His brother, Luis, has played over 500 Major League games with the Brewers, Padres, Athletics, Mariners and Red Sox. Also played for Mexico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic...Has a dog named Choco...Favorite food is tacos, especially with seafood...Fellow Mexican countryman Vinny Castilla was his favorite player growing up...Enjoys traveling to Cancún, Mexico and through Arizona in the off-season...If he wasn't playing baseball, he would like to be an architect...Resides in Tucson, Ariz. with his wife, Andrea.
2025
Began the season on the Orioles' Opening Day roster for the 5th consecutive season...Appeared in 77 games and was traded at the deadline (7/31) to the Houston Astros for RHP Twine Palmer and cash considerations...Missed eight games on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring from May 3-13...Finished the season with the Astros, playing in 35 games with 25 at second base and 10 at third base...Ran off a career-high 11-game hitting streak (5/17-28), recording a .310 BA (13-for-42) with three doubles and six RBI. THE RIGHT STUFF: Hit left-handers at a .262 (28-for-107, 4 HR), while showing more power against right-handers batting .233 (57-for-245, 7 HR) with three more home runs and seven more doubles...Hammered three of his 11 home runs in two-strike counts. RISING UP: Batted .381 (16-for-42) with a home run while batting in the top three slots in the lineup including .382 (13-for-34, HR) in the No. 2 position...Cracked a pair of home runs, his second career multi-HR game, vs. TOR (7/29) coming off Lazaro Estrada (sixth) and Chad Green (seventh) in consecutive innings.
2024
Appeared on his fourth consecutive Opening Day roster, all with the Orioles; placed on the 10-day Injured List with a right ankle sprain on Sept. 1; began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Sept. 19; reinstated on Sept. 22...Slashed .254/.322/.423 (69-for-272) with nine doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 39 runs scored, 37 RBI, 23 walks, five hit-by-pitches and one stolen base in 100 games...Homered twice in four games (11 PA) from May 29 to June 3; had one homer in his first 25 games (17 GS) in 2024 and had one home run in his previous 237 plate appearances from July 16, 2023 to May 27, 2024...Hit his third home run of the season on his 30th birthday on June 3 at Toronto after entering on defense in the seventh inning, becoming the 22nd Oriole (26th occurrence) to homer on their birthday (last: Matt Wieters, 5/21/16 at LAA)...Collected a career-high five RBI and matched a career high with four total times on base (2-1B, HR, BB) on Aug. 16 vs. Boston; became the fourth Oriole (fifth occurrence) with a 5+-RBI game last season...Drove in two runs on Aug. 28 at Los Angeles-NL in his 11th multi-hit effort of the season, becoming the third Oriole in 2024 with three consecutive multi-RBI games (8/25-28), joining Ryan Mountcastle (7/26-29 [G1]) and Colton Cowser (4/9-11)...Hit five homers in Aug., tying his single-month career high (July 2022); four of the five home runs were go-ahead or game-tying in the fifth inning or later...His 11 runs in the month of Aug. were his most since May 2022 (15)...Produced a .819 OPS with two doubles, one triple and seven homers across 44 games after the All-Star break compared to a .681 OPS with seven doubles, one triple and four homers in 56 games prior to the break...Batted .298 (34-for-114) with an .857 OPS with runners on base while hitting .222 (35-for-158) with a .664 OPS with the bases empty...Slashed .295/.337/.500 (23-for-78) with four doubles, four homers, 13 RBI and three walks against lefties compared to .237/.317/.392 (46-for-194) versus righties; for his career, he has hit .269 (239-for-889) with a .747 OPS against righties versus a .247 batting average (107-for-433) with a .714 OPS against left-handed pitchers...Made his second career Postseason roster and appeared in both games of the 2024 ALWCS vs. KC; went 2-for-7 with a double and a strikeout.
2023
Appeared on his third consecutive Opening Day roster, all with the Orioles. Placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on 5/9. Began a rehab assignment with High-A Aberdeen on 5/24. Reinstated from the IL on 5/26...Slashed .264/.328/.375 (95-for-360) with 22 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 45 runs scored, 42 RBI, 27 walks, eight hit-by-pitches and three stolen bases in 116 games (96 GS). Set career highs in doubles, triples, hit-by-pitches and steals...Delivered a pinch-hit two-run single in the eighth inning on 5/4 at KC. Later hit a two-run ground rule double in the ninth. Set a career-high with four RBI becoming the first Oriole with four RBI off the bench since Pedro Álvarez on 4/6/18 at NYY and the first to do so in a nine-inning game since Steve Clevenger on 9/11/15 vs. KC...Hit a 109.2 mph home run on 6/21 at TB, the hardest-hit homer of his career per Statcast...Tripled in consecutive games from 8/8-10, the first Oriole to do so since Jonathan Villar from 8/5-6/19...Appeared in his 300th career game on 8/20 at OAK. His 328 games played are third-most among active Mexico-born players behind his brother, SEA's Luis (445) and TOR's Alejandro Kirk (331)...Hit in a season-high seven straight games from 8/29-9/9...His 18 defensive runs saved rank second-most on the O's behind Adley Rutschman's 20 since the start of 2022 per Sports Info Solutions...Made his postseason debut in Game 1 of the ALDS vs. TEX going 1-for-2. Did not appear again in the series.
