Year in Virginia...Ranked 25th nationally in the final 2011 Perfect Game class rankings...Played in 2010 Perfect Game All-American Classic, 2010 PG National Showcase and 2009 PG Junior National Showcase...Had committed to LSU prior to being drafted by NYY...Hobbies: Watching movies, cooking, hiking and video games.
2023
Played 65 games over two stints with the Phillies; defensively: 35 games (31 starts) in LF, 17 games (14 starts) at first base, 11 games (6 starts) in RF and one start in CF...Made his fourth career Opening Day roster and started in LF on 3/30 at TEX...Recorded his first hit as a Phillie on 4/4 at NYY and slugged his first HR with the club on 4/10 vs MIA...Drove in a career-high-tying four runs on 4/16 at CIN...Clubbed a 428-foot HR on 8/8 vs WSH (gm 1), his farthest HR since 2019...Tallied a career-high-tying three hits twice, 4/29 at HOU and 8/18 at WSH...Homered against WSH in the Little League Classic on 8/20; at 107.0 mph, it was his hardest-hit HR since 2018...Had an XBH in a career-high four straight games from 8/16-20...Homered in back-to-back games from 8/19-20 for the fourth time in his career and the first since 2019...Registered his 100th career XBH with a triple on 9/11 vs ATL (gm 2)...Hit safely in 21 straight games for Lehigh Valley (AAA) from 5/4-28 (.437/.524/.862, 1.386 OPS), tied for the fourth-longest hitting streak in franchise history...Was named International League Player of the Week for 5/22-28 and IL Player of the Month for May...Appeared in three postseason games for the Phillies as a pinch-hitter in the NLCS vs ARI and doubled to center field in Game 2 on 10/17 for his first career extra-base hit in the postseason.
2022
Attended MLB Spring Training with MIN as a non-roster invitee... Began the season with St. Paul (AAA)... Reached base safely in 49 consecutive games from 5/3-7/7... Among all Minor League players, ranked fourth in triples (7)...Had a 15-game hitting streak, 5/18-6/3 (.338 AVG)...Hit two grand slams: 5/21 at Omaha and 7/6 at Louisville...Posted a 1.047 OPS in 23 games during June...Had his contract selected by MIN on 8/2...Played in only 54 games for MIN but ranked T-2nd on the club in triples (3).
2021
Made Opening Day roster for third-consecutive season with Minnesota and was one of the club's five outfielders... Tied single-game career-high with two doubles on April 24 vs. Pittsburgh... Placed on 60-day Injured List on May 15 with a stress reaction in his lower back...placed on 60-day rather than 10-day to make room on 40-man roster for outfielder Rob Refsnyder... Played in eight games on rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul, hitting .367 (11-for-30) with one double, one home run, five RBI, five walks and a .972 OPS...reinstated from the Injured List on July 24... Played 37 games (16 starts) in left field, 29 games (18 starts) in centerfield and 11 games (7 starts) in rightfield.
2020
Made Opening Day roster for second time in career and was Opening Day centerfielder July 24 at Chicago-AL...batted seventh and went 2-for-5 with two RBI...Hit second career grand slam and first of season for Twins July 26 at Chicago-AL, off Reynaldo López...Hit safely in season-best six-straight games August 20-26, hitting .333 (8-for-24) with one RBI in that span...Recorded third career multi-homer game September 23 vs. Detroit, a two-run shot off Casey Mize and a solo shot off Nick Ramirez...Hit two triples on the season (Twins 3 as a team), September 1 vs. Chicago-AL and September 20 at Chicago-NL, becoming third Twin to hit a triple at Wrigley Field, joining Willians Astudillo on July 1, 2018 and Todd Walker on September 2, 1997...Posted an .870 OPS in September, batting .250 (12-for-48) with two doubles, two triples, three home runs, six RBI and three walks...Played in 42 games; started in 29 (all as OF - 19 in centerfield, 5 in leftfield and 5 in right field)...Appeared in one game in AL Wild Card Series on September 30 vs. Houston as a defensive replacement (Eddie Rosario ejected) and went 0-for-1.
2019
Made Twins Opening Day roster for first time in career as club's fourth outfielder...Had five different stints with the Twins (from Triple-A Rochester)...Hit in 15-straight games for Triple-A Rochester May 24-June 7; hit .403 (25-for-62) with 10 doubles, two triples, one home run, 13 RBI, and 15 runs scored during the streak...Hit four doubles for Red Wings June 6 at Syracuse, the first International League player to do so since Kevin Pillar for Buffalo on June 26, 2013 at Gwinnett...Named Twins minor league Player of the Week June 9, hitting .417 (15-for-36) with seven doubles, two triples, one home run and nine RBI in eight games...Recorded first career multi-home run game on August 23 vs. Detroit...Miguel Sanó also hit two home runs that night, registering the 25th and 26th multi-HR games by a Twin in a season, surpassing the previous MLB record of 24, set by the 2018 Yankees, 1966 Braves and 1961 Yankees...Tied a career-long with an eight-game hitting streak from August 6-20, in which he batted .500/.533/.643 (14-for-28) with four doubles and five runs scored...Recorded second career multi-homer game August 29 at Chicago-AL, both solo shots...Hit .361 (22-for-61) with six doubles, five home runs, nine RBI and 13 runs scored in 21 August games...Hit the second of back-to-back home runs with C.J. Cron on Sept. 29 at Kansas City...After being recalled for fifth and final time on August 3, batted .304/.375/.564 (35-for-115) with eight doubles, two triples, six home runs and 16 RBI in 37 games...Played in 45 games (34 starts) in rightfield, 23 games (13 starts) in centerfield and 10 games (7 starts) in leftfield...Made Postseason debut in Game 2 of the ALDS October 5 at New York, starting in leftfield, going 0-for-2 with a strikeout...started again in Game 3 in leftfield October 7 at Target Field, going 1-for-2 with a single off rightfield wall and strikeout.
