Oscar Colás #17

Married Viviana Aroche García...Attended Escuela Número 95 Nguyen in Van Troy, Cuba...Trained with Luis Robert Jr. prior to the 2023 season.

2022

Combined to hit .314/.371/.524 (151-481) with 24 doubles, four triples, 23 home runs, 79 RBI and 81 runs scored over 117 games between Class High A Winston-Salem, Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte in his first pro season...Ranked among White Sox organizational leaders in hits (second), total bases (second, 252), extra-base hits (third, 51), home runs (T3rd), batting average (fourth), slugging percentage (fourth), OPS (fifth, .895), runs scored (fifth), RBI (T5th), doubles (sixth) and on-base percentage (ninth)...Posted a .362 (38-105) average against left-handed pitchers and a .301 (113-376) mark vs. right-handers...20 of his 23 homers were off RHP...Began the season with Winston-Salem, where he hit .301/.363/.479 (22-73) over 16 games in April...hit his first professional home run on 4/26 at Asheville and added his second the following day against the Tourists...Was placed on the injured list on 5/8 after missing eight games with a left wrist contusion...was reinstated IL on 5/15, going 2-4 with a solo home run in his first game back...Recorded a season-high four hits on 6/25 vs. Hudson Valley, 7/27 at Tennessee and 9/26 vs. Durham...Was promoted to Birmingham on 7/12...reached base safely in each of his first 15 games with the Barons (.368/.455/.571)...Collected three multi-homer efforts on 7/24 at Rocket City, 7/27 at Tennessee and 9/24 at Jacksonville...Recorded a RBI in five straight games (eight RBI) from 7/13- 24) and homered fives times in a four-game span from 7/22-27...Was promoted to Charlotte on 9/20, where he hit safely in six of his seven games with the Knights...went 4-6 with a double, two homers, three RBI and four runs scored on 9/24 at Jacksonville...Was signed as an international free agent on 1/25...was rated by MLB.com as the No. 5 international prospect...became the fourth Top 15 international prospect to sign with the Sox since 2013, joining Micker Adolfo (No. 2), Yoelqui Céspedes (No. 1) and Norge Vera (No. 15)...Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 2 prospect in the White Sox organization...Was signed by Marco Paddy and Ruddy Moreta.