Member of the 2014 USA Baseball 18U National Team that took Gold in La Paz, Mexico...As a senior at Elk Grove High School, named all-league. Named Delta League MVP and MVP of Sac Joaquin section...Batted .449 with 29 runs and a .513 on-base percentage in 2015. Led the Delta League with 28 stolen bases. Drove in 17 and collected seven doubles and one triple...As a freshman at Oregon State he hit .333 and was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, Baseball America Freshman All-American, Perfect Game Freshman All-American, and Pac-12 Freshmen of the Year...In 2017 as a sophomore Batted .380 with 20 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 40 RBI. Also stole 16 bases in 18 attempts. Played in 60 games, starting 58... He was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and named to the Baseball America and D1Baseball.com First Team All-American...In 2018 he hit .367 with three home runs and 34 RBI's...He was named to the College World Series All-Tournament team on the Beaver's run to the National Title...Has three brothers, Ty, Zack and Brooks, and one sister, Emma...His twin brother Ty is a left-handed pitcher who played in the White Sox organization for two seasons (2021-22) and pitched in the Mexican League in 2023...Fractured his left shoulder during a Spring Training game on Feb. 23, 2025...Underwent surgery to repair the shoulder in March 2025...Earned the nickname "Nicky Two Strikes"...Enters 2025 hitting .260 (109-for-420) for his career with two strikes...That is the second-best mark in the majors since 2020 (min. 400 PA with two strikes), trailing only Luis Arraez...His 9% strikeout rate is the third-lowest in the Majors since 2020...His first four hits all came in the same game, Aug. 2, 2020... Through his first five Major League seasons, that remains his only four-hit game...Attended Oregon State where he played and studied sociology...Enjoys fishing and playing ping pong in his spare time.
2024
He appeared in 51 games (21 starts) with the Cubs in 2024, hitting ,221 (19-for-86) with 10 RBI, five runs scored and one stolen base...Optioned to Iowa (AAA) on June 2...Played in one game with Iowa before being placed on the injured list June 7 for the rest of the season (left pinky fracture)…On May 15 at Atlanta, recorded a season-high three hits, his first three-hit game since June 28, 2023 vs. Philadelphia and the 13th of his career...On April 2 vs. Colorado recorded his first-career three RBI game.
2023
Nick appeared in 92 games with 68 starts during the 2023 season, batting .263 (71-for-270) with a .263 on-base percentage, 16 doubles, 34 runs and 28 RBI, all career-highs...In 16 games in Triple-A Iowa, hit .424 (25-for-59) with one home run, seven RBI, and 18 runs scored...Hit .313 (35-for-112) with men on base, 12th in the N.L. (min. 125 plate appearances)...Held an 8.2 strikeout percentage, the lowest among Cubs hitters...April 2-19 reached a career-high eight-game hitting streak, hitting .385 (10-for-26) during the run...Was on the 10-day injured list July 4-29 with a right hamstring strain...Included a brief injury rehabilitation assignment with Iowa...Hit his first-career pinch-hit home run Aug. 16, a solo shot off Aaron Bummer in the eighth inning...The pinch-hit was the second of his career and the Cubs' third pinch-hit homer of the season...Was placed on the 10-day IL with a right hamstring strain Sept. 19 (retroactive to Sept. 17)...Was transferred to the 60-day IL Oct.1.
2022
Nick completed his first full season with the Cubs in 2022, but was limited to 59 games due to three separate IL stints... Was on the 10-day injured list from May 10-31 with a lower back strain, June 15-Aug. 2 with a left groin strain and Sept. 10-Oct. 6 with a right groin strain....Went 52-for-209 (.249) with seven doubles, seven RBI and 14 walks....Played in 12 minor league games across two rehab stints with Triple-A Iowa, going 12-for-39 (.308) with a double, five RBI and three walks....In 25 games hitting in the leadoff spot, batted .265 (27-for.102) with three doubles, four RBI and eight runs scored....In the seventh inning or later, batted .286 (20-for-70) with a .333 OBP....Made one error in 59 games at second base this season (250 TC/.996 fielding percentage)....After returning from the injured list on Aug. 4, hit .277 (28-for-101) with four doubles and five RBI....In 22 games during the month of August, hit .300 (24-for-80) with three doubles, three RBI and eight walks, compared to seven strikeouts, contributing to a .378 OBP....Aug. 8 vs. Washington tallied his first career game with multiple walks....Recorded three hits in consecutive games on Aug. 19-20 vs. Milwaukee, capping off a 12-game stretch during which he hit .364 (16-for-44) with three three-hit games and five multi-hit efforts from August 5-20....On Aug. 20, tallied the game-tying RBI single with two outs in the in the bottom of the ninth inning in the Cubs' 6-5 victory in 11 innings....Tallied a season-high, five-game hitting streak from Aug. 28-Sept. 2 (8-for-20/.400), including a 3-for-5 effort on Aug. 29 at Toronto....Notched his fifth career multi-RBI game on Sept. 6 vs. Cincinnati....Left the game on Sept. 9 vs. San Francisco with right groin tightness and was placed on the injured list the following day.
2021
In 2021, opened his second season with the White Sox before he was acquired by the Cubs at the trade deadline, along with RHP Codi Heuer, for RHP Craig Kimbrel... Made his first Opening Day roster with the White Sox and appeared in 54 games before he suffered a proximal right hamstring tear while running to first base June 9 at Toronto... Placed on the 60-day injured list the next day ... underwent season-ending surgery to repair proximal hamstring tendon tears June 15 at Rusch University Medical Center... Recorded his first career game-ending hit, an RBI double on an 0-2 count in the ninth April 24 vs. Texas... Hit his first career home run, a solo shot off J.A. Happ in the third inning May 17 at Minnesota.
