Married his wife, Klaire, in December 2024...Older brother, Dexter, played four Minor League seasons in the Royals and Mariners organizations from 2014-17, reaching as high as Triple-A...His family dog, Oreo, went viral on the night he was selected in the 2020 draft...His favorite player growing up was Derek Jeter...Hit .448/.513/.791 (30-for-67) with five doubles, six home runs, 19 runs and 20 RBI in 16 games during his junior season at Arkansas in 2020, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Ranked as the No. 10 overall draft prospect by MLB Pipeline and the No. 13 prospect by Baseball America...As a sophomore in 2019, helped lead Arkansas to their second straight College World Series...As a true freshman in 2018, was named the SEC Freshman of the Year, along with being named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and the All-SEC Second Team, helping lead Arkansas to the College World Series...His 14 home runs set an Arkansas freshman single-season record, while his 87 hits tied the freshman single-season record...Graduated from Canyon Randall (Texas) High School...Selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 36th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign.
2025
Hit .192/.240/.327 (30-for-156) with five doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 runs, 19 RBI, six walks, four hit-by-pitches and one steal in 54 games…Appeared at left field (29 G), right field (24 G), and designated hitter (one G)...On Opening Day, 3/27 at TOR, recorded his first career outfield assist...From 4/16-18, recorded multiple RBI in a career-best three straight games, joining Tyler O'Neill (three G, 7/26-29 [G1]) as the only Orioles to accomplish the feat in 2025...On 6/4 at SEA, his go-ahead triple was the first by an Oriole when trailing in the seventh inning or later since Gunnar Henderson (9/14/22 at WSH)...On 6/10, was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk and hit .149 (15-for-101) with two doubles, one triple, two home runs, seven runs, six RBI and 10 walks in 27 games with the Tides...On 7/29, was placed on the seven-day Injured List and missed the remainder of the season.
2024
Began the season with Triple-A Norfolk after being optioned to Minor League camp during Spring Training on March 22; recalled twice (April 23 and June 24)...Optioned twice in season (May 13 and Aug. 1)...Placed on the seven-day concussion injured list after being hit in the head with a pitch by New York-AL's Clay Holmes on July 13...Reinstated on July 20; placed on the 10-day injured list with a concussion on Aug. 7, retroactive to Aug. 1...Began a rehab assignment with High-A Aberdeen on Sept. 7 and had it transferred to Double-A Bowie on Sept. 10; reinstated on Sept. 15...Batted .253/.351/.394 (25-for-99) with two doubles, four homers, eight runs scored, 14 RBI, 10 walks (two IBB), five hit-by-pitches and one stolen base in 39 MLB games...Hit his first career grand slam, a go-ahead blast with two outs in the fifth inning off Michael Lorenzen, while driving in a career-best four runs on June 29 vs. Texas...Tallied his first career three-hit game on Sept. 21 vs. Detroit...Slashed .300/.397/.601 (64-for-213) with 14 doubles, one triple, 16 home runs, 49 runs scored, 58 RBI, 32 walks, six hit-by-pitches and two stolen bases in 56 games with the Tides...Named the International League Player of the Week on April 8; batted .444/.531/1.222 (12-for-27) with three doubles, six homers, nine runs scored, 21 RBI and five walks in six games from April 2-7...Led all Minor Leaguers in slugging, OPS (1.753), extra-base hits (nine), total bases (33), RBI and hits (tied for first) during that time.
2023
Had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk on 9/14 and made his MLB debut later that night vs. TB...Collected his first career hit, a solo home run, on 9/15 vs. TB. Became the 11th player in O’s history to homer for his first career hit and first since Gunnar Henderson (8/31/22 at CLE)...Slugged his second career homer on 9/19 at HOU. Became the sixth rookie in team history (since 1954) with two-or-more homers in his first five career games, joining Chance Sisco (2, 2017), Trey Mancini (3, 2016), Manny Machado (3, 2012), Andrés Mora (2, 1976) and Curt Belfary (3, 1965)...Each of his first five career hits registered an exit velocity of at least 94 mph. Three of his first seven career knocks went for extra bases...Slashed .303/.376/.528 (145-for-479) with 29 doubles, eight triples, 21 homers, 87 runs, 55 RBI, 42 walks, 16 hit-by-pitches and five stolen bases in 122 games between Norfolk and Double-A Bowie. Appeared in LF (16 G), RF (49 G) and 1B (38 G) between the two levels...Selected to the 2023 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on 7/8 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Started in right field, batting sixth and went 1-for-2 with a single...Named a Baseball America Minor League All-Star and MiLB.com Organization All-Star...Made his first career postseason roster but did not appear in any games. Became the first Orioles rookie outfielder on a postseason roster since 2016 (Hyun Soo Kim)...Enters the 2024 season ranked as the No. 5 O’s prospect and No. 32 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline and the No. 5 O's prospect and No. 41 overall prospect by Baseball America.
2022
Made his professional debut with Low-A Delmarva on 6/10 vs. Fayetteville...Hit his first professional home run on 6/24 vs. Lynchburg...In 22 games with Delmarva, slashed .463/.551/.650 (37-for-80) with nine doubles, two home runs, 17 runs scored, 17 RBI and 13 walks with a 1.201 OPS...From 6/10-7/10, led the Carolina League in average, on-base percentage, slugging, and OPS; ranked tied for first in doubles, second in hits and fourth in total bases (52)...Named the Orioles Minor League Player of the Month for June after hitting .429/.500/.589 (24-for-56) with six doubles, one home run, 11 runs scored, 11 RBI, six walks and 1.089 OPS in 15 games with the Shorebirds...Promoted to High-A Aberdeen on 7/13, where he spent the remainder of the season...Slashed .233/.312/.362 (38-for-163) with eight doubles, two triples, three home runs, 28 runs scored, 20 RBI and 16 walks in 43 games with the IronBirds...Combined to slash .309/.394/.457 (75-for-243) with 17 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 45 runs scored, 37 RBI, 29 walks and an .851 OPS in 65 games between Delmarva and Aberdeen in his first professional season; named an Organization AllStar by MiLB.com...Following the season, played for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League; named an AFL Rising Star and AFL Most Valuable Player after hitting .357/.385/.622 (35-for-98) with nine doubles, one triple, five home runs, 13 runs scored, 17 RBI and a 1.007 OPS in 22 games and pacing the AFL in hits, doubles, extra-base hits (15), and total bases (61)...Enters the 2023 season ranked as the No. 6 Orioles prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 12 by Baseball America; ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 80 overall prospect.
2021
Did not play during the regular season (myocarditis)...Participated in the team's Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla...Ranked as the No. 6 Orioles prospect, according to Baseball America.
2020
Did not play during the regular season, because of the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Ranked as the No. 4 Orioles prospect and the No. 86 overall prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America’s Mid-Season update.
