Married Rachel...Attended Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., where he was a four-year letter-winner...helped guide the Chanticleers to a National Championship in 2016...was a 2016 First-Team All-Big South selection, a member of the 2016 Big South All-Tournament Team and the Most Outstanding Player at the 2016 NCAA Raleigh Regional...originally selected by Houston in the 38th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign...Is a 2012 graduate of La Salle Institute in Troy, N.Y....brother, Will, played in the Cubs system from 2014-18.
2023
Appeared in 54 games in his first Major League season, including 34 at second base, seven at third, seven in right field, five in left and four at shortstop in his first Major League season...Slashed .333/.381/.410 (13-39) vs. left-handed pitchers and .441/.500/.529 (15-34) with RISP … was 7-for-15 (.467) with RISP and two outs...Went 8-for-12 with three walks, one HBP and 11 RBI over his first 16 plate appearances with RISP (through 7/7)...Batted a monthly best .394 (13-33) with six RBI in June, his first month in the Majors...His contract was selected from Class AAA Charlotte on 6/15 … made his MLB debut on 6/17 at Seattle, coming off the bench to go 3-for-3 with two RBI and a walk as the Sox rallied for a 4-3 victory in 11 innings … drew a walk off Logan Gilbert in the fifth in his first plate appearance, dropped a bunt single off Justin Topa in the seventh for his first hit, delivered a game-tying single off Paul Sewald in the ninth and a go-ahead single off Tayler Saucedo in the 11th...Some notables from his debut, courtesy of STATS Research: First player in the modern era (1901-) to record both a game-tying hit and a go-ahead hit in the ninth inning or later of his MLB debut (STATS); Second player in MLB history with three-plus hits and a walk coming off the bench in his debut, joining St. Louis' Ernie White on 5/9/40 vs. Philadelphia; Fourth player in White Sox history to reach base four times in his MLB debut and first since Johnny Callison on 9/9/58 vs. Boston; Seventh player in Sox history to record three-plus hits in his MLB debut and first since Craig Wilson on 9/5/98 vs. the Yankees; Six-year, minor-league free agent after the 2022 season who returned to the organization for a seventh season...Made his first career start at second base on 6/18 at Seattle … snapped a 6-6 tie with a game-winning, RBI single in the eighth inning on 6/20 vs. Texas … became the first Sox player in the expansion era (since 1961) to record two winning hits in his first four career games...Matched his career high with three hits (second time) on 6/28 at the Angels … made his first career start in the leadoff spot the following day at the Angels, going 2-4 with two RBI, a run scored and walk...Drove in a career-high three runs on 7/7 vs. St. Louis … hit his first Major League home run on 7/23 at Minnesota, a solo shot off Bailey Ober...Was optioned to Charlotte on 8/23 and recalled on 9/2 … recorded three hits in the season finale on 10/1 vs. San Diego...Made 20 appearances at third base with Charlotte, 18 at first, 12 at shortstop, seven at second, six in center field, three at DH, two in right and one in left...Recorded four hits in the second game of the season 4/1 vs. Memphis … hit a double and pair of home runs with four RBI on 4/11 vs. Jacksonville.
2022
Recorded career-highs in on-base percentage (.373), runs scored (83), RBI (52), walks (57) and stolen bases (19) in his first full season at Class AAA Charlotte...Led the Knights in games (131), steals, walks and OBP...Played 52 games at shortstop, 44 at third base, 21 at first, 16 at second and three in left field...Batted .320/.426/.503 (65-203) with 13 doubles, eight homers and 37 RBI at home, .299/.387/.431 (82-274) vs. right-handed pitchers and .327/.385/.490 (34-104) with RISP...Hit .328/.434/.459 (20-61) with 12 RBI and 18 runs scored in April...went 3-3 with two doubles, a home run, career-high six RBI and three runs scored on 4/28 vs. Jacksonville...Batted .310/.388/.394 (22-71) in July...homered with four RBI on 9/8 vs. Nashville.
2021
Hit a combined .208 (65-313) with 10 doubles, one triple, 13 home runs and 30 RBI over 95 games between Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte... Started the season with the Barons before being promoted to the Knights on 5/19... Played six different positions with Charlotte, appearing in 30 games (27 starts) at shortstop, 24 (21) at first base, 17 (12) at third, 13 (nine) in left field, three (three) at second and two (two) in right... Batted .302 (19-63) with four doubles, one triple, one home run, eight RBI and 16 runs scored over 20 games in May... Preseason Baseball America Rankings: Best Infield Arm in the White Sox system.
2020
Spent part of the season at the White Sox alternate training site in Schaumburg, Ill....Preseason Baseball America Rankings: Best Infield Arm in the White Sox organization.
2019
Preseason Baseball America Rankings: Best Infield Arm in the White Sox organization....Was named a Carolina League mid and postseason All-Star....Led the Dash in average (.289) … ranked among Sox minor leaguers in runs scored (7th, 66), hits (8th) and walks (10th, 46)...Was named CL Player of the Week for the period of 5/6-12...Recorded an 11-game hitting streak from 5/2-16 (.390, 16-41).
2018
Spent the entire season with Winston-Salem...Appeared in 45 games (44 starts) at third base, 23 (22) in left field, 19 (16) at first, 10 (nine) at second, 10 (9) in right, four (three) in center and two (one) at shortstop....Batted .288 (23-80) with five doubles, one triple, two home runs and 12 RBI over his last games of the season...Preseason Baseball America Rankings: Best Infield Arm in the Sox system.
2017
Spent the entire season with Class A Kannapolis...Batted .288 (42-146) with 14 doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI against left-handed pitchers.... hit .228 (77-338) with 13 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 37 RBI vs. righties...Posted a .294 average (25-85) over 23 games in April...Hit safely in 11 straight games from 6/7-16, (.404, 21-52).