2020
Played in 29 games with the White Sox in his first major-league season … started all 29 games at second base...His .340 average ranked second among major-league rookies behind Detroit's Willi Castro (.349) and was the highest by a Sox rookie since 1940 (both minimum 100 plate appearances)...Recorded a hit in 21 of his 29 games and reached base safely in 23 … his 11 multi-hit efforts tied for the fifth among American League rookies … his 56.3 ground ball percentage would have ranked third in the AL with the required plate appearances...Tough Out: Struck out just seven times in 109 plate appearances (6.4 percent), all vs. right-handers … his 15.57 strikeout ratio ranked second in the majors among players with at least 100 PA behind Tommy La Stella (19.00) … did not strike out in 22 plate appearances vs. LHP...Success Under Pressure: Hit .321 (18-56) with two strikes, tied with the Yankees' DJ LeMahieu for second in the majors behind the Angels' David Fletcher (.322) … batted .370 with runners on base (17-46) and RISP (10-27) and .545 (6-11) with RISP and two outs...By the Numbers: Batted .370 (30-81) vs. right-handers, .359 (23-64) on the road and .565 (13-23) in day games … batted in the No. 9 spot 27 times and hit leadoff and second once each … went a combined 4-7 (.571) in the top two spots...His contract was purchased from Schaumburg on 7/31 … made his major-league debut that night at Kansas City, going 0-3 playing second base and batting ninth...Joining the Hit Parade: Went 0-8 over his first two games before collecting the first four hits of his career on 8/2 at Kansas City … became the sixth player in franchise history to record a four-hit effort within his first three career games and just the second in the last 70 years to do so (Daniel Palka on 4/28-1/18 at Kansas City) … singled off Jakob Junis in the third inning for his first hit … also singled twice in the seventh, the first Sox player with two hits in an inning since Matt Davidson on 4/24/17 vs. the Royals (sixth) … source: Elias...Was on the 10-day injured list from 8/5-27 with a separated left shoulder suffered sliding into third base on 8/4 at Milwaukee … posted three straight multi-hit games from 8/29-31...Compiled a pair of seven-game hitting streaks, going 12-24 (.500) from 8/4-9/4 and 10-25 (.400) from 9/17-23... Recorded his first two extra-base hits on 9/8 at Pittsburgh (doubles off Dovydas Neverauskas and Richard Rodríguez)...Hit safely in nine of his last 10 games to end the season … led off for the first time in his career on 9/18 at Cincinnati, going 2-4 with a double and run scored … went 2-4 with a RBI in the No. 2 spot on 9/20 at Cincinnati...Bonus Baseball: Started all three games of the AL Wild Card series at Oakland, going 3-12 with a run scored … made his postseason debut in Game 1 (0-4) … was 2-4 with a run scored in Game 2 but committed two errors...Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder on 10/6 by Dr. Marc Safran (Stanford Medicine) in Redwood City, Calif...Preseason Baseball America Rankings: No. 4 prospect, Best Hitter for Average and Best Defensive Infielder in the Sox system; No. 48 overall and No. 2 second-base prospect in baseball...Preseason MLB.com Rankings: No. 4 prospect in Sox system; No. 40 overall and No. 2 second-base prospect in MLB.
2019
Batted a combined .311/.377/.414 (147-473) with 27 doubles, five triples, four home runs, 55 RBI, 76 runs scored, 44 walks and 35 stolen bases over 120 games between Class A WinstonSalem, Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte...Won the Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove for second base and was named by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Second Baseman in the Southern League...Was named to the Carolina League midseason All-Star team...Played in the All-Star Futures Game at Progressive Field, starting at second base for the AL...Struck out just 16 times with 44 walks in 532 plate appearances (fanned more than once just twice in 120 games)...Recorded a .325 (107-329) average against right-handers compared to a .278 (40-144) mark vs. lefties...Earned White Sox Minor League co-Player of the Month honors for June, hitting .344/.406/.422 (31-90) in 24 games...Hit safely in 16 straight games with Birmingham from 6/227/12, the second-longest streak in the SL…posted a .391 (25-64) average and .473 on-base percentage during the streak...Reached base safely in 26 of his 28 games with a plate appearance at Charlotte, including his first 23 from 8/1-27...Went 5-5 on 9/2 at Norfolk and collected four hits on 8/13 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Preseason Baseball America Rankings: No. 4 prospect and Best Defensive Infielder in Sox system; No. 43 in baseball...Preseason MLB.com Rankings: No. 5 prospect in the Sox system; No. 49 and No. 3 second-base prospect in baseball.
2018
Combined to hit .303 (47-155) with just five strikeouts over 43 games between the Arizona Rookie League White Sox, Class A Kannapolis and Winston-Salem...Did not strike out over his first 72 plate appearances … made his debut on 7/5 and did not strike out until 8/4... Batted .320 (39-122) against right-handed pitchers, compared to .243 (8-33) vs. lefties... Began the season with the AZL White Sox, was promoted to Kannapolis on 7/16 and to Winston-Salem on 8/2...Was 3-4 with a double and two runs scored in his Kannapolis debut on 7/17 vs. Hagerstown...Ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak with the Dash (.400, 14-35) … went 4-4 in his final game of the season on 9/3 at Down East...Appeared in three postseason games with the Dash, going 2-11 (.182) with two RBI and a walk vs. Buies Creek...Was recommended/signed by Mike Gange.
