Pitched collegiately at Georgia Tech, where he was named Second Team All-ACC as a junior in 2021, posting a 3.90 ERA (81.1IP/37ER) with 83 strikeouts in 15 starts for the Yellow Jackets...Selected by the Tigers in the seventh round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Georgia Tech (signing scout: Bryson Barber)...On development list, Sept. 16-23, 2022
2023
Started 26 games with Double A Erie in 2023...Selected a Double-A All-Star by Baseball America and a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...also named an Eastern League Postseason All-Star...Led the Eastern League with a 3.28 ERA, while he was third with a 1.19 WHIP, fourth with 26 starts, fifth with 133 strikeouts, seventh with a .242 opponent\ batting average and tied for eighth with 118.0 innings pitched...Allowed just one earned run over his first five starts of the season, posting a 0.43 ERA (21.0IP/1ER) with 25 strikeouts...Voted Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May, going 2-1 with a 3.23 ERA (30.2IP/11ER) and 37 strikeouts in six starts...Finished the season strong, allowing only two earned runs over his final six starts from Aug. 12-Sept. 12, compiling a 0.67 ERA (27.0IP/2ER) and 26 strikeouts...Did not allow a run in two starts during the Eastern League playoffs, going 2-0 and throwing 13.0 scoreless innings with five hits allowed, three walks and 13 strikeouts...Ranked as the No. 14 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.
2022
Pitched at three different affiliates during his first professional season in 2022, making 25 appearances, including 18 starts between Single A Lakeland, Single A West Michigan and Double A Erie...Named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...Struck out 11 with Lakeland on May 26 at Tampa, giving up one run on three hits in 6.0 innings...Finished the month of May with a 2-1 record, a 1.83 ERA (19.2IP/4ER) and 30 strikeouts in five appearances, including three starts, with Lakeland...Named Midwest League Pitcher of the Month and Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Month in July, going 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA (26.2IP/3ER) and 31 strikeouts in five appearances, including four starts...Ranked as the No. 26 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.
