Christian Franklin #27

Christian Franklin...Graduated from Rockhurst High School...Attended the University of Arkansas... Played three seasons at the University of Arkansas, hitting .288 with 27 doubles, four triples, 22 home runs and 99 RBI in 141 games.

2025

Was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs’ No. 25 prospect at the beginning of the season...Acquired by Washington from the Cubs at the Trade Deadline... Hit .272 with a .390 on-base percentage and a .427 slugging percentage in 117 games between Triple-A Rochester and Triple-A Iowa (CHC) in his fourth professional season... He walked 80 times, tied for the most in the International League and tied for fifth most in all of Triple-A baseball, while his .390 on-base percentage was good for ninth in the International League... Added 23 doubles, five triples, 12 home runs 64 RBI, 19 stolen bases and 77 runs scored between the two stops.

2024

Christian spent the entire 2024 season with Double-A Tennessee, batting .268 (93-for-347) with 15 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 38 RBI in 98 games...Finished third among all Cubs minor leaguers with 34 stolen bases, tied for eighth-most in the Southern League...Batted .303 (27-for-89) with three home runs and seven RBI in 24 games in June...In his last 15 games of the season from Aug. 8-25, batted .346 (18-for-52) with nine RBI and eight stolen bases...Tallied five multi-hit efforts in a seven-game span from Aug. 13-21, including two three-hit efforts Aug. 18 and 21...Spent time on the injured list from Aug. 26-end of season with a right hip strain.

2023

Split the 2023 season between the ACL Cubs (seven games), Single-A Myrtle Beach (11 games), High-A South Bend (76 games) and Tennessee (five games)…Batted a combined .254 (79-for-311) with 15 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, 56 RBI and 14 stolen bases...Set single-season career-best marks in games, runs (67), triples, home runs, RBI and OPS (.828)…Began the season with Myrtle Beach, appearing in 11 games before he was promoted to South Bend April 25...Hit safely in nine of 10 games with an at-bat from May 6-21, batting .353 (12f-ro-34) with one home run and seven RBI...Homered in three-straight games from July 22-25...Was promoted to Tennessee Sept. 12, where he spent the remainder of the season...Played in six games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the campaign, going 6-for-20 (.300).

2022

Missed the entire 2022 season due to a left knee injury.

Made his professional debut in 2021, batting .237 (18-for-76) with three doubles, one home run and eight RBI in 24 games with the ACL Cubs (four games) and Myrtle Beach (20 games)...Following the season, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 21 prospect.