Married to Baylee...Attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington…Was named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year as a junior in 2022, when he led the CAA with a .348 batting average and ranked third with 66 hits...Originally was selected by San Francisco in the 15th round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign...Is a 2019 graduate of Whiteville (N.C.) High School, where as a senior he batted .455 with nine home runs and 44 RBI while going 11-0 with a 0.62 ERA on the mound…Was teammates with Texas Rangers pitcher McKenzie Gore...His father, Chuck, was the 1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year at Clemson and selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round of the 1987 draft.
2025
Appeared in 37 games in left field, 26 in center, 20 in right, 15 at third base and 10 each at second and shortstop over three stints with the White Sox...Was the only player in MLB to appear in 10-plus games at six or more different positions and the second Sox player to accomplish that feat in club history, joining Leury García in 2021 (also six)...Also hit .368/.427/.752 (43-for-117) with 12 home runs and 25 RBI in just 29 games with Charlotte...Batted .278/.340/.485 (27-for-97) with six doubles, four home runs, 12 RBI and 14 runs scored in 28 games from Aug. 16-end of the season...Hit .249/.299/.432 (60-for-241) with 10 homers from the left side of the plate and .203/.254/.305 (12-for-59) with one homer from the right side...Batted .279/.335/.475 (50-for-179) with 14 doubles, seven home runs, 26 RBI and 23 runs scored in 61 road games...Led the Sox in road average, ranked second in doubles and third in slugging percentage and OPS (.810)...Made his first career Opening Day roster and hit safely in each of his first seven games (.318, 7-for-22)…Went 2-for-4 with a double and two-run homer (off Mason Miller) on April 25 at the Athletics...Batted .151/.220/.189 (8-for-53) over 19 games from April 29-May 18 and was optioned to Charlotte on May 19...Collected four hits on June 6 vs. Lehigh Valley and June 10 at Durham...Was recalled on June 13 and optioned back to the Knights on June 16…Homered twice on June 17 vs. Gwinnett...Was recalled again on July 1 and spend the rest of the season with the White Sox…Broke up Dustin May's no-hit bid on July 3 at Dodger Stadium with a one-out single in the sixth inning and his shutout bid with a two-run homer in the eighth...Was on the 10-day injured list from July 9-18 with a lower back strain…Hit a three-run homer off Shane Baz on July 21 at Tampa Bay in his first start of the second half...Matched his career high with three hits (third time) on Aug. 3 at Los Angeles-AL…Homered in back-to-back games for the first time in his career on Aug. 7 at Seattle and Aug. 8 vs. Cleveland...Recorded his second three-hit game of the season on Aug. 17 at Kansas City…Reached base safely four times in a 13-9 win on Aug. 18 at Atlanta, going 1-for-2 with a solo homer (off Spencer Strider), three walks and two runs scored...Hit a pair of doubles on Sept. 1 at Minnesota, including a game-tying shot in the eighth inning, and went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run scored the next night at the Twins...Left the game on Sept. 12 at Cleveland with left hip soreness...Homered twice with seven RBI in the final three-game series of the season from Sept. 26-28 at Washington…Hit a two-run double in the first inning on Sept. 26 and a two-run homer off Jake Irvin on Sept. 27…Was 2-for-4 with a double, homer and career-high tying three RBI in the season finale on Sept. 28.
2024
Split the season between Class AA Birmingham, Class AAA Charlotte and the White Sox...Made 23 starts at second base and nine at shortstop with the White Sox, committing two errors in 117 total chances (.983 fielding percentage)...His contract was selected from Charlotte on 7/19 … made his MLB debut that night at Kansas City, going 1-3 as the starting second baseman … singled off RHP Michael Wacha in his first plate appearance...Recorded a double in three straight games from 7/26-28 … reached base safely four times on 7/27 vs. Seattle, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and run scored...Hit his first MLB home run on 8/3 at Minnesota, a solo shot off Bailey Ober … also reached based safely four times on 8/4 at the Twins, going 3-for-4 with a walk, RBI and two runs scored...Hit safely in a season-high five straight games from 8/9-14 … connected on his second home run vs. the Yankees on 8/12, a three-run shot off future teammate Enyel De Los Santos in a 12-2 victory, Grady Sizemore's first as interim manager...Reached base safely four times for the second time on 8/19 at San Francisco...Did not play from 8/28-9/2 with a sprained right wrist … returned to the lineup on 9/3 at Baltimore, going 0-for-3 before being placed on the 10-day injured list on 9/4 … missed the remainder of the season...Batted .324/.391/.460 (102-for-315) with 19 doubles, eight home runs, 41 RBI, 40 runs scored and 17 stolen bases in 82 games between Birmingham and Charlotte … his 102 hits at the time of his promotion were tied for sixth-most in MiLB...Began the season with Birmingham, appearing in 82 games before his promotion to the Knights on 7/4 … recorded four multi-hit efforts in eight games with Charlotte...Was named Southern League Player of the Month for April after hitting .408/.464/.566 (31-for-76) with nine doubles, one home run and 15 RBI in 20 games...Posted four-hit games on 4/18 vs. Mississippi, 4/25 at Chattanooga, 5/15 vs. Chattanooga and 6/26 vs. Tennessee, including a pair of home runs...Recorded five straight multi-hit efforts from 4/21-26 and nine in a 12-game stretch from 5/21-6/2...Was promoted to Charlotte on 7/4 … led the SL with a .322 average at the time of his promotion...Went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in his Knights debut on 7/4 vs. Jacksonville … also homered on 7/13 vs. Durham...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: Best Defensive Infielder in the White Sox organization (BA).
2023
Was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star after slashing .269/.349/.460 (93-for-346) with 15 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 48 RBI between Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem...Hit .303/.419/.632 (23-for-76) with seven home runs and 14 RBI over 22 games in July…Homered twice on July 6 vs. Down East and homered with four RBI on July 7 vs. the Wood Ducks...Was named South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the period of Aug. 14-20, hitting .524/.583/.857 (11-for-21) with two homers, six RBI, six runs scored and four stolen bases in five games.
2022
Made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League White Sox before being promoted to Kannapolis…Hit a combined .219 (25-for-114) with four doubles and five RBI...Was recommended/signed by White Sox scout John Stott.
