Tommy Sacco Jr. #4

Last name is pronounced "SACK-oh"...Was a four-year letter-winner at Perry High School (Gilbert, Ariz.), graduating in 2017...was an All-State Honorable Mention his senior season, also being named to the 6A Arizona South All-Star team...Began his collegiate career with two years at Yavapai College (Prescott, Ariz.)...as a sophomore, was named to the All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference First Team and the All-National Junior College Athletic Association Region I First Team...Transferred into TCU for the 2020 season, making starts in all 15 of the team's games and batting .304 with a .437 on-base percentage in the pandemic-shortened season...punctuated his collegiate career by earning First-Team All-Big 12 honors while also being named to the NCAA College Station All- Regional Team as a senior in 2022...started in all 60 of the Horned Frogs games his senior year and led the team in average (.355), doubles (23), home runs (14) and RBI (58)…his 23 doubles were third-most in a single season in TCU history...While at TCU, Tommy took part in the 2021 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Daikin Park, which is now named the Astros Foundation College Classic...the Horned Frogs went 2-1 in that year's tournament, with Tommy starting in all three games...Drafted by Houston in the 14th round of the June 2022 draft...signed by Astros scout Jim Stevenson...Received his first career promotion to Triple A in late August of 2024, just in time to help fuel the Space Cowboys' run to a Triple A National Championship... went 2x5 with a run scored and an RBI in the Triple A National Championship game vs. Omaha and batted a combined .304 (4-for-13) with three runs scored, two doubles and three RBI throughout Sugar Land's postseason run...Tommy is ranked as the "Best Defensive Infielder" in the Astros Minor League system headed into the 2025 season, per Baseball America...The 2025 season is his first at Major League Spring Training...is currently signed to a Minor League contract for the 2025 campaign.

2024

Spent his 2024 season at the Double-A and Triple-A levels, appearing in 102 games with Corpus Christi before finishing the year by appearing in 22 games with Sugar Land...batted a combined .248 (114-for-460) with 58 runs scored, 21 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 41 RBI, 19 stolen bases and a .722 OPS...his 124 combined games played on the year ranked second among Astros minor leaguers, behind only Jesús Bastidas...led Corpus Christi in hits (95) and runs scored (49) and tied for the team lead with 10 home runs.