Married Lexi in November 2022... Attended the University of California, where he batted .376 (223-593) with 35 doubles, 50 home runs and 163 RBI in 160 games over three seasons…majored in legal studies... as tied for second in school history in home runs and ranked fourth in RBI at the time of his departure... Was the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award honoree in 2018 and a finalist in 2019... Was named First-Team All-America by Baseball America in 2018 and 2019…was named National Player of the Year by Perfect Game/Rawlings and Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2018... Set a California record with a .819 slugging percentage in 2018 and finished fourth in the nation with a .531 on-base percentage...Was named MVP in the Team USA series win over Japan as a member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in 2017... Is a 2016 graduate of Maria Carrillo (Calif.) High School.
2023
Set career highs in virtually every offensive category, including games played (152), hits (146), runs scored (67), doubles (30), home runs (21), RBI (80) and total bases (243)... Led the White Sox in games played, tied for the team lead in RBI and ranked second in hits and total bases... Made 139 starts at first base and eight at designated hitter … ranked fourth among American League first basemen in starts, fifth in fielding percentage (.995) and total chances (1,024) … did not play in the outfield after making 191 appearances over his first two seasons (2021-22)... Left and Right: Batted .267/.327/.447 (116-434) with 17 homers vs. right-handed pitchers and .227/.270/.371 (30-132) with four homers vs. lefties... Heart of the Order: Combined to hit .292 (69-236) with 14 doubles, 10 home runs, 33 RBI and a .487 slugging percentage from the No. 4 and 5 slots in the order... Central Command: Batted .285/.331/.485 (47-178) with eight home runs and 22 RBI in 46 games vs. AL Central opponents … hit 348/.388/.630 (16-46) with four doubles, three home runs, nine RBI and nine runs scored in 12 games against Kansas City and .325/.357/.600 (13-40) with three home runs and five RBI in 11 games against Cleveland... Reached base safely in his first 16 games from 3/30-4/18-1, tied for the fourth-longest, season-opening streak by a White Sox player since 2000... No Opening Night Jitters: Was the Opening Day first baseman on 3/30 at Houston, becoming just the fifth different Sox player since 1991 to start a season opener at that position … followed José Abreu (2014-22), Paul Konerko (2001-13), Frank Thomas (1991-97, '99-2000) and Greg Norton (1998) … broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth inning with a two-run double off Ryan Pressly, his first career game-winning hit in the ninth or later... Recorded a RBI in a career-high five straight games from 4/2-7 … scored a career high four runs and reached base four-plus times for the seventh time in his career on 4/8 at Pittsburgh... Hit his first home run of the season on 4/19 vs. Philadelphia, a two-run shot in the first off Taijuan Walker … drove in the White Sox only two runs on 4/24 at Toronto... Walk-off Wonder: Hit his first career game-ending home run on 4/30 vs. Tampa Bay, a three-run shot off Garrett Cleavinger in the ninth … the homer capped a seven-run rally as the White Sox avoided a three-game sweep with a 12-9 victory... Recorded eight RBI in a three-game span from 5/7-9 … went 3-5 with a double, triple and four RBI on 5/7 at Cincinnati, drove in two runs on 5/8 at Kansas City and hit a game-winning, two-run homer off Jordan Lyles in the sixth inning on 5/9 at the Royals... Hit safely in eight straight games from 5/26-6/3, going 12-29 (.414) with four doubles, two homers, eight RBI and 1.229 OPS... Snapped a seven-game RBI drought with a three-run homer on 5/26 at Detroit … hit a go-ahead, three-run double in the fourth on 5/30 vs. the Angels... Hit five home runs in 13 games from 6/10-24 … went 3-5 with two doubles and three RBI on 6/28 at the Angels and 3-5 with a double on 6/30 at Oakland... Hit safely in 12 of 13 games from 7/16-8/7, slashing .313/.327/.521 (15-48) with an .847 OPS … ended a 20-game homerless drought on 7/29 vs. Cleveland... Recorded back-to-back games with three hits and a home run on 9/5-6 at Kansas City … hit his 20th home run on 9/14 vs. Minnesota … hit his 30th double on 9/27 vs. Arizona.