2018
Designated for assignment by New York-AL on March 12...traded to Minnesota for right-handed pitcher Luis Gil on March 16...optioned to Triple-A Rochester...Made major league debut on May 19 vs. Milwaukee, going 1-for-3 with two runs scored...first major league hit was a home run in the fourth inning off of Freddy Peralta...one of 12 players in club history to hit first career homer in first game as a Twin and one of 11 in first career game overall (Eric Fryer homered in first game as Twin in 2013 but spent time previously with Pittsburgh)...first since Eddie Rosario in 2015...Had three stints with Rochester, March 23-May 19, May 24-June 9, and June 14-June 25...in 59 games hit .269 (58-for-216) with 26 runs scored, nine doubles, one triple, six home runs, 26 walks, 55 strikeouts, 28 RBI and four stolen bases...Had season-high eight-game hitting streak July 5-13, hitting .520 (13-for-25) during that span...Recorded first career grand slam on August 25 vs. Kansas City in the second inning off Danny Duffy...Walked three times in a game on August 26 vs. Oakland, first multi-walk game of his career...Hit a home run in all three games in Texas series August 31-September 2 at Globe Life Park...Hit .287 (62-for-216) with 10 home runs vs. right-handed pitching and .194 (13-for-67) with three home runs vs. left-handed pitching...Hit .313 (42-for-134) in 43 home games and .221 (33-for-149) in 48 road games...Led team in games played in centerfield with 70 (65 starts)...Ranked tied for first among AL rookies Post-All-Star Break in games (65), fifth in homers (10) and RBI (33), and eighth in hits (51)...Given Bill Boni Award for Twins Most Outstanding Rookie, voted upon by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA.
2017
Hit a combined .305/.351/.542 (124-for-406) with 66R, 26 doubles, 5 triples, 20HR and 56RBI in 103 games between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre…tied for the Yankees' organizational lead and set a new career high with 20HR (previously 8HR in 2016)…also ranked third in BA…hit .343 (98-for-286) with 17HR vs. right-handed pitching…did not commit an error... Was transferred to Scranton/WB on 6/16 and hit .324/.367/.554 (90-for-278) with 47R, 13 doubles, 3 triples, 15HR and 38RBI in 72 games with the RailRiders... Registered his first career 2HR game and set a career high with 5RBI in 7/8 win vs. Lehigh Valley, going 3-for-3 with 2R, 1 double, 1BB and 1SB... Earned International League "Player of the Month" honors for July after hitting .390 (41-for-105) with 25R, 7HR and 21RBI in 26 games... Was named International League "Player of the Week" for 7/17-23, when he hit .577 (15-for-26) with 6R, 2 doubles, 2HR and 8RBI in seven games... Compiled a 19-game hitting streak from 7/15-8/4, hitting .440 (33-for-75) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 6HR and 15RBI…was the second-longest hitting streak in the International League in 2017…his 31-game on-base streak from 6/30-8/14 was the league's longest such streak in 2017... Following the season, was named an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster on 11/6/17.
2016
Split the season between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, combining to hit .268/.330/.427 (114-for-426) with 59R, 26 doubles, 9 triples, 8HR and 55RBI in 116 games... Began the season by batting .288/.353/.510 (30-for-104) with 12R, 8 doubles, 3 triples, 3HR and 17RBI in 27 games with Trenton…was promoted to Scranton/WB on 5/11 and hit .261 (84-for-322) with 47R, 18 doubles, 6 triples, 5HR and 38RBI in 89 games…appeared in eight postseason games with Scranton/WB and hit .370 (10-for-27) with 4R, 2 doubles, 1HR, 4RBI and 5BB... Was re-acquired by the Yankees from Cincinnati as a Rule 5 draft return on 4/5/16…in 26 Major League spring training games with the Reds, hit .255/.349/.364 (14-for-55) with 6R, 1 double, 1 triple, 1HR, 5RBI and 8BB.
2015
In 132 apps for the Yankees' Class AA Trenton and Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliates combined to hit .278 with 25 doubles, 6 triples and 17 stolen bases...while with Trenton was a mid-season Eastern League All-Star and led that club in hits, runs, doubles, triples and walks...attended his first Major League spring training camp.
2014
In 132 apps at Class A Tampa and Class AA Trenton combined to hit .294 with 28 doubles, 9 triples, 7 homers, 42rbi and 12 stolen bases...among all minor league batters ranked T8th in hits...on 7/16 was promoted to Trenton...was a mid- and post-season Florida State League All-Star...ranked fourth in the FSL in hitting... recorded a pair of 10-game hitting streaks (5/13-23, 7/24-8/2)...from 4/5-4/23 reached base safely in 17 straight games (.319).
2013
While at Class A Charleston led the club and ranked third in the South Atlantic League in doubles...tied for the team lead in steals...among all Yankees minor league batters ranked ninth in hitting...ended the season with a 13-game hitting streak (.298).
2012
Missed the season following right knee surgery.
