Married to Ali...Attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky...Attended Bellarmine University for three years… older brother, Brady, was a senior catcher during his freshman season and younger brother, Brett, was a freshman infielder in his junior year...Was the second-highest draft pick in school history behind Todd Wellemeyer (fourth round, 2000) and ninth all-time...His father, Brian, played soccer at Bellarmine, his grandfather, Bob, played baseball in the 1960s (later attended grad school at Arizona State) and aunts Martha and Krysteen played field hockey and softball respectively...His mother, Staci, played basketball, but at the University of Louisville...Went 2-1 with a 2.81 ERA in nine games (two starts) with Wareham of the 2019 Cape Cod League...Visited Phoenix Children's Hospital on June 12, 2024 along with teammates Ryne Nelson and Jordan Montgomery...Helped surprise 80 kids at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Grant Woods Branch with brand new bikes on June 28, 2024.
2024
Went 11-10 with a 4.71 ERA (103 R-95 ER in 181.2 IP), opponent .259 AVG (183-for-707), 42 walks and 185 strikeouts over 32 starts in his second season with the D-backs...Set career highs in wins (11), starts (32), innings (181.2) and strikeouts (185)…Became the seventh D-back starting pitcher at age 25 or younger all-time to collect 10+ wins in a season and first since Robbie Ray in 2017 (15)…Led the team in starts, innings pitched and strikeouts...Was one of nine NL pitchers to record 19+ starts of 6.0+ innings...Among NL pitching leaders, finished fifth in K/ BB ratio (4.405), tied for fifth in starts (32), sixth in BB/9.0 IP (2.081), tied for seventh in innings pitched (181.2), eighth in strikeouts (185) and eighth in strikeouts per 9.0 IP (9.165)…Opened with four no-hit innings twice (April 22 @ Cardinals and May 15 vs. Reds), tied for the second longest of his career, behind his 6.1 innings on Aug. 18, 2023 @ Padres...His five straight quality starts from April 28-May 21 tied for the third-longest by a D-back since 2021...In that stretch, went 1-2 with a 3.19 ERA (14 R-11 ER in 31.0 IP), .220 AVG (26-for-118) and 31 strikeouts...Tossed a career-high-tying seven innings six times (April 17 vs. Cubs, May 15 vs. Reds, May 28 @ Rangers, July 21 @ Cubs, Aug. 12 vs. Rockies and Sept. 19 vs. Brewers)…On Sept. 19 @ Brewers, set a career high with 12 strikeouts...In four starts in July, went 2-0 with a 2.31 ERA (6 ER in 23.1 IP), .214 AVG (18-for-84) with one walk and 21 strikeouts...In 16 home starts, went 7-5 with a 5.09 ERA (57 R-50 ER in 88.1 IP) and 95 strikeouts...Yielded two walks or fewer in 14 games, including no walks in 6 starts...Limited righties to a .224 AVG (79-for-353)/.635 OPS with 18 walks and 109 strikeouts...Used his sweeper 27.3% and limited hitters to a .215 AVG (45-for-209) with a 36.2% whiff and 77 strikeouts...Worked 5.0+ innings in 27 of his 32 starts...Improved his first pitch strike percent from 63.9 to 70.7...Decreased his hard-hit percentage by 4.6, from 44.0% last season to 39.4%...Recorded a career-best 16.2 scoreless-innings streak over four starts from July 6-July 27, 2024...Seven straight K's to match RJ and Schilling...On Sept. 19, 2024 @ Brewers, his seven consecutive strikeouts (Contreras in Bot. 4 to Monasterio in Bot. 6) tied the franchise record from 2001 (Randy Johnson/3x, last on July 18, 2001 and Curt Schilling on July 21, 2001).