2022
Appeared on his second straight Opening Day roster; placed on the Injured List with a left oblique strain on 6/10, began a rehab assignment with Double-A Bowie on 7/2, and reinstated on 7/4; placed on the Injured List with a right knee sprain on 9/28, ending his season...Set career highs in games (118), at-bats (403), hits (100), doubles (17), home runs (16), runs scored (50), RBI (51) and walks (30); had 16 career doubles, eight career homers, 36 career runs, 41 career RBI and 30 career walks entering the season...Won his first career Rawlings Gold Glove at third base, the first O's fielder to win one since Manny Machado (3B) in 2015; is the third O's third baseman to earn the honor, joining Machado (2x) and Brooks Robinson (16x); became the fourth Mexican-born player to win a Gold Glove, joining Fernando Valenzuela (P, LAD) in 1986, Aurelio Rodriguez (3B, DET) in 1976, and Ruben Amaro, Sr. (SS, PHI) in 1964...Led AL third basemen with 14 Defensive Runs Saved, per Sports Info Solutions, and with a 10.9 Ultimate Zone Rating, per FanGraphs; his DRS was the best in a single season by an O’s third baseman since Manny Machado’s 18 in 2015 while his UZR was the best by an Orioles defender since J.J. Hardy’s 11.4 in 2014 and the best by a Baltimore third baseman since Machado’s 20.8 in 2013...Tied for the AL lead among third basemen with seven Outs Above Average, per Statcast, since tracking began in 2016, his OAA is tied for the most by an O's third baseman with Manny Machado in 2016...Finished fourth on the O's with 2.6 fWAR, per FanGraphs...Tied for the team lead with 11 game-winning RBI with Anthony Santander, the most by an Oriole since Adam Jones and Jonathan Schoop both tallied 13 GW RBI in 2017...Slashed .272/.328/.467 (49-for-180) with nine doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 23 runs, 23 RBI, 14 walks, two hit-by-pitches and one stolen base in 53 road games compared to .229/.287/.372 (51-for-223) with eight doubles, eight homers, 27 runs, 28 RBI, 16 walks, and three hit-by-pitches in 65 home games...Hit 12 of his 16 home runs against right-handed pitching...Batted .329/.380/.575 (24-for-73) with three doubles, five home runs, 11 runs, 18 RBI and six walks in 22 July games; the 18 RBI are his most in any month of his career...Delivered a walk-off walk against Aroldis Chapman in the 11th inning on 4/15 vs. NYY, his third career walk-off plate appearance, joining 7/25/21 vs. WSH (fielder's choice off of Brad Hand) and 4/13/21 (G2) vs. SEA (RBI single off of Casey Sadler)...Tallied his first career multi-homer game on 7/15 at TB...Hit a two-run home run off of Colin Poche in the eighth inning on 7/26 vs. TB, his first career go-ahead homer in the eighth inning-or-later...Stole his second career base on 8/2 at TEX...Slugged a three-run homer off of Yusei Kikuchi on 8/8 vs. TOR, his first career first-inning home run...Hit a two-run home run off of Cristian Javier in the sixth inning on 8/26 at HOU in a 2-0 win...Knocked a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning on 9/18 at TOR; later scored the go-ahead run on Adley Rutschman's single...Set a career-high with three walks on 9/21 vs. DET...Hit his first career triple in the second inning on 9/27 at BOS; finished a double shy of the cycle before exiting the game with right knee discomfort, which later landed him on the Injured List and ended his season...Appeared in his 200th career game on 9/7 vs. TOR; is one of 52 Mexican-born players with 200+ MLB games; he and his brother, Luis, are the second brothers born in Mexico to play in at least 200 MLB games, joining Vicente and Enrique Romo...Went 0-for-7 with a walk in two rehab games with Double-A Bowie.
