Married Ivania Ortiz...Was rated by MLB Pipeline as the No. 1 international prospect at the time of his signing...Played with the Cuban National Team in the Caribbean Series (2016-2018), World Baseball Classic (2017) and Canadian-American Association (2017, ‘19), a professional, independent league in the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada...Is the younger half brother of OF Yoénis Céspedes, a two-time All-Star who hit 165 homers during his eight-year MLB career.
2022
Spent his first full season with Class AA Birmingham, setting career highs in games (119), hits (118), doubles (29), home runs (17), extra-base hits (47), RBI (59) and stolen bases (33)...Led the Southern League in extra-base hits, ranked third in total bases, fourth in doubles and fifth in hits...topped SL outfielders in assists (13) and double plays (four) and recorded the second-highest fielding percentage (.991)...Registered 29 multi-hit efforts, including a four-hit effort on 8/23 vs. Mississippi...drove in multiple runs in 13 games, including a season-high four on two occasions...Hit two home runs on 4/17 at Chattanooga and 8/6 vs. Chattanooga...his three stolen bases on 9/8 vs. Chattanooga were a career high...Recorded a season-high, 11-game hitting streak from 4/14-27 (.283, 13-46)...posted five additional hitting streaks of five-plus games during the season...Preseason Rankings: No. 2 prospect (Baseball America) and No. 4 prospect (MLB.com) in the White Sox system.
2021
Combined to hit .285 (77-270) with 20 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 27 RBI and 18 stolen bases over 72 games between Class High A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham in his first professional season...Batted .333 (16-48) against left-handed pitchers...Reached base safely in 30 straight games from 7/15-8/20, batting .342 (39-114) with 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 14 RBI...Began the season with Winston-Salem ... made his pro debut on 6/19 vs. Greensboro ... hit his first home run on 6/26 at Asheville...went 4-6 with three doubles and three runs scored on 6/29 at Greenville and homered with three runs scored the following game at Greenville...Appeared in the MLB Futures Game on 7/11 at Coors Field in Denver...recorded four straight multi-hit games from 7/21-24...scored three runs again on 7/28 at Greensboro and was 2-3 with a home run, two RBI and walk on 8/5 at Asheville...Was promoted to Birmingham on 8/16 ... went 2-4 with a double and run scored in his Barons debut on 8/18 at Tennessee...posted back-to-back three-hit games on 9/8-9 vs. Rocket City...Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 6 prospect in the White Sox organization...Played in 19 games with the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League following the regular season.