Alan Eric Roden...Graduated from Middleton High School...Earned All-Big 8 First Team honors in both his junior and senior year, along with being named to First-Team All State as a senior...Spent three seasons with the Creighton Blue Jays, playing in 91 games combined hitting .383 (131-for-342) with 42 doubles, a pair of triples, 14 home runs, 93 RBI, 13 stolen bases, 49 walks to just 27 strikeouts and a 1.125 OPS...Was named Big East Freshman of the Year, First Team Freshman All-American and First Team All-Big East in 2021, after redshirting in 2019 and playing in only three games in 2020 due to the shortened season...Played in 39 games in 2021, hitting .378 (54-for-143) with nine homers, while leading the conference in RBI (47), runs scored (39), doubles (17) and total bases (98)...Graduated from Creighton in May of 2022 with a Physics degree...Was a recipient of the NASA Nebraska Space Grant...His favorite TV show is The Office...Ranked as the Blue Jays seventh-highest prospect heading into the 2024 season, according to MLB.com...Listed as the ninth ranked prospect according to Baseball America.
2024
Named the Stan Barron Most Valuable Player for Triple-A Buffalo...Named the Blue Jays 2024 Minor League Player of the Year...Started the season at Double-A New Hampshire, appearing in 54 games, batting .267 (55-for-206) with 11 doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 27 RBI, 29 walks, 34 strikeouts, a .373 OBP and an .805 OPS...Promoted to Triple-A Buffalo for the first time in his career in June...In 71 games with the Bisons, batted .314 (77-for-245) with 15 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 48 RBI, 35 walks, 41 strikeouts, a .510 SLG and a .916 OPS...Named the International League Player of the Month for August after slashing .354/.411/.594 with seven doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 RBI and a 1.005 OPS...Led the league in hits (34) and total bases (57)...Between both levels, combined to slash .293/.391/.475 with 26 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs, 75 RBI, 14 stolen bases, 12.1% walk rate, 14.2% strikeout rate, .375 wOBA and an .865 OPS in 125 contests...From the beginning of August to the end of September, appeared in 41 games slashing .364/.439/.623 with 12 doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 35 RBI, 11% walk rate, 13.9% strikeout rate, .448 wOBA, .258 ISO, 1.062 OPS, 89.3 average exit velocity and a 40.6% hard-hit rate
2023
Appeared in four games at MLB Spring Training, going 0-for-6...Began the season at High-A Vancouver...With the Canadians, hit .321 (86-for-268) with 23 doubles, a triple, four homers, 41 RBI, 42 walks and 15 stolen bases with a .896 OPS...Promoted to Double-A New Hampshire, hitting .310 (54-for174) in 46 games with six doubles, a triple, six homers, 27 RBI, nine stolen bases and a .881 OPS...Spent most of his time defensively in left field and right field, along with some games played as the team’s designated hitter...Was named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...Had more walks on the season (68) than strikeouts (64) posting a 12.8% walk rate, while leading all Blue Jays Minor Leaguers in wRC+ (149).
2022
Started his professional career with Low-A Dunedin...Played in 25 games, hitting .233 (21-for-90) with five extra base hits, nine RBI, and 17 walks.
