Married to Kahla; they welcomed a baby girl in July 2025...Attended Wake Forest, where he batted .306 with 28 doubles, 32 home runs and 149 RBI in 166 career games...Was named a Third-Team All-American by Baseball America as a junior in 2017 after hitting .317/.424/.629 (76-for-240) with 21 homers and 84 RBI in 63 games…His 21 homers are the second-highest total in school history...Graduated in 2014 from Gilman (Md.) High School…Was selected by Atlanta in the 37th round of the 2014 draft but did not sign...His father, Larry, played eight Major League seasons with BAL (1984-89), DET (1990) and SEA (1993).
2025
Signed with SD as a Minor League free agent on Feb. 8, 2025, and turned his first season with the Padres into a career year, accruing career-best marks in games (145), runs (57), hits (124), doubles (28), triples (one), home runs (19), RBI (71), stolen bases (two), walks (44), batting average (.252) and total bases (211)...Made 11 starts (13 games) at first base (.988 FPCT), a career-high 60 starts (64 G) in left field (.990 FPCT) and 59 starts (64 games) at DH...Led the team with a career-best five four-plus-RBI games and nine multi-XBH efforts...On Opening Day vs. ATL (March 27), hit his first career Opening Day home run...The pinch-hit HR in the bottom of the seventh was the Padres' third franchise PH-HR in the team's first game of the season (others: Rickey Henderson in 1997 vs. NYM and Seth Smith in 2014 vs. LAD)...The last Padre to homer in his first plate appearance or at-bat with the team was Brandon Drury vs. COL on Aug. 3, 2022...The last to hit a PH-HR in his first PA/AB with SD was Seth Smith on March 30, 2014 vs. LAD (season opener)...Connected on his fourth homer of the year May 2 @ PIT (29 G)...In 2024, did not log his fourth HR until May 27 vs. TOR (49 G)...Amassed a career-high 12-game hitting streak from June 9-21, where he slashed .333/.385/.489 with four doubles, a home run and seven RBI (five BB/six SO) and compiled a career-best 15-game on-base streak (.391 OBP) from June 9-24...Strung together a career-long stretch of four straight games with multiple hits from Aug. 27-31...Slashed .600/.625/.733 with two doubles and three RBI during the span...Logged his 34th and final multi-hit game of the season on Sept. 27 vs. ARI (eight in his last 31 games of '25), which surpassed his career mark of 25 games of the kind set in 2024...Also posted a career-best nine three-hit games on the year (previous: five games in 2024)...Reached base safely in 11 of his last 15 games of the regular season (.242 OBP)...Across his final 43 games, connected on 18 extra-base hits (13 doubles, five HR, 19 RBI, .263 BA, .338 OBP, .805 OPS)...Had just five extra-base hits (three 2B, two HR) across his previous 26 games from June 25 to July 28.
POSTSEASON: Started in all three games of the Padres' Wild Card series at CHC, where he went 1-for-6 (.167) with a strikeout...It was his second career postseason appearance (other: 2021 ALDS vs. HOU with CWS).
2024
Ranked among the White Sox leaders in doubles (second, 24), hits (third, 105), extra-base hits (third, 35) and total bases (third, 61), setting career highs in each category...Hit .205 (17-for-83) with two home runs vs. left-handed pitchers, compared to .128 (10-for-78) with no homers entering the 2024 campaign...Batted .340/.434/.577 (33-for-97) with nine doubles, four home runs and 20 RBI in 30 games against the American League East…went 10-for-19 (.526) with five doubles, one homer and six RBI in six games vs. the Yankees...Made the White Sox Opening Day roster for the third consecutive season…batted .279/.376/.465 (24-for-86) with seven doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI over 24 games in March/ April...Reached base safely in eight consecutive plate appearances from April 2-6 (4-for-4 with four walks), the longest streak by a Sox player since Luis Robert Jr. (nine) from May 6-Aug 23...Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, one home run and career-high tying five RBI (second time) on April 10 at CLE…his five RBI were the most by a Sox player since Luis Robert Jr. on April 7, 2023 at PIT (also five), and his three extra-base hits were the most since Hanser Alberto on May 7, 2023 at CIN...Was ejected by home plate umpire Mike Estabrook on April 22 at MIN for arguing balls and strikes (second career)…Hit a pair of doubles on May 5 at STL…recorded his first career triple on May 25 vs. BAL, a bases-clearing shot off LHP Keegan Akin that gave the Sox a 3-0 lead...Connected on his first career home run off a left-hander on June 1 at MIL, a two-run shot off Robert Gasser, a former Padre farmhand who was sent to MIL in the trade that brought Josh Hader to SD...Went 6-for-10 with two homers, six RBI and five runs scored in three games vs. BOS from June 7-9…homered and scored a career-high three runs on June 7, hit his first career grand slam on June 8 (off Brayan Bello) and added two hits on June 9...Batted .321/.352/.417 (27-for-84) in August…went 3-for-4 with a double on Aug. 9 vs. the Cubs...Matched his career high with four hits (second time) on Aug. 12 vs. the Yankees, going 4-for-5 with a career-high three doubles and four RBI in Grady Sizemore's first win as interim manager … became the first Sox player with three doubles since Luis Robert Jr. on Sept. 11, 2021 vs. BOS and first lefty since Adam Eaton on Aug. 2, 2014 vs. MIN...Ended his 47-game homerless drought on Aug. 14 vs. the Yankees with a solo shot off Will Warren...Homered in back-to-back games for the second time in ‘24 on Sept. 14-15 vs. OAK…drew a two-out walk off Robert Suarez with two outs in the ninth inning on Sept. 20 at San Diego to set up Lenyn Sosa's game-tying, two-run homer.
