Married Taylor...Attended the University of Mississippi, where he batted .319/.427/.561 (225-for-706) with 43 doubles, 40 home runs, 158 RBI and 186 runs scored in 186 games over three seasons (2021-23)…Was named Second Team All-SEC and was a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award (nation's top shortstop) as a junior in 2023 after hitting .327/.435/.564 (66-for-202) with 18 doubles, 10 home runs, 51 RBI and 46 runs scored in 46 games...Was named Division I Baseball National Freshman of the Year in 2021 after batting .355/.443/.561 (93-for-262) with 16 doubles, 12 home runs, 55 RBI and 73 runs scored in 67 games…led all true freshman in hits and runs scored...Helped lead Ole Miss to its first ever College World Series title in 2021…was teammates on the Rebels championship team with current White Sox minor leaguers Tim Elko, Calvin Harris and T.J. McCants…went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in the championship game vs. Oklahoma...Started at shortstop for the U.S. Collegiate National team in 2022 and 2021...Is a 2020 graduate of Glendora (Calif.) High School…was a three-time Perfect Game Underclassman All-American.
2024
Combined to hit .238/.307/.343 (121-for-508) with 27 doubles, eight home runs, 57 RBI, 58 runs scored and 17 stolen bases in 130 games with Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham…made 103 starts at shortstop and 18 at second base...Ranked among the organizational leaders in doubles (T3rd), hits (sixth), total bases (eighth, 174), RBI (ninth), extra-base hits (T9th, 36) and runs scored (T10th)…Hit .304/.391/.366 (34-for-112) against left-handed pitchers…seven of his eight homers came against right-handers...Batted .294 (58-for-197) with runners on base, .292 (38-for-130) with RISP and .556 (5-for-9) with the bases loaded...Began the season at Winston-Salem…reached base safely in each of his first 16 games, extending his 21-game on-base streak from the end of the 2023 season to 37...Slashed .321.387/.468 (35-for-109) with seven doubles, three home runs, 20 RBI and 18 runs scored in May…went 4-for-4 with a homer and four RBI on 5/8 vs. Asheville...Was promoted to Birmingham on 5/21, where he hit safely in his first seven games (.424, 14-for-33)…went 3-for-5 with a RBI in his Barons debut on 5/21 at Biloxi and 3-for-5 with a double, homer, two RBI and two runs scored the next day at the Shuckers...Was named Southern League Player of the Week for the period of 5/20-26, his first week in the league...Hit his first Minor-League grand slam on 6/28 vs. Tennessee...Compiled a season-high, 10-game hitting streak from 8/18-29, batting .371/.463/.686 (13-for-35) with five doubles, two home runs, five RBI and nine runs scored...Batted .438/.550/.688 (7-for-16) with a double, home run, five RBI and four runs scored in five playoff games for the SL champion Barons … went 3-for-5 with a double, three RBI and run scored in Game 1 of the championship series at Montgomery...Was selected to play in the inaugural Spring Breakout game on 3/15 at the Cubs, but the game was canceled due to rain...Preseason Rankings: No. 5 prospect (MLB.com) and No. 6 prospect (BA) in the system…Best Hitter for Average in the organization (BA).