2023
Went 3-9 with a 5.72 ERA (61 ER in 96.0 IP) in 18 starts with Arizona...Entered the season rated as the D-backs' No. 4 prospect by The Athletic (No. 38 overall) and MLB Pipeline (No. 59 overall) and No. 5 by Baseball America...Made his Major League debut on May 3 @ Rangers ( 7 ER in 4.2 IP)…was the second D-backs starting pitcher to make their MLB debut @ Rangers and first @ Globe Life Field (last: Nelson Figueroa on June 3, 2000)...Struck out Josh Jung in the second inning for his first career strikeout...Was the first D-backs starter to make his debut in 2023...At the time of his selection, ranked among Pacific Coast League leaders in strikeouts (T-1st), WHIP (second), ERA (fifth), win percentage (fifth, .667), opponent average (T-5th, .245) and innings pitched (10th)...Optioned to Triple-A Reno on May 27 and recalled on June 29...Optioned to Triple-A Reno on June 30…in his last start with the Aces on July 16, earned the win @ Las Vegas, tossing 5.2 shutout innings with eight strikeouts and allowing six hits and two walks...Recalled on July 22...Earned his first Major League win on Aug. 25 vs. Reds (2 ER in 5.1 IP, 5 K)...Recorded three career-high-tying eight-strikeout games on Aug. 13 vs. Padres and back-to-back on Sept. 22 @ Yankees and Sept. 27 @ White Sox...Owned a 12.2 inning scoreless streak from 8/13/23 vs. SD (second inning) - 8/25/23 vs. CIN (second inning)...Opponents hit .180 (24-for-133) with 47 strikeouts off his sweeper...Appeared in one game in relief, the first of his career, on Sept. 10 vs. Cubs (4 ER in 6.0 IP)...Went 6-2 with a 3.71 ERA (25 ER in 60.2 IP) in 12 starts with the Aces.
POSTSEASON: Appeared in five Postseason games, going 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA (8 ER in 22.0 IP) and 26 strikeouts...Made his Postseason debut in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card on Oct. 3 @ Brewers (3 ER in 2.2 IP)...Was the second-youngest (24-353) pitcher to start a Postseason game in franchise history, behind Daniel Hudson (24-207 on Oct. 2, 2011 @ Brewers) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]...Became the third D-backs rookie to start a Postseason game (also: Josh Collmenter/2011 vs. MIL and Micah Owings/2007@ COL [source: Elias Sports Bureau]...Tossed 4.1 scoreless innings in his second career Postseason start and first @ Chase Field on Oct. 11 vs. Dodgers in NLDS Game 3...Became the youngest (24-361) D-backs' pitcher to start a home Postseason game in franchise history (previous: Josh Collmenter (25-239) vs. Brewers on Oct. 4, 2011 in NLDS Game 3) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]...Tossed 5.2 scoreless innings in his first career start vs. Phillies @ Chase Field on Oct. 19 in Game 3 of the NLCS (2 H, 0 BB, 9 K)...Became the first pitcher in MLB history to allow no runs and no walks in consecutive Postseason starts (source: @ESPNStatsInfo)...Became the second pitcher in franchise history to strike out 9+ batters without a walk in a Postseason game (also: Curt Schilling, 2001 World Series Game 7) and the fourth Rookie pitcher in MLB Postseason history to record 8+ strikeouts without a walk.
2022
Named the D-backs' Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 11-7 with a 3.83 ERA (71 ER in 167.0 IP), 218 strikeouts, 1.16 WHIP in 29 starts between Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno…led all organization farmhands in wins, ERA and strikeouts... Was the first Minor League pitcher to reach the 200-strikeout milestone since 2011 and his 218 strikeouts were the most in the Minors since Brandon Claussen/NYY in 2001 (220)... Struck out 10+ batters five times, including a season-high 12 strikeouts on June 23 @ Corpus Christi.
2021
Combined to go 8-7 with a 3.21 ERA (47 ER in 131.2 IP), 160 strikeouts and 28 walks over 22 starts between Single-A Visalia, High-A Hillsboro and Double-A Amarillo...Ranked among all Minor Leaguers in innings (2nd) and strikeouts (7th) and finished Top 10 in the farm system in innings (1st), wins (T-2nd), strikeouts (2nd) and starts (3rd)...Promoted to High-A Hillsboro on June 22 after just seven starts (3.12 ERA; 14 ER in 40.1 IP) with Single-A Visalia...tossed his first career complete game shutout on July 14 vs. Vancouver...Promoted to Amarillo on Aug. 16 after 9 starts (2.48 ERA; 16 ER in 58.0 IP) with the Hops…went 1-1 with a 4.59 ERA (17 ER in 33.1IP) in 6 starts for the Sod Poodles...Ranked as the No. 4 High-A West League prospect by Baseball America following the season.
