Played catcher at Indian River State College and his first year of rookie ball...Is on record as saying that 2-0 is his favorite count as a hitter...As a Miami native, the first thing he tried when he got to California was In-N-Out and was a big fan of their burgers...Self-proclaimed anime fan...throughout the baseball season, he’ll pick a different anime character as his social media profile picture and change characters every month...During his free time, he enjoys fishing, going to the beach, spending time with his family and watching football...has family in Buffalo, so he is a Bills fan.
2024
Played in 125 games between Single-A Lake Elsinore, High-A Fort Wayne and Double-A San Antonio and slashed .288/.396/.427 with 11 homers, 30 doubles and 78 RBI...Began the season with Lake Elsinore where he batted .311 and slugged .493 with 16 doubles, eight homers and 40 RBI across 59 games with the Storm...His first HR of the season was an inside-the-parker on April 16, as part of a 3-for-4 day with four RBI in a 11-5 win over the Visalia Rawhide...Collected a season-high four hits with a home run and 4 RBI on May 5 in a Storm 9-6 win vs. the San Jose Giants...Was named to the Baseball America Low Class-A All-Star Team...Bumped from Lake Elsinore to Fort Wayne on June 19, and slashed .262/.343/.393 with two home runs, 10 doubles, 19 RBI and 15 walks in 34 games...Promoted from Fort Wayne to San Antonio on Aug. 6, 2024, and collected hits in his first four games for the Missions…hit his first Double-A HR on Aug. 9 in a 9-0 Missions win over the Springfield Cardinals...Went 3-for-5 with a career-high 5 RBI in the Missions’ 8-0 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Aug. 15, 2024...Named to the California League Post-Season All-Star team for his work at Lake Elsinore after the 2024 season...In his second season working exclusively as a first baseman, he owned a .980 fielding percentage (16 E/785 total chances)…Following the season, hit .276 for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League...named to the 2024 Fall Star Game, the Arizona Fall League’s showcase of top performers from the Fall league season, where he went 1-for-2 with a double in the contest...Entered 2025 ranked as the Padres No. 18 prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 30 by Baseball America.
2023
Named the Arizona Complex League Most Valuable Player and made the ACL Post-Season All-Star Team…was also named a MiLB.com Organizational All-Star for the Padres...Combined for a .341/.439/.573 slash line in 66 games between the ACL Padres and Low Single-A Lake Elsinore with 23 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 56 RBI, 42 walks and four stolen bases to go along with a 1.012 OPS…converted to first base fulltime and made 50 appearances there and 13 as a DH...Over 50 games in the ACL, slashed .359/.443/.617 and led the league in RBI (53) and OPS (1.060). He also ranked fourth in HR with eight...Had his first career multi-HR game on July 27, when he hit a three-run HR in the first inning and added a solo shot in seventh inning of a ACL Padres 7-4 victory over the ACL White Sox...Promoted to Lake Elsinore on August 21, and collected a knock in his Storm debut the following day against Rancho Cucamonga…in his second game at Lake Elsinore, collected two doubles and scored a run against the Quakes.
2022
Drafted by the Padres in the 18th round of the 2022 First Year Player Draft out of Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Fla...Began his professional career with the Arizona Complex League Padres as a catcher, starting five games behind the dish to go along with one start as the DH…batted .083 (1-for-12) in seven games with one double, one run scored, three walks and a .276 OBP.
