A.J. Vukovich #33

Selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round in the 2020 draft out of East Troy High School...Was drafted as a third baseman but transitioned more to the outfield beginning in 2023...Committed to play baseball at the University of Louisville before getting drafted by the D-backs in 2020...Was a basketball standout at East Troy High School (Wis.)…as a senior, he topped 2,000 career points, becoming the 38th Wisconsin high school boys basketball players to reach the feat...was a finalist for Wisconsin’s Mr. Basketball award.

2024

Spent majority of the season with Double-A Amarillo, hitting .270 (123-for-456)/.800 OPS with 29 doubles, three triples, 17 homers and 80 RBI in 121 games...Promoted to Triple-A Reno in early September and hit .273 (3-for-11) in four games, including his first multi-hit effort on Sept. 13 @ Sugar Land...Earned his second career Texas League Player-of-the-Week honors after hitting .409 (9-for-22)/1.322 OPS with two doubles, one triple, two homers and six RBI in five games (Aug. 20-24), including four multi-hit games...Started 63 games in left field, 36 in center, 18 in right and seven at DH.

2023

Hit .263 (120-for-456) with 19 doubles, 5 triples, 24 home runs, 96 RBI, 46 walks and 20 stolen bases over 115 games with Double-A Amarillo...Played 60 games in center field, 26 games in left field, 15 games at third base, seven games at first, five games in right field and four games as designated hitter...Batted .271 (102-for-376)/.342 OBP/.511 SLG with 21 homers and 82 RBI off righties...Collected his first career three-homer game on July 3 vs. Tulsa with 7 RBI...Was named Texas League Player of the Week (Sept. 5-10) after hitting .429 (9-for-21) with two home runs and nine RBI.

2022

In 2022, hit .276 (129-for-468) with 26 doubles, 2 triples, 17 home runs, 78 RBI and 36 stolen bases between High-A Hillsboro and Double-A Amarillo...In 2022, had 5 hitting streaks of 8+ games between the Hops and the Sod Poodles.