Married, wife's name Chloé...The couple has a bernedoodle named Coconut...Father, Matt, was a seven-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, 2007 NL Batting Champion, and 2011 World Series Champion across 15 MLB seasons between the Colorado Rockies (2004-08, 18), Oakland Athletics (2009), St. Louis Cardinals (2009-16) and New York Yankees (2017)...Brother, Ethan, is a left-handed hitting shortstop and is ranked as the top prospect in the class of 2025, according to Baseball America...Uncle, Josh Holliday, is the head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team; had committed to OSU before signing with the Orioles...Participated in the 2023 Orioles Health and Fitness Challenge at Sarasota Middle School.
2024
Attended Spring Training as a non-roster invitee and was reassigned to Minor League camp on March 22; had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk on April 10; optioned to the Tides on April 26; placed on the 7-day Injured List with right elbow inflammation on June 14; reinstated on June 25; recalled for the rest of the season on July 31...Slashed .189/.255/.311 (36-for-190) with four doubles, two triples, five home runs, 28 runs scored, 23 RBI, 15 walks, two hit-by-pitches and four stolen bases in 60 MLB games...Made his MLB debut on April 10 at Boston; at 20 years, 128 days, became the youngest player to make his debut for the O’s since Dylan Bundy (19y-313d) on Sept. 23, 2012 at Boston, and the youngest position player since Manny Machado (20y-34d) on Aug. 9, 2012 vs. Kansas City; was the first high school player from the 2022 draft to debut...Collected his first hit with a single in the seventh inning on April 14 vs. Milwaukee off Abner Uribe; later scored the go-ahead run; snapped an 0-for-13 stretch to begin his career...Launched his first career home run after being recalled earlier in the day on July 31 vs. Toronto, a grand slam that landed on Eutaw Street; became the third player in O’s history (since 1954) whose first big-league homer was a grand slam, joining Fritz Connally (4/19/85 at TOR) and Frank Baker (9/28/73 vs. CLE), and the first MLB player to do so since Chicago-NL's Alexander Canario (9/19/23 vs. PIT); at 20 years, 240 days, became the youngest player in team history to hit a grand slam; is the only Oriole and second player in Oriole Park history whose first homer landed on Eutaw Street, along with Houston's Robbie Grossman (7/31/13)...Homered in three straight games from Aug. 4-7, becoming the young player in AL history to do so (20y, 247d)...Went 4-for-5 with a triple, an RBI, and three runs scored on Aug. 16 vs. Boston; became the second-youngest player in team history to record four hits in a game behind Hall of Famer and Orioles legend Brooks Robinson (20y, 130d) on Sept. 25, 1957 (G2) at New York-AL; became the youngest player in O's history to notch at least three hits and at least three runs scored in the same game...Delivered a go-ahead, three-run double in his first career plate appearance as a pinch-hitter on Aug. 24 vs. Houston; at 20 years, 264 days, became the youngest Oriole to drive in 3+ runs as a pinch-hitter and the youngest in MLB since the Washington Senators’ Jeff Burroughs (20y-148d) on Aug. 2, 1971 at Detroit; became the youngest player with a pinch-hit extra-base hit since Washington's Juan Soto (19y-202d) on May 15, 2018 vs. New York-AL...Reached safely five times (3 H, 2 BB) on Sept. 28 at Minnesota, the youngest player (20y-299d) in O’s history to reach safely five times and the youngest MLB player since Soto (20y-298d) on Aug. 19, 2019 at Pittsburgh (4 H, BB); also...Batted .271/.431/.477 (72-for-266) with 25 doubles, 10 home runs, 75 runs scored, 38 RBI, 75 walks, two hit-by pitches and eight stolen bases in 73 Triple-A games.
