Collin Joseph Kayfus...Fiancée, Nicole Stanchfield...Earned back-to-back All-ACC Second Team honors ('22-23) at the University of Miami (Fla.), playing three seasons for the Canes...Hit .347 (82-for-236) as a junior and .366 (87-for-238) as a sophomore...Overall at Miami, slashed .350/.453/.548/1.001 with 98 RBI and 137 runs in 162 games...Was taken 31 picks behind teammate RHP Andrew Walters (No. 62, CB Round 2)...Team MVP as a sophomore...Graduated from Palm Beach Central in 2020 after beginning prep career at Cherry Creek…As a senior, batted .556 with four triples, two homers and 13 RBI…Helped Palm Beach Central reach the state final four in 2019…Majored in business management at "The U"...Has a yet-to-be-fulfilled passion for restoring old cars.
2025
Continued quick ascent through the Minor League system, starting the season in AA Akron before spending the last two months in Cleveland following his Aug. 2 recall from AAA Columbus...Entered the 2025 season as the No. 8 prospect in the Cleveland system, according to MLB.com and Baseball America (was 66th overall prospect in MLB at time of promotion)...Represented Cleveland in the 2025 All Star Futures Games (0-for-2, BB, GS 1B)...Posted a .364/.475/.591 slash line over 18 games at AA Akron before earning promotion to AAA Columbus on Apr. 28...In 68 games at Triple-A, he owned a .283 (71-for-251) average with 14 doubles, 13 home runs, 43 RBI and an .893 OPS.. At the time of his Aug. 2 promotion, he was leading all club Minor Leaguers in slugging percentage (.539), OPS (.929), hits (95), triples (eight) and total bases (171), was second in average and extra-base hits (40), tied for fourth in home runs and third in RBI...Reached in 22 straight games, June 7-July 3...Defensively, made 46 starts at first base, 21 in right field and 12 in left field between Akron and Columbus, and held his own vs. lefties, batting .284/.384/.527/.911 OPS...Made his Major League debut on Aug. 2 vs. Minnesota (RF), recording an RBI groundout in his first at-bat...Recorded first hit the next day vs. the Twins (2B off Michael Tonkin)...Notched first career homer on Aug. 9 at Chicago-AL off Sean Burke after posting two doubles and three RBI the previous night vs. the Sox...Struggled after his first week in the Majors, going 9-for-61 (.148) from Aug. 10-Sept. 7 before hitting .282 (11-for-39) in his last 15 regular season games from Sept. 8 on (four 2B, two HR, nine RBI, .902 OPS)...Was tied for second among AL rookies in Sept. doubles (six) and tied for fourth in extra-base hits (eight) for the final month...Overall after his Aug. 2 call-up, he was tied for second among AL rookies in doubles (10) and tied for fourth in extra-base hits (15)...With Cleveland he made 26 starts in RF (0 DRS) and 12 starts (-1 DRS) at first base (one GS at DH)...Batted .167 (11-for-66) at home and .281 (16-for-57) away from Cleveland... Started the last two games of the AL WC Series at first base and pinch hit in Game 1...Walk-off HBP on Sept. 27 vs. Texas was the fifth time by a CLE batter since 1912 and the first-ever in MLB history to clinch a postseason berth.
2024
Finished his first full season with the organization, ranking second in the Guardians' player development system in RBI (92), third in OPS (.904), third in doubles (26), third in extra-base hits (49), tied for third in triples (six), fourth in hits (118) and tied for sixth in home runs (17) between High-A Lake County and AA Akron, hitting a combined .291 with 92 RBI in 107 games...Was leading the Midwest League in batting average (.338) and OPS (1.015) at the time of his promotion to Double-A Akron on June 3...Hit .352 (19-for-54) in April...Reached in 18 straight games (36x) from April 23-May 15...At Akron reached in 14 straight games (30x) from June 28 to July 19...During his three-plus-month tenure in Double-A, he ranked among league hitters in RBI (third, 55), OPS (seventh, .836) and walks (eighth, 36)...Had three two-homer games with Akron and four games of at least four RBI.
2023
Made pro debut on Aug. 9 after signing on July 22...Drove in 19 runs in 17 games to end the season (tied for fifth in Carolina League in RBI during tenure).
