Married to Katherine…has two children…attended José María Vargas High School in La Guaira, Venezuela.
2025
Set career highs in virtually every offensive category, leading the White Sox in games played (140), hits (137), home runs (22), RBI (75) and total bases (225)...Second to None: His 22 home runs set the franchise record by a primary second baseman (min. 60 percent of the season at the position), breaking the mark of 21 set by Alexei Ramírez in 2008, and ranked fifth in the Major Leagues … Ramírez hit all 21 of his home runs as the second baseman, while Sosa hit 14 as a second baseman, seven as a first baseman and one as the designated hitter...Averaged 405 feet on his home runs, the longest on the team among players with at least five homers...Down But Not Out: Hit .268 (22-for-82) after an 0-2 count… his 22 hits tied Boston's Ceddanne Rafaela for the Major League lead and tied Juan Pierre (2010) for the most by a Sox player since at least 1988...Night and Day: Slashed .294/.329/.484 (85-289) in night games, compared to .227/.246/.371 (52-for-229) during the day … his .294 average at night ranked 10th in the American League...Home and Road: Posted a .278/.303/.439 (71-for-255) slash line with 11 doubles, 10 home runs and 42 RBI over 71 games at home, compared to a .251/.283/.430 (66-263) line with nine doubles, 12 homers and 33 RBI in 69 games on the road...In the Clutch: Hit .290 (71-245) with runners on base, .286 (40-140) with RISP and .438 (7-16) with the bases loaded...Opening Day Carousel: Was the White Sox Opening Day second baseman, becoming the 13th different player in the last 13 seasons to start the season opener at second … hit his first career OD home run on 3/27 vs. Los Angeles-AL, a two-run shot off Ryan Johnson in the eighth inning...Matched his career high with three hits on 4/1 vs. Minnesota, going 3-4 with a double... Batted .301/.320/.418 (44-for-146) in 41 games from 4/15-5/31, raising his season average from .213 to .280 … recorded an eight-game hitting streak from 4/15-22 (.355, 11-31)...Connected on a game-winning, solo home run off Chris Paddack in a 3-0 victory on 4/24 at Minnesota...Drove in three runs in a come-from-behind, 10-5 victory on 5/24 vs. Texas and matched his career high with three hits in a 9-4 win on 5/28 at the Mets...Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 6/4 with a right hip flexor strain … played in three injury rehab games with Class AAA Charlotte before being reinstated on 6/18 … hit his first career triple on 6/20 at Toronto...Recorded his first career multi-homer game on 6/25 vs. Arizona, going 3-4 with a career-high four RBI … hit a two-run homer off Zac Gallen in the fourth inning and a solo shot off Taylor Scott in the eighth of a 7-3 victory...Fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle on 7/5 at Colorado, going 3-4 with a double, home run and career-high tying four RBI...Recorded his second career multi-homer game on 7/11-2 vs. Cleveland, hitting a pair of solo shots off Gavin Williams to set a new career season high with nine...Reached base safely four times on 7/19 at Pittsburgh, going 3-3 with a walk, double, three RBI and two runs scored... Compiled a career-high, nine-game hitting streak from 7/27- 8/6, going 14-32 (.438) with four home runs, eight RBI, eight runs scored and a 1.313 OPS … recorded four straight multi-hit efforts from 7/28-8/1 and homered in back-to-back games on 8/5-6 at Seattle...Homered in back-to-back games for the second time 8/17-18 … matched his career high with four RBI (second time) on 8/18 at Atlanta, including a three-run home run...Snapped a 2-2 tie with a two-out, solo home run in the eighth inning on 8/31 vs. the Yankees (Sox won, 3-2) … marked his first career go-ahead homer in the eighth or later...Hit his 20th home run on 9/7 at Detroit, a career-long, 451-foot solo shot off Charlie Morton … added a game-winning, two-run single off Tommy Kahnle in the eighth inning...Finished the season on a five-game hitting streak (.421, 8-19) … collected his seventh three-hit game of the season on 9/26 at Washington, going 3-4 with a double, home run and three RBI … hit his 20th double in the season finale on 9/28 at Washington...Played with Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting .270/.314/.532 (30-for-111) with eight doubles, seven home runs, 18 RBI and 20 runs scored in 27 games.