2023
Made 61 starts in right field, 18 at first base, 10 as the designated hitter and three in left...Long Ball Data: Hit 10-plus home runs for the third straight season…Hit all 10 of his homers vs. right-handers (all 36 career off RHP)…Hit eight of his 10 homers in the first half…Homered in back-to-back games three times: 4/16 vs. Baltimore and 4/23 at Tampa Bay, 5/7 at Cincinnati and 5/8 at Kansas City and 5/16-17 vs. Cleveland...Made his season debut as the starting first baseman on 3/31 at Houston…Went 2-4 with three RBI on 4/5 vs. San Francisco…Hit his first home run on 4/16 vs. Baltimore, a three-run shot off Grayson Rodríguez in the first inning...Connected on his first career pinch-hit homer on 4/22 at Tampa Bay, a game-tying solo shot off Jason Adam in the eighth inning...Capped an 11-run second inning with a three-run homer off Casey Legumina on 5/7 at Cincinnati...Hit a three-run homer off Shane Bieber on 5/16 vs. Cleveland and a solo shot off Peyton Battenfield on 5/17 vs. the Guardians...Hit a go-ahead, three-run double in the seventh inning on 5/27 at Detroit…Went 2-3 with a solo home run on 6/16 at Seattle and hit a pair of doubles on 6/17 at the Mariners...Went 30 games without a multi-hit effort from 6/18-8/11 before going 2-2 with a double, walk and run scored on 8/12 vs. Milwaukee…Hit a two-run homer on 8/16 at the Cubs, snapping a career-long, 33-game drought...Started 21 of the Sox final 24 games, including 19 in right field and two at first base...Combined to drive in five runs in a doubleheader on 9/12 vs. Kansas City…Hit his final home run on 9/16 vs. Minnesota, a three-run shot off Pablo López to cap a five-run first inning...Recorded his first career stolen base on 9/24 at Boston.
2022
Tied for third on the White Sox with 15 home runs and ranked fourth with 124 games played... Home and Road: Batted .276/.346/.562 (51-185) with 14 of his 15 home runs at home and .208/.243/.266 (40-192) with one homer on the road... Left and Right: Hit .250/.301/.435 (84-336) with all 15 of his home runs vs. right-handers and .171/.244/.220 (7-41) vs. lefties... Made 78 starts in right field, 15 at DH, nine at first base and two in left... Made his first career Opening Day roster…hit his first home run on 4/17 vs. Tampa Bay, a solo shot off Tommy Romero... Homered in back-to-back games for the second time in his career and drove in five runs from 5/9-10 vs. Cleveland…homered for the third time in four games on 5/13 vs. the Yankees... Batted .164 (9-55) with no homers or RBI in 19 games from 5/16-6/9 and was optioned to Class AAA Charlotte on 6/10... Played in nine games with Charlotte, going 0-for-13 in his first three and 10-24 (.417) with two homers and seven RBI in his next six…was recalled on 6/23 for the rest of the season... Recorded three straight multi-hit games from 6/25-27, including a two-run homer off Jordan Lyles on 6/26 vs. Baltimore...Hit a pair of doubles and drove in two runs on 7/2 at San Francisco and hit a three-run double the next day as the Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Giants with a 13-4 win... Homered in back-to-back games for the second time in his career on 7/9-10 vs. Detroit... Batted .359/.377/.641 (23-64) with four homers and 18 RBI in August…delivered a game-tying, two-run, PH double off Justin Verlander in the seventh on 8/16 vs. Houston (Sox rallied to win, 4-3)…collected a career-high four hits on 8/17 vs. the Astros... Baltimore-area native went 8-13 with a double and three RBI in a three-game series at Camden Yards from 8/23-25...Recorded his second career multi-homer game with a career-high five RBI on 8/30 vs. Kansas City…hit a three-run homer in the fifth and a two-run shot in the ninth... Hit his only road homer of the season in a makeup victory at Cleveland on 9/15, a two-run shot off Hunter Gaddis... Connected on a solo homer off Shane Bieber on 9/22 vs. Cleveland and hit his final homer on 9/24 vs. Detroit.
