Attended Archer (GA) HS...Before signing with the Rangers, committed to Georgia State University.
2022
Appeared in 80 games with Triple-A St. Paul after signing with the Twins as a minor league free agent on 11/30/21...Set a single-season career high with 40 walks, including drawing a single-game career-high four free passes on 5/7 vs. Iowa...Homered three times in four games from 4/10-16, including homering in consecutive games from 4/15-16 vs. Indianapolis...Was a non-roster invite to Twins Spring Training; appeared in 10 Grapefruit League games and hit .176 (3-for-17) with two doubles...Released by the Twins on 8/10.
2021
Was a non-roster invite to Texas spring training...batted .133 (4-for-30) with two doubles, four RBI and one run scored in 23 Cactus League games...Began the season with Triple-A Round Rock, his first career stint at that level...Recorded two multi-homer games on the season: May 8 vs. Oklahoma City and July 10 vs. Albuquerque...Matched his career-high with four hits June 18 vs. Oklahoma City...went 4-for-5 with two RBI and hit for the cycle, becoming the third player in Round Rock history to do so...Had his contract selected by the Rangers on July 23 and made his major league debut that night at Houston, starting as the designated hitter (0-for-4)...Went 0-for-20 to begin his career before doubling for his first major league hit Aug. 2 vs. Los Angeles-AL...was the second-longest hitless streak in Rangers history to begin MLB career (Vic Harris went 0-for-36 in 1972)...Batted .089 (4-for-45) with two doubles, one RBI and two walks in 13 games in his first major league action...started all 13 games he appeared in, 12 at designated hitter and one at first base...Optioned to Round Rock on Aug. 13 and spent the remainder of the season in Triple-A...Hit .275/.349/.533 (100-for-364) with 24 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs, 75 RBI, 29 walks, 58 runs scored and an .882 OPS in 99 games for Round Rock...ranked second in the Rangers organization in doubles, was third in both homers and RBI, and fifth in total bases (194)...Overall, batted .254 (104-for-409) with 26 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs, 76 RBI, 61 runs scored and 31 walks in 112 combined games between Triple-A and the majors.
2020
Did not see official game action after the minor league season was canceled due to the pandemic…combined to go 1-for-3 with a triple in three Spring Training ‘A’ games before the shutdown…was not added to the Rangers’ 60-man player pool roster at any point during the regular season…was arguably the club’s top performer in the Fall Developmental League, hitting three home runs and leading all Texas prospects in each slash category (.434/.505/.663/1.169), RBI (16), hits (36) and doubles (tied-10).
2019
Named Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year after ranking among the organization’s leaders in doubles (1st, 36), SLG (3rd, .537), RBI (3rd, 80), OPS (4th, .899) and HR (4th, 25)...awarded spot on South Atlantic League North Division All-Star team after batting .268/.333/.570/.904 (61-228) and pacing the circuit in 2B (24) and HR (15) during the 1st ‘half’...won the 2019 SAL Home Run Derby...promoted to Down East on 6/21 and led Carolina League with a .909 OPS from the time of his callup to the end of the regular season...crowned CAR Player of the Month for July after slashing .370/.402/.600/1.002 (37-100) with five HR and 13 RBI…named Texas Organization All-Star by MiLB. com and High Class A All-Star by Baseball America.
2018
Named Northwest League Most Valuable Player after leading the circuit in home runs (15), RBI (60), total bases (149), runs (51), and OPS (1.040)…his .337 average was the 2nd-best mark in the organization (.366-Diosbel Arias)…batted .313/.380/.750/1.130 (20-64) with eight HR and 21 RBI through 1st 18 G...homered in 3 straight games on 2 occasions: 6/17-19 and 6/25-27...was named NWL Player of the Week for 6/25-7/1 and 7/16-22...during the latter stretch, went 14-for-27 (.519) in six G, including back-to-back 4-for-5 performances on 7/21-22 at Salem-Keizer...dramatically increased walk rate from previous season (9.1 PA/BB in ‘18, 34.9 PA/BB in ‘17)…doubled his previous career high RBI total (30 RBI in ‘17)…named Short-Season All-Star by Baseball America…tabbed NWL mid-season and post-season All-Star.
2017
Tied for the highest home run total in the Northwest League since 2012, leading the circuit with 12 long balls…was T10th in HR among all short season players…averaged a HR every 19.08 AB…batted .208/.245/.347/.592 over 1st 27 G and .297/.348/.563/.910 over final 34 contests.