2024
Appeared in a career-high 100 games over three stints with the White Sox, including 52 at third base, 47 at second and two at first … set career highs in every category...Also batted .275/.330/.529 (28-for-108) with eight doubles, six home runs, 18 RBI and 18 runs scored in 24 games with Class AAA Charlotte...Batted .296/.317/.452 (34-for-115) vs. lefthanded pitchers, .302/.323/.451 (55-182) on the road and .289/.337/.526 (22-for-76) with RISP … hit .414 (12-29) with six of his 13 doubles in seven games against Cleveland...Did not make the Opening Day roster, but was recalled from Charlotte on 4/6, replacing CF Luis Robert Jr. … made his season debut that night at Kansas City (1-for-3)...Appeared in 12 games before being optioned to Charlotte on 4/22 … went 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs and four RBI on 4/23 at Lehigh Valley...Was on the Knights IL from 5/2-22 with left oblique strain...Was recalled by the Sox on 5/31 and hit .360/.407/.540 (18-for-50) with three doubles, two homers and seven RBI over his next 16 games, including 14 starts at third base...Hit his first home run of the season on 6/4 at the Cubs, a two-run shot off Shota Imanaga … matched his career high with three hits on 6/15 at Arizona, going 3-for-5 with a double, home run and career-high tying three RBI...Compiled a career-high, eight-game hitting streak from 6/29-7/4, going 15-for-34 (.441) with two homers, six RBI and a 1.163 OPS … recorded a career-best five straight multi-hit efforts to start the streak … went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI in an 8-2 victory at Cleveland on 7/3...Was optioned to Charlotte on 7/17 … appeared in eight games with the Knights before being recalled for the third and final time on 7/30 … spent the rest of the season with the White Sox...Went 6-for-49 (.122) over a 14-game stretch from 7/31-8/19 before going 7-for-21 (.333) over his next five games from 8/20-25. September to Remember: Batted .373/.398/.566 (31-for-83) with four doubles, four home runs, 13 RBI, 14 runs scored and 11 multi-hit efforts over 23 games in September … ranked second in the American League in average, fourth in hits, sixth in OPS (.964), eighth in slugging and ninth in on-base percentage...Recorded eight multi-hit efforts over his last 14 games and homered four times over his final 12...Hit a game-tying, two-run home run off Robert Suárez with two outs in the ninth inning on 9/20 at San Diego … his solo homer off José Suárez in the fourth inning on 9/25 vs. the Angels proved to be the game-winner...Went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and career-high three runs scored in the season finale on 9/29 at Detroit...Played with the Leones del Caracas in the 2023-24 Venezuelan Winter League, posting a .392/.457/1.182 slash line with nine doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 24 runs scored and 26 RBI in 25 games before injured his left hand.
2023
Split the season between Class AAA Charlotte and the White Sox … appeared in 52 games with the Sox, including 44 at second base (39 starts) and 10 at third base (five starts)... Was recalled from Charlotte on 4/11, replacing an injured Tim Anderson and made his season debut that night at Minnesota... Connected on his second career homer on 4/12 at the Twins, a solo shot off Jhoan Durán... Snapped the White Sox 25-inning scoreless stretch with a RBI double in the second inning on 4/27 vs. Tampa Bay... Went 3-for-23 (.130) with a double and RBI over a seven-game span from 4/22-30 before being optioned to Charlotte on 5/2... Was recalled on 5/4, replacing Jake Burger on the roster, and optioned back to the Knights on 5/12... Was recalled by the Sox on 8/18 for the remainder of the season … hit four home runs in a 10-game span from 8/20-29, including back-to-back games on 8/25-26 vs. Oakland... Recorded a career-high three hits on 8/29 at Baltimore, going 3-for-3 with a solo homer... Went 5-for-13 (.385) with a double, home run and RBI over the last four games of the season... Appeared in 30 games at second base, 20 at shortstop, 19 at third and two as the designated hitter with Charlotte... Hit safely in his first 11 games over two stints with the Knights from 3/31-5/3 … slashed .459/.545/.784 (17-for-37) with a 1.329 OPS during that span... Went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI on 4/4 at Columbus … also drove in four runs on 4/8 at Columbus, 5/27 at Jacksonville and 6/29 at Norfolk … recorded a season-high four hits on 7/8 vs. Jacksonville.
Preseason Rankings: No. 8 prospect in the Sox organization (MLB.com); No. 10 prospect in the Sox system (Baseball America).
2022
Combined to hit .313/.369/.511 (152-483) with 22 doubles, 23 home runs, 79 RBI, 39 walks and 77 runs scored in 119 games between Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte... Also appeared in six games at second base and five at shortstop with the White Sox... His contract was selected from Birmingham on 6/23…made his major-league debut that night vs. Baltimore as a defensive replacement at second base (0-1, BB)…recorded his first hit on 6/26 vs. Baltimore, a double off Jordan Lyles... Was optioned to Charlotte on 6/28 and recalled on 8/7…hit his first MLB home run on 8/9-2 at Kansas City, a solo shot off RHP Jonathan Heasley…became the youngest White Sox player (22.196) to homer since Eloy Jiménez in 2019...Went 1-19 (.053) over six games from 8/10-18 before being optioned to the Knights on 8/19 for the remainder of the season... Ranked among the organizational leaders in average (first), hits (first), total bases (third, 247), homers (T3rd), slugging percentage (fourth), OPS (fourth, .880), RBI (T5th), extra-base hits (T5th, 47), runs scored (sixth), on-base percentage (seventh) and doubles (T7th)... At the time his contract was selected, led the Southern League in average (.331), hits (85), RBI (48), runs scored (47) and ranked among the leaders in slugging (fourth, .549), OPS (4th, .933), homers (T4th, 14) and OBP (eighth, .384)... Was named a SL All-Star and SL Player of the Month for May after hitting .351/.388/.649 (39-111) with eight home runs and 26 RBI…homered twice on 5/17 vs. Rocket City...Played in 38 games with Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .272/.343/.384 (41-151) with nine doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI.
