Kyle Karros...Son of Eric and Trish...His father is a former UCLA Bruin who played 13 Major League seasons (primarily with the Dodgers), winning National League Rookie of the Year in 1992...Brother, Jared, also played baseball collegiately at UCLA and was selected by the Dodgers in the 16th round of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft...Also has one sister, Mikah...Posted a .276/.342/.407 slash line through three years at UCLA...Named to the 2022 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team...Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2023)...Ranked the No. 2 third baseman and No. 36 overall prospect in California by Perfect Game coming out of Mira Coast High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
2025
Made his Major League debut on Aug. 8 at Arizona after having his contract selected from Triple-A Albuquerque and became the first Rockie to record an RBI single in his first plate appearance since Corey Dickerson on June 22, 2013...Became the third player from the Rockies’ 2023 draft class to debut with the team—joining Seth Halvorsen (2024 debut) and Chase Dollander (2025 debut)—the first position player … was ranked as the Rockies’ No. 8 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline at the time of his call-up...Reached base safely twice in each of his first three career games (4 H, 2 BB), becoming the fourth Rockie alltime to accomplish this feat and the first since Hunter Goodman in 2023...Three defensive runs saved in 343.1 innings at third base led the Rockies ... four outs above average tied for second on the team...Finished second among Rockies with a 9.6% walk rate (min. 150 PA)...Recorded his first Major League home run on Aug. 19 vs. Los Angeles-NL...Appeared in 75 games across three Minor League levels in 2025, slashing .301/.398/.476 with 23 doubles, three triples, six home runs, 26 RBI and 40 walks between the ACL Rockies (four games), Double-A Hartford (55 games) and Albuquerque (16 games) … named Baseball America’s Rockies Minor League Player of the Year.
2024
Named the Most Valuable Player of the Northwest League after slashing .311/.390/.485 with 33 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs, 78 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 123 games with High-A Spokane...Led the Northwest League in batting average, hits (147), RBI, OBP, slugging, OPS (.875), doubles, extra-base hits (50) and total bases (229)...Fell a home run shy of winning the Northwest League triple crown, with teammate Cole Carrigg leading the league with 16 home runs...Named Northwest League Player of the Month for April after slashing .333/.443/.530 (22-for-66) with eight doubles, one triple, one home run, 14 RBI and 13 walks...Earned Northwest League Player of the Week honors for the week of June 24 after slashing .500/.536/.769 across six games with one double, two home runs and four RBI.
