Born in Zanesville, OH...attended Verrado High School in Buckeye, Ariz....transferred to Biloxi High School in Biloxi, Miss...named the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year of Mississippi as a junior after batting .527 with nine home runs and 49 RBI...drafted in the fifth round of the 2020 First-Year Player Draft...elected to sign with the Detroit Tigers rather than play college baseball at Arizona State University.
2024
Slashed .260/.309/.380 with 15 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 61 RBI across 148 games played in his rookie season...Became Detroit’s second rookie since 1988 to log 130-or-more hits, 30-or-more extra-base hits and 60-or-more RBI in a season, joining Nick Castellanos in 2014...Finished the season with a team-leading 35 multi-hit games, which was tied for first among American League rookies and tied for fourth among all rookies...had nine three-hit performances, which was second among all rookies...Made his Major League debut on Opening Day at Chicago (AL), starting at second base...recorded his first big league hit with an infield single in the fourth inning off Garrett Crochet...Became the first player in franchise history to have three four-hit performances within the first 68 games of his Major League career...At 22 years, 326 days old, he became the youngest Tigers hitter to post a multi-homer game since Brent Clevlen (22 years, 278 days) on Aug. 1, 2006, at Tampa Bay and the youngest lefthanded hitter to do so since Jason Thompson (21 years, 346 days) on June 16, 1976, vs. Kansas City...Voted American League Rookie of the Month for July, hitting .322 in 25 games played...was the first Tiger to win the award since Eric Haase in July 2021...Drew six walks during the playoffs, which were the most by any Tigers player in their age 23 season-or-younger...became the first Tiger to draw multiple walks in each of his first two postseason games and the first MLB player to do so since Dylan Carlson in 2020...was the first Tigers player to draw least one walk in each of his first three Postseason games since Bill Freehan from Oct. 2-5, 1968...The first Tiger in franchise history to come off the bench and reach base multiple times in his playoff debut on Oct. 1 at Houston...was only the 11th player ever to do so.
2023
Earned Tigers Minor League Player of the Year honors in 2023 after hitting .306/.380/.552 with 38 doubles, three triples, 27 home runs and 101 RBI in 126 games between Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo... Tabbed Tigers Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America...named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Among all full season Minor Leaguers, he ranked third with 68 extra-base hits, fifth with 280 total bases, tied for eighth with 101 RBI and 10th with 155 hits... Earned Eastern League Player of the Week for the week ending April 23 after slashing .542/.593/.875 with one triple, two home runs and four RBI in six games... Hit for the cycle on May 16 at Harrisburg, going 6x6 with a double, a triple, two home runs and seven RBI...won MiLB’s Single Game Performance of the Year... Picked up his second Eastern League weekly honor for the week ending May 21 after going batting .520/.600/1.160 with two doubles, one triple, four home runs and 10 RBI in six games... Selected Eastern League Player of the Month and Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for May, hitting .374/.437/.670 with seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 27 RBI in 22 games... Was promoted to Toledo on June 26...from his promotion to the Mud Hens through the end of the season, he ranked third in the International League with 34 extra-base hits and 136 total bases, while he was fourth with 20 doubles and fifth with 75 hits and 51 RBI... Played in 24 games with Toledo in August, slashing .327/.387/.673 with 11 doubles, one triple, seven home runs and 25 RBI... Ranked as the No. 3 prospect in the Tigers organization and the No. 28 prospect in baseball by Baseball America.
2022
Was one of the best hitters in the Midwest League in 2022 before suffering a season-ending injury in June... Named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Reached base in all five plate appearances on April 22 at Dayton, going 4x4 with a double, four RBI and a walk... Earned Midwest League Player of the Week honors for the week ending May 8, going 11-for-27 with three doubles, a home run and four RBI... Had a 15-game hitting streak from April 26-May 12, batting .390/.448/.661 with seven doubles, three home runs and nine RBI... Launched a pair of solo homers and went 4x5 with four runs scored, a double and two RBI on June 2 at Lake County... Placed on the injured list on June 10 with a right shoulder subluxation and missed the rest of the season... Played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .344/.463/.541 with three doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI...was selected to play in the AFL’s Rising Stars Game... Ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.
