Has one son...Became an American citizen on 7/15/24...Was ranked by Baseball America and MLB.com as the No. 4 international prospect in 2017.
2025
Batted .256/.359/.508 (76-for-297) with 21 home runs, 57 RBI and 71 runs scored over 78 games with Class AAA Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre in the New York-AL organization and Class AAA Durham in the Tampa Bay system...Also appeared in 23 games with the Rays after being acquired from the Yankees on 7/31...Began the season at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre … hit his first home run on 4/6 at Syracuse … homered in back-to-back games on 4/15-16 at Durham...Homered five times in a six-game span from 5/1-10, including his first career multi-homer game on 5/1 at Syracuse … recorded a RBI in five straight games from 6/12-17 (nine total)...Was on the temporarily inactive list from 6/26-30 for the birth of his son, Emiliano...Hit for the cycle on 7/5 vs. Lehigh Valley, going 5-for-6 with a double, triple, two home runs, six RBI and four runs scored … recorded his second multi-homer effort of the season, including a season-long, 459-foot shot...Drew a career-high four walks on 7/10 vs. Buffalo and homered in three straight games from 7/18-20 at Worcester...Was traded to Tampa Bay on 7/31 with a player to be named later (OF Marshall Toole) in exchange for INF José Caballero...Played in eight games with Durham before being recalled on 8/11 … made his Rays debut that night vs. the Athletics, going 2-5 with a double and run scored...Connected on his first Major League home run on 8/29 at Washington, a solo shot off Mitchell Parker … hit his first career grand slam on 9/19 vs. Boston (off Chris Murphy)...Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 9/26 with left back inflammation and missed the final three games of the season...Was traded to the White Sox on 11/17 with INF Tanner Murray in exchange for RHPs Yoendrys Gómez and Steven Wilson...Played with Cardenales de Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .269 (18-for-78) with four doubles, one triple, two home runs and nine RBI over 18 games.
2024
In 40 games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hit .265/.346/.512 (43-for-162) with 33 R, eight doubles, one triple, 10 HR, 27 RBI, 16 BB and 5 SB...Appeared defensively in center field (13G/GS), right field (11G/GS) and left field (7G/GS)...Underwent surgery on his right elbow on 6/4...The surgery was performed by Dr. Christopher Ahmad at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
2023
Saw his first Major League action with the Yankees, batting .151 (14-for-93) with 6R, four doubles, 10RBI, 8BB, 2HP and 4SB in 27 games…appeared defensively in left field (27G/26GS)...Six of his 14 hits drove in a run....Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, batting .300/.373/.548 (91-for-303) with 53R, 17 doubles, two triples, 18HR, 64RBI, 32BB, 5HP, 3SF and 11SB in 81 combined games…appeared defensively at all three outfield positions (30G/30GS in LF, 25G/25GS in CF, 20G/20GS in RF)...Began the season with Double-A Somerset, hitting .291/.362/.545 (48-for-165) with 24R, 10 doubles, one triple, 10HR, 31RBI, 19BB and 7SB in 46 games before being promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 7/4...In 35 games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hit .312/.386/.551 (43-for-138) with 29R, seven doubles, one triple, 8HR, 33RBI, 13BB and 4SB...Was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 8/22…at the time of his call up, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 3 prospect in the Yankees organization and the No. 80 prospect in all of baseball…was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect in the Yankees system and the No. 77 prospect in all of baseball...Made his Major League debut on 8/22 vs. Washington and walked in his first plate appearance…recorded an outfield assist in the fourth inning…in addition to Harrison Bader and Aaron Judge each recording an outfield assist in the game, it marked the Yankees’ first game with three outfield assists since 7/15/07 at Tampa Bay (also three: Melky Cabrera-2 and Hideki Matsui-1)…it was the first time three different Yankees outfielders recorded an outfield assist since 6/19/87 at Boston (Ron Kittle/Mike Easler/Dave Winfield) and it marked the first time the Yankees had a left fielder (Pereira), centerfielder (Bader) and right fielder (Judge) record an outfield assist since 7/27/1980 at Kansas City (Lou Piniella/Ruppert Jones/Reggie Jackson)...Recorded his first career RBI on a fielder’s choice in the second inning on 8/23 vs. Washington...Picked up his first Major League hit with a double in the eighth inning on 8/24 vs. Washington...Was one of four Venezuela-born players to appear in the same starting lineup for the Yankees eight times over a span from 8/27-9/30 (also Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza and Gleyber Torres)…prior to this season, the Yankees had four Venezuela-born players in the same starting lineup just four times in franchise history (Cabrera, Marwin Gonzalez, Peraza and Torres each started in four games in September 2022)...Was one of four Yankees age 23-or-younger to start in six games over a nine-game stretch from 9/1-9 (also Jasson Domínguez, Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe)…marked the first time the Yankees had four players 23-or-younger start in the same game since 9/18/69 vs. Washington-AL (Ron Blomberg-21, Frank Tepedino-21, Thurman Munson-22 and Bobby Murcer-23)...Was one of six Yankees players age 24-or-younger to start from 9/2-3 (also Oswaldo Cabrera, Jasson Domínguez, Oswald Peraza, Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells)…it marked the first time the Yankees had six players age 24-or-younger start in the same game since 9/11/69 at Washington-AL and just the fifth and sixth such occurrences in the last 91 years (since 1933)…marked the first time since 9/18/32-G2 that the Yankees had six such position players start in the same game...Hit a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning on 9/2 at Houston…with Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza and Austin Wells all driving in a run as well, it marked just the 12th time since 1920 (when RBI became an official stat) that the Yankees had four players 24-or-younger record an RBI in the same game and just the second time in the last 68 years (since 1956)…John Ellis (21), Thurman Munson (23), Jerry Kenney (24) and Bobby Murcer (24) also did so on 6/21/70 at Boston (confirmed by Elias)...Stole two bases on 9/12-G2 at Boston...Did not appear in a game from 9/15-24 due to a hamstring injury…missed eight team games...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 3 prospect the No. 67 overall prospect in baseball.
2022
Combined with High-A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset to hit .277/.350/.469 (111-for-401) with 76R, 17 doubles, nine triples, 14HR, 32RBI and 43BB and 21SB in 102 games...Began the season with High-A Hudson Valley, batting .274/.354/.455 (79-for-288) with 55R, 13 doubles, six triples, 9HR, 43RBI, 34BB and 19SB in 73 games...Was promoted to Double-A Somerset on 7/13 and hit .283/.341/.504 (32-for-113) with 21R, four doubles, three triples, 5HR, 13RBI, 9BB and 2SB in 29 games...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 4 prospect.
2021
Combined with the FCL Yankees, Low-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley to hit .303/.398/.686 (57-for-188) with 47R, 10 doubles, one triple, 20HR, 57RBI, 28BB and 9SB in 49 games...Began the season with the FCL Yankees, going 3-for-8 (.375) with 3R, two doubles, 1HR, 3RBI and 3BB in three games...Was transferred to Low-A Tampa on 7/6 and batted .361/.446/.667 (26-for-72) with 17R, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 22RBI and 10BB in 19 games…was named the Low-A Southeast “Player of the Week” for 7/5-11 after hitting .500/.550/.944 (9-for-18) with 4R, one triple, 2HR, 9RBI and 2BB in four games...Was promoted to High-A Hudson Valley on 8/3 and hit .259 (28-for-108) with 27R, 2 doubles, 14HR, 32RBI and 15BB in 27 games...Following the season, was tabbed an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...Was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/19.
