Played for Venezuela in the 2017 Pan-America Baseball Confederation (COPABE) U-14 Pan American Championship in Mexico...Born in Valencia, the same city that produced Félix Hernández, César Hernández, Edward Mujica, David Peralta and Salvador Perez...Resides in Valencia, Venezuela.
2024
Spent the entire season at Double-A Springfield and set career highs in batting average (.263), on-base percentage (.349), games (123), runs scored (61), stolen bases (27), walks (46) and hit by pitches, while matching career bests in hits (104)...Ranked among Cardinals Minor Leaguers in games played (123, fifth), hits (104, 11th), stolen bases (27, seventh) and sacrifices (6, T-1st)...Finished tied for second among all Minor League shortstops in games played (123) and third in defensive innings (1036.2), both most in Double-A...At age 21, began the season tied for the 6th-youngest player in the Texas League on Opening Day...Began the season slashing .322/.413/.375 (49-for-152) with a .788 OPS in his first 48 games until June 5...Hit .320 (33-for-103) off left-handers and .243 (71-for-168) off right-handed pitching...Recorded a .706 OPS in 64 games on the road vs. a .583 OPS in 62 home games...Had the most success in Springfield's lineup either leading off (.291/.408/.326) in 77 games or batting ninth in 69 games (.288/.366/.354)...Aggressive hitter combined to bat .372 (48-for-129) on the first two pitches of his at-bats (0-0, 0-1, 1-0)...Compiled 28 multi-hit games, including five three-hit efforts...Enjoyed season-best 10-game hitting streak (.457, 16-for-35) from May 24-June 5...Ended regular season batting .217/.296/.261 (55-for-253) with .557 OPS in final 78 games...Was hitless (0-for-10) in three games in the Texas League Postseason.
2023
Spent the entire season at High-A Peoria and set career highs in doubles (18), home runs (3), RBI (39), walks (45), stolen bases (22), sacrifice hits (two) and sacrifice flies (five)...Ranked eighth among Cardinals Minor Leaguers with 22 stolen bases...Drew a career-high three walks on 4/28 at South Bend, going 1-for-2 with an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases...Notched three consecutive mutli-hit games from 5/16-18 when he went a combined 7-for-12 (.583) with three doubles, four RBI, four runs scored, a stolen base, a .615 on-base percentage and 1.448 OPS...Went 1-for-5 with a walk in two games of Peoria's best-of-three postseason series vs. Cedar Rapids...Played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, going 17-for-74 (.230) with a double, triple, home run, seven RBI, 13 runs scored and three stolen bases across 21 games.
2022
Spent the entire season with Palm Beach (A) and led the Florida State League with 117 games played...His 117 games played at Palm Beach were the third-most at any level by a Cardinals player behind Luken Baker (124, Memphis-AAA) and Jordan Walker (119, Springfield-AA)...Ranked among Florida State League leaders in hits (104, T-4th), at-bats (425, third) and sacrifice flies (four, T5th)...Led Palm Beach (A) in runs (47), hits (104), doubles (16) and RBI (37)...Ran off a career-high 10-game hitting streak (7/14-28), batting .333 (14-42) during the stretch...Scored in five straight games (7/1-6).
2021
Played all 165 career games as shortstop and appeared at second base in one game for three innings in the 2021 Florida Complex League.
