Single...Attended Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, majoring in kinesiology … went 17-8 with a 3.03 ERA (75 ER/223.0 IP) and 284 strikeouts (11.5 per 9.0 IP) in 35 games (34 starts) over three seasons with the Mustangs...Was a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and Golden Spikes Award as a junior in 2022 after going 10-1 with a 2.32 ERA (27 ER/104.2 IP) and a school-record 149 strikeouts over 15 starts … became the first pitcher in school history to be named Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year...Made two starts for Yarmouth-Dennis of the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2021...Graduated in 2019 from Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah … led Desert Hills to the 4A State title as a senior, batting .390 as a shortstop and going 7-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 67 strikeouts on the mound.
2024
Split his first season in the organization between Class AA Birmingham and the White Sox … was acquired from San Diego on 3/13 with RHPs Jairo Iriarte and Steven Wilson and OF Samuel Zavala in exchange for RHP Dylan Cease...Limited the opposition to a .212 (35-for-165) average … averaged 4.26 walks (21 BB/44.1 IP), 5.08 strikeouts (25 SO) and 1.62 home runs (8 HR) per 9.0 IP...Made five quality starts and threw 6.0-plus IP five times … averaged 80.1 pitches per start … opponents were successful on all nine stolen-base attempts...His contract was selected from Birmingham on 6/11 and made his MLB debut that night at Seattle … received a no decision, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts over 5.0 IP (98 pitches) … struck out Julio Rodríguez in the first inning for the first of his career … became the third Sox pitcher this season to allow two or fewer runs on three or fewer hits over 5.0-plus IP in his MLB debut, joining RHPs Nick Nastrini and Jonathan Cannon...Suffered his first career loss on 6/16 at Arizona, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on six hits and five walks over 3.1 IP...Went 3-0 with a 1.48 ERA (5 ER/30.1 IP), 0.76 WHIP and .127 (13-for-102) opponents average over his next five starts … became the first pitcher in White Sox history to allow two runs or less on three hits or fewer over 6.0-plus IP in five consecutive starts … also became the first Sox rookie since Carlos Rodón in 2015 to make five straight quality starts...Earned his first career victory on 6/22 at Detroit, limiting the Tigers to two hits over 6.0 scoreless IP … won his home debut on 6/28 vs. Colorado, allowing two runs on two hits over 6.0 IP … carried a one-hit shutout into the sixth inning and retired 16 straight batters in one stretch, the longest streak by a Sox rookie since Zach Stewart (21) on 9/5-2/11 at Minnesota Recorded his third straight win on 7/5 at Miami, giving up one run on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts over a career-high 6.1 IP...Posted a ND on 7/10-2 vs. Minnesota despite allowing two runs on three hits over 6.0 IP … carried a one-hit shutout into the sixth before giving up a two-run homer to Brooks Lee, his college teammate at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo...Threw 6.0 scoreless IP in his first start of the second half on 7/21 at Kansas City, allowing just three hits with two walks and five strikeouts … left with a 1-0 lead but received a ND when the Royals rallied for a 4-1 victory...Was placed on the 15-day injured list on 8/2 (retro to 8/1) with a right flexor strain and missed the rest of the season...Began the season at Birmingham, where he went 7-1 with a 1.35 ERA (9 ER/60.0 IP), 56 strikeouts and a 0.87 WHIP in 11 starts with the Barons … his 1.35 ERA ranked fourth among all full-season MiLB pitchers at the time of his promotion...Allowed three runs or fewer in all 11 starts, including five scoreless outings and four with one run … held opponents to four hits or fewer in 10 of 11 starts (season-high six)...Went 5-1 with a 1.01 ERA (9 ER/35.2 IP) over his first six starts … after giving up three runs in 0.2 IP on 5/12 at Pensacola, was 2-0 with a 0.76 ERA (2 ER/23.2 IP) over his final four starts before earning a promotion to the White Sox...Preseason Rankings: No. 3 prospect in the White Sox organization and No. 58 in baseball (MLB.com).
2023
After getting selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft out of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Calif.), he entered the campaign as NYY's No. 8 ranked prospect by Baseball America and took home numerous weekly, monthly and annual accolades in his first professional campaign...Went 14-2 with a 2.52 ERA (39 ER, 139.1 IP) in 23 combined starts between Single-A Hudson Valley (18 GS) and Double-A Somerset (5 GS),,,Led all Yankees Minor League pitchers in wins, ERA and strikeouts (182)...posted a 0.98 WHIP (38 BB), a .200 opponents' average (99 H) and 11.76 SO/9.0 IP...Began his professional career with Hudson Valley and saw his best month in June, in which he went 3-0 with 0.31 ERA (1 ER, 28.2 IP) across four starts with a 0.63 WHIP and a .129 opponent batting average, earning South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Month honors...Earned SAL's Pitcher of the Week honors on two separate occasions, first on June 4 and again on July 27...Following a promotion to Double-A on August 8, he was named the Eastern League’s Pitcher of the Month for August, having gone 4-0 with a 1.37 ERA (4 ER, 26.1 IP) with a 0.65 WHIP and .133 opponents' average...Earned Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors on Aug. 13, marking his third weekly honor in 2023...With Somerset, held opponents to a .040 (1-for-25) clip with RISP, but opponents hit .243 (18-for-74) against him at Hudson Valley...Allowed just one HR to a left-handed hitter between his two stops at HV and SOM, allowing 12 HR to righties...Following the season, was named MiLB.com's Pitching Prospect of the Year, and joined Robby Snelling as the two starting pitchers for their All-Prospect First-Team... also joined Snelling as one of five starting starting pitchers for Baseball America's Minor League All-Star Team...additionally, was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year during his time at Hudson Valley.
