Drew Romo

Drew Arthur Romo...Represented Team USA during the 2019 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup and during the 2018 COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships...Named to the All-Tournament team in 2018 after batting .458 with 10 RBI during the tournament...Initially committed to play collegiately at LSU before signing with the Rockies out of high school...Attended The Woodlands High School (Texas), the alma mater of Paul Goldschmidt and Jameson Taillon.

2024

Made his Major League debut on Aug. 17 vs. San Diego and appeared in 16 games with the Rockies in his first Major League stint...Had his contract selected by the Rockies from Triple-A Albuquerque on Aug. 16, his first time on a Major League roster...At 22 years and 354 days old at the time of his debut, became the third-youngest catcher to debut in franchise history, behind Ben Petrick (22-147d in 1999) and Wilin Rosario (22-195d in 2011)...Was the second-youngest catcher to appear in a game in the Majors in 2024, trailing Francisco Alvarez of the Mets...Recorded his first Major League hit on Aug. 20 at Nationals Park, an infield single in the ninth inning off Robert Garcia...Hit safely in six of his first eight games, including a five-game hitting streak Aug. 24-31...Also recorded a four-game RBI streak Aug. 25-31, the second player in franchise history with a five-plus game hitting streak and four-plus game RBI streak within his first eight career games (also: Trevor Story, 2016)...Caught five of 21 attempted base stealers (76.2 SB%)...In 85 games with Triple-A Albuquerque, slashed .297/.339/.499 with 19 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 60 RBI.

2023

Appeared in 95 total games between Double-A Hartford (91 games) and Triple-A Albuquerque (four games), his first experience at the Triple-A level...Slashed .254/.313/.440 with 18 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs, 48 RBI, 29 walks and 67 strikeouts in 91 games with Hartford...Promoted to Triple-A on Sept. 19 and went 6-for-17 (.353) with one double, one triple and three RBI in four games with the Isotopes...Appeared in 81 total games at catcher between the two stops, posting a .981 fielding percentage with 24 caught stealings in 124 total attempts (80.6 stolen base percentage)...Appeared in 11 games with the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League and went 9-for-39 (.231) with one double, two triples, two RBI, eight walks and nine strikeouts...Invited to his first Major League Spring Training and went 8-for-19 (.421) with one double, one triple and four RBI.

2022

Named the Northwest League Player of the Month for April after hitting .342 (26-for-76) with seven extra-base hits and 14 RBI through 20 games...Spent the season with High-A Spokane, appearing in a career-high 101 games...Started 56 games behind the dish and 40 as the designated hitter...Tied for the team lead with five triples and tied for third with 19 doubles...Recorded a 10-game hitting streak April 22-May 4, batting .324 (12-for-37) through that span.

2021

Slashed .314/.345/.439 in his first professional season with Low-A Fresno … Had a 21-game hit streak July 6-Aug. 15 (32-for-82; .390/.416/.463; 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 7 SB), the second-longest hit streak in the Low-A West and tied for the second-longest in Low-A overall.

2020

Did not play due to the cancellation of the Minor League season.