Is a 2019 graduate of Lakeside School...Named the Gatorade Washington Player of the Year as a senior after hitting .540 with nine homers and 26 RBI...Notable alumni include co-founders of Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, as well as Adam West, who played the original Batman in the 1960s TV show...Selected to the All-League Academic Team and didn't receive a B since his sophomore year...Committed to play baseball at UCLA as a Physiological Sciences major...His first baseball memory is of being a young boy sitting in the upper deck on the first-base side at Safeco Field watching Ichiro Suzuki play right field...Before the 2019 draft, the Mariners, who knew Carroll had grown up idolizing Ichiro and his iconic swing, invited him to visit Safeco Field and made sure the two met...Carroll talked with Ichiro about hitting and took away an important lesson from his lifelong idol: "Be consistent in your routine...To this day, Carroll's phone screensaver is a photo with Ichiro from that 2019 meeting holding a tiny No. 51 jersey, Carroll's first jersey as a kid when he was about six years old...Drove with his mom, Pey-Lin, from Seattle to Scottsdale, arriving the day before the D-backs' 2020 Alternate Training Site opened...With "a lot of nervous energy" the day before camp started, Carroll and his mom went to Chaparral High School in Scottsdale and his mom threw him batting practice...After they were done and back at their car in the parking lot, they realized the gate was locked and were stuck…the D-backs ended up sending Luis Gonzalez, whose son Jacob graduated from Chaparral, over to get them out...Participated in the D-backs' Give Back Homeward Bound Shopping Spree in December 2023 and 2022, helping one of 25 teenagers with spending their $250…assisted in wrapping gifts after shopping and signed autographs...Also visited with over 20 boys and girls at Banner Children's Hospital at Thunderbird in Glendale in December 2022 with Drey Jameson.
2023
Agreed to terms on an eight-year contract through 2030 (beginning in 2023) with a club option for 2031...In his first full season, hit .285 (161-for-565)/.876 OPS with 30 doubles, 10 triples, 25 homers, 76 RBI, 57 walks and 54 stolen bases in 155 games...Ranked among MLB leaders in triples (2nd), stolen bases (3rd) and runs scored (7th)...Became just the fourth rookie in MLB history to reach 20+ homers and 40+ stolen bases and first since Mike Trout in 2012 (also: Tommie Agee, 1966 and Mitchell Page, 1977)...Produced a team-high 47 multi-hit games, which tied for ninth most in the NL (also: Ozzie Albies/ATL and Matt Olson/ATL)...Led the team in the regular season in AVG, OBP (.362), OPS, SLG (.506) [min. 90 games], hits, triples, runs (116) and stolen bases…also posted the second-most games played, homers, extra-base hits (65) and sac bunts (6)...His 54 stolen bases in a season were second most in D-backs' history, behind Tony Womack's 72 in 1999…doubled the club's previous rookie mark set by Chris Young (27) in 2007...Recorded a Major League-best four games with 2+ hits, 2+ stolen bases and 2+ runs, ahead of C.J. Abrams/WSH, Ronald Acuña Jr./ATL, Ji Hwan Bae/Pit and Trea Turner/PHI with three games...Was one of just four players in MLB to record 6+ games with 2+ hits and 2+ stolen bases (also: Esteury Ruiz/OAK 8, Ronald Acuña Jr./ATL 8, Bobby Witt Jr. 7)...Posted a career high 12-game hit streak from April 21-May 7, hitting .421 (16-for-38)/1.206 OPS with five doubles, one triple, one homer, three RBI and seven walks...Collected his first two-homer game in MLB along with a career-best 10 total bases and five RBI on June 9 at Detroit, while also slugging his first grand slam...Entered the season rated as MLB's No. 1 prospect by The Athletic and No. 2 by MLB Pipeline and Baseball America…made his first Opening Day roster...Earned All-MLB First Team honors along with teammate, Zac Gallen, after batting .285 (161-for-565)/.876 OPS with 30 doubles, 10 triples, 25 homers, 76 RBI, 57 walks and 54 stolen bases in 155 games...Voted the D-backs' Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year by the Arizona chapter of the BBWAA...Selected as the D-backs' winner of the 2023 Heart and Hustle Award by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association...Named NL Player of the Week after hitting .500 (11-for-22)/1.091 OPS with two doubles, one triple, three homers, eight