C.J. Stubbs #2

Was a two-year letter-winner at Torry Pines High School (San Diego, Calif.), graduating in 2015...Was All-Palomar League his junior and senior seasons and was the Palomar League Pitcher of the Year in 2015...Played collegiately at the University of Southern California for four seasons (2016-19)...Batted .272 (56x206) with six homers, 35 RBI and an .809 OPS in his four years with USC...Worked mostly as a pitcher in his freshman and sophomore seasons, going 4-6 with a 4.57 ERA (54ER/106.1IP) in 26 games (18 starts)...Selected by Houston in the 10th round of the 2019 MLB Draft...Signed by Astros scout Tim Costic...CJ is the younger brother of former Astros catcher Garrett Stubbs, who played in three seasons for Houston (2019-21)...The Astros traded Garrett to the Phillies in November of 2021...Garrett spent the entire 2022-23 seasons on the Phillies active roster...Made a spot start at catcher for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic after his brother Garrett was sidelined with knee soreness…C.J. got the call that he would be spelling Garrett the day of Team Israel’s pool-play game against Team Dominican Republic on March 14, 2023 at loanDepot Park in Miami…C.J. Made the approximately 90-minute drive from the Astros Spring Training facility in West Palm Beach, Fla. to loanDepot Park and started that night, catching all 7.0 innings of the game...He was also available as a reserve for Team Israel's next game vs. Team Venezuela featuring Astros star Jose Altuve...Received his second career Major League Spring Training invite in 2024...Is signed to a one-year contract through the 2024 season.

2023

Spent all but one game of the 2023 season with Double-A Corpus Christi, batting .203 (65x320) with 17 doubles, 14 home runs, 33 RBI and a career-high 15 stolen bases...Appeared in one game with Triple-A Sugar Land, going 3x4 with a double and a run scored on July 30 at Las Vegas, which was also his Triple-A debut.

2022

In 2022, he split the season between High A Asheville (42g) and Double A Corpus Christi (41g)... batted .214 (58x271) with 51 runs, seven doubles, two triples, 21 home runs, 52 RBI and a .822 OPS in 83 games.

2021

In his first full season in 2021, he appeared in games with High A Asheville (67g) and Double A Corpus Christi (24g)...recorded a .220 batting average (74x337) with 50 runs, 18 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 45 RBI.

2020

Did not appear in a game in 2020 due to the pandemic-shortened season.

2019

After being selected in the 2019 First Year Player MLB Draft, he appeared in 55 games between Rookie level Tri City (39g) and Low A Quad Cities, he batted .249 (46x185) with 25 runs, 10 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and a .799 OPS.