Selected by the Tigers in the 19th round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Virginia Tech (signing scout: Matt Zmuda).
2023
Finished his first full big league season in 2023, playing in 118 games with the Tigers... Was on an Opening Day roster at the Major League level for the first time in his career... Hit a pinch-hit double on April 6 vs. Boston...each of his first three hits were doubles, becoming the first Tiger to have his first three hits go for extra bases since Renato Núñez in 2021... Launched his first home run of the season on April 12 at Toronto, a go-ahead, two-run shot in the seventh inning...was his first career go-ahead homer in the seventh inning-or-later... Had his first career walk-off home run in game one of the doubleheader on April 18 vs. Cleveland, a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning... On the injured list from April 29, retroactive to April 28, until June 8 with a right shoulder sprain... Recorded the first multi-homer game of his big league career on July 15 at Seattle, hitting a solo shot in the second inning and a three-run blast in the fifth... Over 37 games from June 9-July 24, he hit .303/.359/.521 with three doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 24 RBI... Recorded multiple hits in five straight games from Aug. 5-9, the longest streak of his career... Belted a pair of solo home runs on Aug. 12 at Boston, recording the second multi-homer game of his career...became the first Tiger to record a multi-homer game at Fenway Park since Jhonny Peralta on July 30, 2010... Posted a career-long, 13-game hitting streak from Aug. 4-18 (Game 1)...hit .438/.481/.813 with three doubles, five home runs and eight RBI during the streak... Hit a game-tying grand slam in the sixth inning on Aug. 23 vs. Chicago (NL)...was his first big league grand slam and his 20th homer of the season... Reached base safely in 24 consecutive games from Aug. 2-28...over the streak, he hit .381/.447/.750 with four doubles, nine home runs and 19 RBI...was the longest streak by a Tigers player since Jeimer Candelario had a 29-game streak from April 29-June 3, 2021... Named Tigers Player of the Month for August, hitting .347/.405/.653 with four doubles, nine home runs and 20 RBI in 28 games...among American League hitters in August, he ranked tied for second in home runs, while he was third in OPS (1.059), fifth in slugging percentage and seventh in batting average... Hit safely in 35-of-42 games from Aug. 4-Sept. 18, slashing .344/.397/.563 with six doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 28 RBI...over that span, he ranked second in the American League in batting average, while he was seventh in OPS (.959) and tied for eighth in RBI.
2022
Named the Tigers Minor League Player of the Year in 2022, hitting .313/.380/.645 with 27 doubles, one triple, 30 home runs and 75 RBI in 98 games between Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo...also saw his first big league action, playing in 31 games with the Tigers... Among all players in professional baseball with at least 120 games played, he ranked fourth in slugging percentage (.610), ISO (.310) and HR% (7.0%)... Selected Eastern League Player of the Month and Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for May, hitting .411/.471/.922 and leading the league in hits (37), runs (27), RBI (29), home runs (13), batting average, total bases (83), on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS...his 83 total bases and 13 home runs in May led Minor League Baseball... Named International League Player of the Week for the week ending August 7...hit .417/.500/.958 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and nine RBI in seven games... Made his Major League debut on Aug. 10 vs. Cleveland, starting at designated hitter and going 0x4... Recorded the first hit of his big league career on Aug. 13 at Chicago (AL) with a ninth inning single... Finished a triple shy of the cycle in the second game of the doubleheader on Aug. 15 at Cleveland, hitting his first Major League home run, a solo shot, and adding a double and three runs scored... became the third Tigers player since the start of 2000 to have three-plus runs scored in one of his first four career games (also, Brent Clevlen on Aug. 1, 2006 and Jake Rogers on July 31, 2019)... Reached base four times on Aug. 16 at Cleveland, going 2x3 with a home run, two RBI and two walks... became the fifth Tigers player since the start of 2000 to have two-plus homers in his first five career games, joining Akil Baddoo (2021), Eugenio Suarez (2014), Alex Avila (2009) and Brent Clevlen (2006)... Had a season-high three hits on August 28 at Texas, finishing the game 3x5 with two doubles and a RBI... Placed on the 10-day injured list on Sept. 29 with a left lumbar spine strain and missed the rest of the season.