2023
Spent the year with four teams, opening the year with Single-A Delmarva and ending it with Triple-A Norfolk...Combined to slash .323/.442/.499 (154-for-477) with 30 doubles, nine triples, 12 home runs, 113 runs scored, 75 RBI, 101 walks (2 IBB), two hit-by-pitches and 24 stolen bases in 125 Minor League games...Named Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year, the second straight season an Oriole has won the award (Gunnar Henderson, 2022); also won USA TODAY Sports' Minor League Player of the Year...Selected as the Orioles' Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year...Tabbed by Minor League Baseball as the Hitting Prospect of the Year, the second straight season an Oriole has won the award (Gunnar Henderson, 2022)...Led all minor leaguers in runs scored, becoming the first O's farmhand to accomplish the feat since at least 2005; also ranked among qualified full-season minor leaguers in on-base percentage (fifth), and walks (T-5th)...Led the organization in batting average, on-base percentage, runs, triples and walks while ranking among the leaders in hits (second), OPS (third, .941), slugging percentage (fourth), total bases (fourth, 238) and doubles (T-4th)...Earned Carolina League Player of the Week on 4/24; hit .455/.571/.773 (10-for-22) with one double, two homers, eight runs scored, seven RBI, six walks and one stolen base in six games during the period...Selected as SAL Player of the Week on 5/22; slashed .619/.667/1.333 (13-for-21) with three doubles, three triples, two home runs, nine runs scored, 14 RBI, three walks and two stolen bases in five games during the week...Named South Atlantic League and Orioles Minor League Hitter of the Month in May; batted .441/.542/.780 (26-for-59) with five doubles, three triples, three homers, 18 runs scored, 18 RBI, 13 walks and seven stolen bases in 16 games; led all Minor Leaguers in on-base percentage during the month...Participated in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle...Promoted to Double-A Bowie on 7/14 and Triple-A Norfolk on 9/5...Appeared in all four Postseason games with the Tides, going 3-for-17 with a double, a homer, one run scored, one RBI, and two walks...Finished the season ranked the No. 1 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline and Baseball America after entering the season as the No. 12 prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 15 by Baseball America.
2022
Became the third No. 1 overall selection in Orioles history, joining C Adley Rutschman (2019) and RHP Ben McDonald (1989)...Became the first high schooler taken by the Orioles in the first round since RHP Grayson Rodriguez (No. 11 overall) in 2018 and the first high school position player taken by the O's in the first round since INF Ryan Mountcastle (No. 36 overall) in 2015...Signed with the O's on 7/27 and made his professional debut with the FCL Orioles on 8/10 at FCL Braves...Hit his first professional home run on 8/19 (G1) at FCL Pirates...Promoted to Low-A Delmarva on 8/24 and made his full-season debut with the Shorebirds on 8/25 vs. Lynchburg, going 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a walk...Tallied his first professional three-hit game on 9/7 vs. Down East, going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, one RBI, and one walk...Hit .297/.489/.422 (19-for-64) with five doubles, one home run, 14 runs scored, nine RBI and four stolen bases in 20 combined games with Delmarva (12 G) and the FCL Orioles (8 G); walked twice as often as he struck out (25 BB/12 K)...Between the Shorebirds and FCL Orioles, made 14 starts at shortstop, five at second base and one as the designated hitter...Enters the 2023 season ranked as the No. 3 Orioles prospect by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline; ranked as the No. 12 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 15 overall by Baseball America...Hit .685/.749/1.392 (89-for-130) with 29 doubles, six triples, 17 home runs, 74 runs scored, 79 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 40 games during his senior season at Stillwater (OK) HS and was named a Preseason Second-Team All-American by Baseball America and Perfect Game before the year...The 89 hits set a national high school record for hits in a single season, surpassing the previous record of 88 set by J.T. Realmuto in 2010...Selected as the Gatorade Oklahoma Baseball Player of the Year and Baseball America’s High School Player of the Year...Named the top player in Oklahoma by Perfect Game, No. 2 overall draft prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 3 prospect by Baseball America.
2021
Hit .500 (62-for-124) with 16 doubles, six triples, six home runs, 54 runs scored, 57 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 37 games as a junior and was named to USA Baseball’s 18U National Team.
2020
Batted .318 (7-for-22) with four doubles, one triple, 10 runs scored, nine RBI and six stolen bases in his pandemic-shortened sophomore season in 2020.
2019
Hit .342 (38-for-111) with 11 doubles, two triples, one home run, 28 runs scored, 35 RBI and nine stolen bases as a freshman.