RBI and nine runs in five games from June 5-11...Named NL Rookie of the Month for June after hitting .291 (30-for-103)/.979 OPS with seven doubles, two triples, eight homers, 22 RBI, 25 runs, six walks and eight stolen bases over 26 games…became the fifth D-back to win the award and the first since Chris Owings in April of 2014...Recipient of the Luis Gonzalez Award, given annually to the player who best exemplifies the talents, spirit and heart of the D-backs legend both on and off the field...Earned his first career All-Star selection in 2023 as a fan-elected starter and, at 22 years old, was the youngest player on either roster…was the lone rookie on the National League team...With Rangers' third baseman, Josh Jung, marked the second time ever where two rookies were named starters in the same year (also: 2008, Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto/ CHC)…also the first time both the NL and AL rosters featured a rookie in the starting lineup...Became the D-backs’ first Rookie to earn a fan-elected start, first Rookie position player to be named an All-Star and second Rookie overall, joining LHP Wade Miley (2012)...Became the D-backs’ sixth fan-elected starter, joining 2B Ketel Marte (2019), 1B Paul Goldschmidt (2014-15), CF Luis Gonzalez (2001), 2B Jay Bell (1999) and 3B Matt Williams (1999)...Became the second D-backs All-Star outfield starter along with Luis Gonzalez (2001) and the eighth outfielder (13 selections) overall...Started in left field at T-Mobile Park, the stadium which he grew up attending as a fan and Seattle native...Received 20 votes for fifth place in the 2023 National League MVP voting as a rookie with 165 total points.
POSTSEASON: Batted. 273 (18-for-66)/.364 OBP with one double, one triple, two homers, 10 RBI, none walks and 11 runs over 17 games…ranked among team leaders in runs (1st), singles (T-1st, 14), OBP (2nd), walks (2nd), stolen bases (2nd, 5) and hits (T-2nd)...At 23 years and 43 days old, became the youngest D-backs player to hit a homer in a Postseason game in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series at Milwaukee...Became the second-youngest rookie to bat first overall in World Series Game 1, behind Freddie Lindstrom (age 18) in 1924...With his two-run triple in Game 1 at Texas, became the youngest D-back to record a hit in the World Series at 23 years and 067 days…also became the first D-back to triple in a World Series game...Is the only D-back in Postseason history to reach base 4+ times in 2+ games...Reached base 12 times in his first four Postseason games, which ranks third in MLB history, behind Edgar Martinez (15/1995) and Frank Thomas (14/1993)...At 23 years and 64 days old, became the second-youngest player in Postseason history with 3+ hits and 2+ stolen bases in a game during Game 7 of the NLCS at Philadelphia, second to Ty Cobb (21-299 in Game 3 of 1908 WS)...Became the first player with a triple and two RBI in his first career World Series game since Curt Flood with the Cardinals in 1964...Tied Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (18) for third-most hits in a single Postseason in club history, behind Ketel Marte (24, 2023) and Steve Finley (19, 2001).
2022
Batted .260 (27-for-104) with nine doubles, two triples, four home runs and 14 RBI in 32 games with Arizona in his first Major League stint...Appeared in 25 games in left field, five in center, two in right and two at DH...Made his Major League debut on Aug. 29 vs. Phillies…collected his first hit in his third at-bat (double off Cristopher Sanchez)...Hit his first Major League home run on Sept. 7 @ Padres (off Yu Darvish)...Homered in back-to-back games on Sept. 7 @ Padres and Sept. 9 @ Rockies...Rated as MLB's No. 1 prospect by The Athletic and ESPN.com, No. 3 by MLB Pipeline and No. 5 by Baseball America at the time of his promotion.
2021
Limited to just seven games with High-A Hillsboro after suffering a season-ending right shoulder injury on May 10 @ Eugene while hitting a go-ahead, two-run home run…underwent surgery to repair tears in the labrum and posterior capsule in his right shoulder (performed by Dr. Gary Waslewski)...Hit safely in six of seven games, batting .435 (10-for-23) with one double, two triples, two homers and five RBI with the Hops...Entered the season ranked as the D-backs' No. 1 prospect by both Baseball America (42nd overall) and MLB Pipeline (47th).