2021
His .361 OBP led American League rookies and ranked fourth among Major League rookies; he became the ninth O’s rookie (since 1954) to record a season with an OBP of .360-or-higher (min. 295 PA), and the first since Hyun Soo Kim in 2016 (.382)...Had the third-highest fWAR among O’s hitters (1.6), behind only Cedric Mullins (5.3) and Austin Hays (2.4); his 1.6 fWAR also ranked sixth among AL rookies...Slashed .288/.371/.420 (59-for-205) with 16 multi-hit efforts in 60 games after being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on 6/27, compared to .246/.328/.386 (14-for-57) in 25 games prior; his .371 OBP from 6/27 on led AL rookies and ranked second among MLB rookies during that span (min. 200 PA)...Hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games and reached base safely in all 13; slashed .316/.409/.368 (12-for-38) with two doubles, six walks, four runs, and four RBI in this span...Recorded a career-high-tying five-game RBI streak from 8/21-26 (also: 5/15-6/29)...Recorded six extra-base hits (2 HR, 4-2B) in a five-game span from 8/19-24, his most in any five-game span in his career...Recorded three-straight multi-hit games two different times, from 7/3-6 and 8/21-24; tied for the second-longest streak by an O’s batter in 2021; had never recorded multiple hits in consecutive games prior to 2021...Stole his first career base in his 54th career game on 7/23 vs. WSH; has 45 career stolen bases in 674 minor league games...Caught the final out, a line out to shortstop, of John Means’ no-hitter on 5/5 at SEA...Placed on the 10-day Injured List (right adductor strain) on 9/22, ending his season...Made his first career Opening Day roster.
2020
Made his Major League debut on 8/20 vs. BOS, entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning (struck out)...Recorded his first career hit, a single on the first pitch he saw from LHP Martín Pérez in his first at-bat in the third inning on 8/22 vs. BOS...Made his first career start (2B) on 8/22 vs. BOS; made his first career start at SS on 9/22 at BOS...Collected a career-high three hits on 9/24 at BOS...Hit safely in a career-high five-straight games to close out the season, hitting .400 (8-for-20) during this stretch...Recorded his first Major League home run on 9/25 at TOR; a solo homer off RHP Shun Yamaguchi in the fifth inning...Recorded his first career double, run scored, and RBI (collecting two of each) on 9/24 at BOS...Made four starts at shortstop (five games) and two starts at second base (four games)...Recalled from the Alternate Training Site to serve as the 29th man on 9/4...Had three different stints with the Orioles.
2019
Split the season between Class A-Advanced Palm Beach, Double-A Springfield, and Triple-A Memphis, hitting a combined .262/.362/.419 (90-for-344) with 10 home runs and 55 RBI in 103 total games... Ranked tied for seventh among Cardinals minor leaguers in doubles (24) and 10th in RBI... Placed on the 7-day injured list with a fractured cheekbone on 6/8; suffered the injury between innings on 6/8 at Reno while taking a throw down to second base before the bottom of the second inning... Reinstated from the injured list on 7/8, and played in six games for Palm Beach and two games for Springfield before returning to Memphis... Recorded his first career multi-home run game in minor league baseball on 8/5 vs. El Paso, homering twice... Recorded a season-high four hits and four RBI in the game on 8/9 at Sacramento.
2018
Infielder played in 90 games between Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA) starting games at second base (47), third base (13), shortstop (7) and first base (7)...Batted .300 with 13 HR, 44 RBI and 28 doubles...Ran off a 14-game hitting streak (7/1-15), batting .375 (2156) during the streak...Ranked 3rd among Cardinals minor leaguers hitting 28 doubles...Appeared in five Pacific Coast League playoff games and the Triple-A National Championship...Played for Caneros de los Mochis in the Mexican Pacific League in the off-season batting .318 with 10 HR, 34 RBI, 34 walks, a .432 on-base perceantage in 50 games...Led the Mexican Pacific League in on-base perecentage (.432) and ranked among the league leaders in batting (.318, 6th), home runs (10, T-5th), walks (34, T-4th), slugging (.542, 3rd) and HR/AB (17.30, 3rd)...Hit three home runs with seven RBI vs. Obregón (11/28) including a 1st inning grand slam (homered in 3rd & 6th too) and scored four runs.
2017
Played in 106 games for Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League...Named a Mexican League All-Star at second base...Led the Mexican League in runs scored (91) and hit by pitches (25), ranked tied for second in extra-base hits (51), fourth in slugging percentage (.577), tied for fourth in total bases (224), and fifth in on-base percentage (.433)...Recorded a 32-game on-base streak from 5/12-6/21; tied for the sixth longest in the Mexican League...Recorded four multi-home run games on the season, including a career-high three home run game on 5/13 vs. Aguascalientes.
2016
Appeared in 43 games for Diablos Rojos del México, batting .301/.418/.382 (41-for-136) with 42 runs scored...Recorded a 27-game on-base streak from 4/29-5/29, with a .446 on-base percentage during this stretch.