2022
No Sophomore Slump: Led the White Sox with 17 home runs and 76 RBI, ranked second with 138 hits, 28 doubles, 46 extra-base hits and 219 total bases and third with 134 games played and 60 runs scored....Road Warrior: Batted .307/.364/.490 (79-257) with 11 home runs and 49 RBI on the road…his .307 average ranked seventh in the American League....Left and Right: Batted .307/.363/.377 (35-114) with one home run vs. left-handed pitchers and ..260/.309/.444 (103-396) with 16 homers vs. right-handers…posted a .753 OPS vs. RHP, up from .615 in 2021....No RISP, No Reward: Hit .339/.384/.477 (37-109) with runners in scoring position and .353/.411/.529 (18-51) with RISP and two outs…his .339 average with RISP ranked fourth in the AL, and his .353 average with RISP/two outs ranks ninth....Four-Hit Wonder: Tied Tampa Bay's Randy Arozarena, Baltimore's Austin Hays and New York's Aaron Judge for second in the A...with four, four-hit games, trailing only Cleveland's Amed Rosario…recorded four hits on 5/31 at Toronto, 6/14 at Detroit, 6/20 vs. Toronto and 9/10 at Oakland....Consistent Run Producer: Recorded 10-plus RBI in all six months, including a career monthly best 16 in July....Edge vs. the East: Batted .364/.396/.586 (36-99) with 10 doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI in 26 games vs. the AL East, including .500/.519/.885 (13-26) in six games against Toronto....Made 40 starts in left field, 39 in right, 29 at designated hitter and 22 at first base…committed four errors with one assist in the outfield…also appeared in two games at second base....Hit safely in his first four games and drove in each of his first three…was the Opening Day designated hitter on 4/8 at Detroit…hit a go-ahead solo home run off Gregory Soto in the ninth inning before the Tigers rallied for a 5-4 win…was 2-4 with a home run and career-high four RBI on 4/10 at Detroit....Matched his career high with four RBI on 4/27 vs. Kansas City, including a game-winning, three-run homer off Scott Barlow in the seventh inning... Was hit on the right hand by a Mike Mayers pitch on 4/29 vs. the Angels and missed the next five games … was placed on the 10-day injured list on 5/5 (retro to 5/2) with a bruised right hand…played in two games with Class AAA Charlotte on a rehab assignment from 5/11-12....Snapped a 0-0 tie in the eighth on 5/22 at the Yankees with a single off Jonathan Loáisiga on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball"…the Sox won, 5-0, to complete a doubleheader sweep.... Recorded a career-high five RBI on 5/26 vs. Boston, including a two-run homer off Michael Wacha...Batted .414/.458/.563 (36-87) over 20 games from 5/31-6/22 to raise his average to a season-high .333 … recorded the first of his four, four-hit games on 5/31 at Toronto, including a solo homer off Kevin Gausman....Went 3-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in a 6-5 win at Tampa Bay on 6/5 … drove in a run in four straight games from 6/11-14, including his second four-hit game on 6/14 at Detroit....Went 3-6 in a 13-0 victory on 6/15 at the Tigers, 3-5 with two RBI in a 7-0 win at Houston on 6/18 and 4-4 with a double, homer and two RBI in a 8-7 win vs. Toronto on 6/20…ended the 20-game stretch with three hits on 6/22 vs. the Blue Jays....Hit a game-tying, two-run homer off Trevor Megil...in the eighth inning on 7/6 vs. Minnesota (Sox won, 9-8, in 10)....Ended the first half with four straight multi-hit, multi-RBI efforts at Minnesota from 7/14-17, going 9-17 (.529) with two doubles, two homers and nine RBI as the Sox won three of four games…became the first White Sox player since Frank Thomas (7/10-13/97 at Kansas City) with two-plus RBI in each game of a four-game set....Recorded three-hit games on 8/2 vs. Kansas City, 8/7 at Texas and 8/13 vs. Detroit…hit his first career leadoff home run on 8/25 at Baltimore (off Jordan Lyles)....Drove in a run in four straight wins on 9/7 at Seattle and 9/8-10 at Oakland … recorded his fourth four-hit game of the season on 9/10 at the A's...Hit back-to-back homers with Gavin Sheets on 9/15 at Cleveland to give the Sox a 3-0 lead…hit his first career grand slam on 9/18 at Detroit (off Jason Foley)....Batted .073/.114/.073 (3-41) over his final12 games as his season average dropped from .288 to .271.