2021
Split the season between Class AAA Charlotte and the White Sox … spent three different stints with the Sox: 6/3, 6/29-8/9 and 9/1-remainder of the season … made 21 starts at designated hitter, 11 in right field, 10 at first base and three in left....A Little Goes a Long Way: Was one of eight White Sox players to hit 10-plus home runs … his average of one home run every 14.55 at-bats and one RBI every 4.71 at-bats both ranked second on the team behind Yasmani Grandal (12.13 and 4.50)....Long, Long Ball: Averaged 412 feet on his 11 home runs, third-highest on the team behind Luis Robert (414) and Eloy Jiménez (413) … minimum 10 home runs....l By the Numbers: Nineteen of his 40 hits went for extra-bases … averaged a team-high 4.49 pitches/plate appearance … recorded five game-winning RBI....Home Sweet Home: Batted .324/.370/.730 (24-74) with six doubles, eight homers and 26 RBI over 24 games at home...Was recalled from Charlotte on 6/3 and optioned on 6/4....Dynamic Debut: Was recalled a second time on 6/29 and made his major-league debut that night as the starting right fielder vs. Minnesota … went 2-4 with a double, two RBI and run scored, becoming the first Sox player to record two-plus hits and two-plus RBI in his debut since Craig Wilson on 9/5/98 vs. the Yankees … singled off Kenta Maeda for his first career hit....Was 2-4 with his first MLB home run, a two-run shot in the fifth off Matt Shoemaker, in his second game on 6/30 vs. the Twins. ...Recorded multiple hits and RBI in each of his first two career games, the first player in Sox history to accomplish the feat … became the only White Sox player to hit safely with a RBI in each of his first four MLB games … reached base safely in each of his first 10 career games (hit safely in seven) … his three multi-RBI efforts were the most by a Sox in his first five career games....Baltimore-area native hit a two-run homer on 7/10 at Camden Yards in front of a number of friends and family...Hit his first career game-ending home run in the seventh inning on 7/19-2 vs. Minnesota, a three-run shot off José Berríos....Was optioned to Charlotte on 8/9 and recalled on 9/1 … recorded his first career multi-homer game and drove in a career-high four runs on 9/1 vs. Pittsburgh....Registered a career-high in hits and matched his career best in RBI on 9/14 vs. Angels (3-4, 447-foot homer, four RBI)....Posted three straight multi-hit efforts from 9/28-10/1, going 6-10 with two home runs, seven RBI and four runs scored … homered in back-to-back games on 9/28-29 vs. Cincinnati....Started three games of the ALDS vs. Houston, going 4-12 (.333) with a double, homer, RBI and two runs … drove in the Sox only run in Game 4 with a solo homer off Lance McCullers Jr. … joined Luis Robert (2020) and Tadahito Iguchi (2005) as the only Sox rookies to homer in the postseason...Appeared in 60 games with Charlotte, batting .295/.362/.507 (67-227) with 15 doubles, 11 home runs, 46 RBI and 36 runs scored … homered twice with five RBI on 5/16 vs. Norfolk.
2020
Did not play following the cancellation of the minor-league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Preseason MLB.com Ranking: White Sox No. 11 prospect.
2019
Led the Southern League with a career-high 83 RBI at Class AA Birmingham, 10 more than the next closest player...Topped the Barons in hits (124), homers (16) and RBI, ranked second in runs (56) and tied for second in doubles (18)...Batted 317/.371/.504 (44-139) with runners in scoring position and .280 (92-329) with 16 doubles, 14 home runs and 72 RBI vs. right-handed pitchers...Compiled a pair of nine-game hitting streaks (5/30-6/6 and 6/30-7/8) … recorded a career-high five RBI on 6/2 at Jackson and drove in four on two other occasions...Hit .310 (57-184) with 11 doubles, eight home runs and 42 RBI over 51 games in June and July...Played for Glendale in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .250 (18-72) with five doubles and eight RBI over 20 games...Baseball America: Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 18 prospect in the White Sox organization.
2018
Ranked fifth in the Carolina League in average (.293) and on-base percentage (.368) at Class A Winston-Salem...Posted monthly batting averages of .300-plus in June (.329), July (.309) and August (.313)...Recorded a career-high, 15-game hitting streak from 6/13-71, going 26-65 (.400) … homered twice on 6/28 at Frederick and collected four hits on 7/15 vs. Buies Creek...Hit .273 (3-11) with a double and homer in three games of the Carolina League playoffs. l Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect and by MLB.com as the No. 12 prospect.
2017
Combined to hit .279 (57-204) with 12 doubles, four home runs and 28 RBI in 56 games between the Arizona Rookie League White Sox and Class A Kannapolis...Was named a MiLB.com White Sox Organizational All-Star...Hit safely in 10 straight games to end the season, going 15-43 (.349) with five multi-hit efforts...Was recommended/signed by Abe Fernández (White Sox).