2021
Appeared in 127 games in his first major-league season, marking his first game action since 2019 following the cancellation of the 2020 minor-league season... Hit .269/.383/.555 (32-119) with 10 doubles, eight home runs and 17 RBI vs. left-handed pitchers compared to .221/.277/.332 (66-298) with seven homers and 31 RBI vs. right-handers....Made 86 starts in left field, 10 at first base, 14 in right, one at third base and one at second....Made his first career Opening Day roster … did not play a game above the Class AAA level entering the season....Made his major-league debut as the starting left fielder on 4/2 at the Angels, going 0-3 with a walk and run scored... Was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for his first career RBI on 4/5 at Seattle … doubled Nick Margevicius on 4/6 at the Mariners for his first MLB hit... Started his first career game in left field in front of the "Green Monster" on 4/17 at Boston … did not have a putout or assist... Established a career-high with three hits on 4/29-2 vs. Detroit... Hit his first career home run on 5/12 vs. Minnesota, a two-run shot of J.A. Happ in the fourth... Hit a game-tying, pinch homer off Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning on 5/23 at the Yankees … became the first Sox pinch hitter with a game-tying homer in the ninth or later since Conor Gillaspie on 7/10/14 … hit a game-winning, two-run homer on 5/24 vs. St. Louis... Was placed on the injured list on 6/3 in compliance with MLB’s COVID-19 protocols and reinstated on 6/5... Hit a game-tying solo homer in the seventh and snapped a 1-1 tie with a sacrifice fly in the eighth on 6/8 vs. Toronto... Hit .329 (25-76) with six doubles, five homers, 11 RBI, 15 runs scored, six walks and a .974 OPS in 23 games from 6/15-7/11... Matched his career-high with three hits on 6/16 vs. Tampa Bay… snapped a 10-game homerless stretch on 6/19 at Houston... Recorded four straight multi-hit efforts from 6/29-7/2, going 8-13 (.615) with two homers, five RBI and six runs scored... Drove in three runs on 6/30 vs. Minnesota and matched his career-high with three hits on 7/9 at Baltimore … recorded his first career multi-homer game and drove in a career-high four runs on 7/11 at Baltimore... Compiled a season-high, eight-game hitting streak from 7/20-28, going 13-28 (.464) with four doubles, a homer and five RBI... His average was at .263 on 8/21 but hit .099/.179/.099 (7-71) with no home runs and six RBI over his final 20 games … was on the injured list from 9/10-22 with lower back inflammation... Went 2-5 (.400) in two games of the ALDS vs. Houston …started at DH in Game 2 at Minute Maid Park, going 1-4, and delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in Game 3 in Chicago... Preseason Baseball America Rankings: No. 1 prospect and Best Power Hitter in the White Sox system; No. 21 overall and No. 2 first base prospect in baseball... Preseason MLB.com Rankings: No. 1 prospect in the Sox system; No. 14 overall and No. 1 first base prospect in baseball.
2020
Spent the entire season at the Schaumburg training facility... Preseason Baseball America Rankings: No. 2 prospect in Sox system; No. 30 overall and No. 1 1B prospect in baseball... Preseason MLB.com Rankings: No. 2 prospect in the Sox system; No. 16 overall and No. 1 first base prospect in baseball.
2019
Combined to hit .278/.384/.449 (57-205) with 17 doubles, six home runs, 36 RBI and 33 runs scored over 55 games between the Arizona Rookie League White Sox, Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem in his first professional season...Reached base safely in 49 of 55 contests...Hit safely in each of his first five professional games (.500, 11-22)…made his professional debut with the AZL White Sox on 6/30 at the AZL Rangers (2-4)...Collected four hits, including his first homer, in his second game on 7/2 vs. the AZL Indians...Was promoted to Kannapolis on 7/4…reached base safely in 20 of his 23 games, including 13 straight from 7/11-24...Was promoted to Winston-Salem on 7/31, reaching base safely in each of his first nine games with the Dash…went 8-23 (.348) over his last six games of the season... Following the season, was named to the Team USA Premier 12 team, hitting .321/.367/.357 over eight games...Was recommended/signed by Sox scout Adam Virchis.
