Myles James Noble Straw...Resides in Palmetto, Fla., with his wife, Lily Herrmann, and their daughter, Rylee...Graduated from Braden River High School in Bradenton, Fla...Attended St. Johns River State College in Palatka, Fla., playing there for two seasons (2014-15)...In his time in Cleveland, served as the Guardians youth baseball and softball programs as an ambassador...Was clocked at a 6.25-second 60-yard dash coming out of college...Also ran the 40-yard dash at 4.4 seconds...His favourite player growing up was Evan Longoria, and his favourite road city is Seattle.
2024
Spent the majority of the campaign at Triple-A Columbus, batting .240 (104-for-434) with 18 doubles, six triples, three home runs, 47 RBI, 30 stolen bases, 10.7% walk rate and a .651 OPS in 123 contests...At the Triple-A level, recorded a .982% fielding percentage with four outfield assists...Against left-handed pitching at Triple-A, hit .298 (34-for-114) with eight doubles, a triple, 17 RBI, a 13% walk rate, .377 OBP and a .763 OPS...Had his contract selected by the Guardians on Sept. 17, making seven appearances in the Majors, recording a hit in four at-bats with a pair of stolen bases.
2023
Offense improved incrementally, increasing OPS from .564 in 2022 to .597 in 2023...Reached in last seven games of the season via hit or walk and batted .237 (14-for-59, 5RS) in 22 Sept...Did not record an OPS above .675 over any month of the season...Enjoyed a 10-game hit streak, March 31-Apr. 10 (second-longest streak of career)...Was fifth in the AL with 21 infield hits, T3rd in the AL with six sac hits...Made 137 starts in center field and was once again a finalist for a Rawlings Gold Glove...His six OF assists were second in AL among CF...Owns a 154-game errorless streak dating back to the end of 2022 (9/23)...He and Nick Castellanos were the only players in MLB to appear in at least 145 games and make 0 errors...Credited with six Defensive Runs Saved (five outs above avg.)...Did not HR from Aug. 27, 2021-Aug. 10, 2023, a span of 298 games, 1040AB...Was longest active streak in MLB at the time (Aug 11 HR at TB off Jason Adam).
2022
Was a difference-making player all season long in the field, winning a Fielding Bible and Rawlings Gold Glove Award, leading all ML CF with 24 Good Fielding Plays and seven Outfield Arm Runs Saved, as well as all Major League outfielders with 385 total chances while compiling a .995 (385TC/2E) fielding pct...He finished second in Defensive Runs Saved (17) among ML CF and led the AL with 12 outfield assists…His dWAR (B-R) of 2.3 was sixth-most in the AL and second on the team to Andrés Giménez, 5th, 2.4)…Made 144 starts in CF, appearing in 152 games in center...2022 AL Leaders: AB/GDP (3rd, 133.8), SB (T10th, 21)...Despite his offensive struggles he was ranked eighth on the club in bWAR (2.7)…Season got off to a hot start, batting .291 (23/79) in 21 April games (13 BB, 17 runs)…Led the club in runs and walks in April (tied for AL lead with Ohtani; 6th-most walks)…Struggles began in May, batting a combined .164 (30/184) in April and May (51G, 7 2B, 6 RBI, .459 OPS)…His .412 June OPS (14/94, .149) was the third-lowest June OPS in club history (min. 90PA)…Rallied back some in July (.278, 25/90) before bottoming out in August, hitting .093 (7/75) w/a slash line of .115/.107/.222)…Was the fourth-lowest recorded monthly OPS and the lowest since Ed Gagnier’s .213 August OPS in 1914.… Hit lead-off in most games through June 19 before transitioning to the bottom of the order thereafter...Finished season strong, batting .313 (30/96) in 27 September games (13 RS) and .308 (33/107) after Aug. 31…Career-high 11-game hit streak, 9/13-22…Reached base safely in 25 of last 28 games after 9/4 (32-for-97, .330, T10th-best in AL)… 5 XBH over his last 20 games after not recording one, Aug. 6-Sept. 13…Club was 40-14 (.741) when he scored a run…The last qualified hitter to go a full season w/o a HR was Ben Revere for MIN in 2012…Last HR came on Aug. 26, 2021 leading off the game against Texas’ Jordan Lyles (187G, 755PA since).
2021
Split the season between Houston and Cleveland and was a tremendous addition to the outfield, posting a 1.9 bWAR during his two months with the club, good for seventh on the club despite only playing 60 games...Acquired on July 30, he ranked among American League leaders in walks (T7th, 29), hits (T8th, 68), runs (T4th, 42) and doubles (T5th, 16) during his tenure...Overall on the year, he finished tied for second in the A.L. in steals (30) and T-9th in games (158)... Overall on the year, he appeared in 156 games (149 starts) in center field, finished second among MLB outfielders in putouts (394), ranked in 98th percentile in Outs Above Average & was credited w/5 Defensive Runs Saved (Fangraphs)... Hit .330 (29-for-88) in June w/17 runs in 26 games in his last full month in Houston...Had a pair of 4-hit games, one with each team (last Sept. 26 vs. CWS)…First career leadoff homer, Aug. 26 vs. Texas (Lyles)...Enjoyed a productive final month, batting .288 (34-for-118) from Sept. 1-on, scoring 20 runs over his final 31 games...Over his last nine games he batted .350 (14-for-40) after Sept. 24...His 4.16 pitches/PA were 10th-best in the A.L. while his .285 avg vs. RHP was 12th-highest...5th-best pct. of swings that missed (13.6; 146/1071).
2020
Spent his first full season in the Majors, hitting .207 (17x82) with four doubles, eight RBI and six stolen bases...appeared in 28 games...started 19 games in CF and appeared in one game at SS...Got off to a hot start in Spring Training, prior to the COVID-19 shutdown...homered three times in 23 at-bats...hit those three homers in his first two games, which included a two-homer game on Feb. 26 vs. STL...one of those three homers in the spring was an inside-the-parker...Made his first career OPENING DAY roster...Recorded his first career walk-off hit on Aug. 18 vs. COL, singling in the winning run in the 11th inning...Made an appearance in six games during the POSTSEASON, but did not get an at-bat.
2019
Played in 56 games with the Astros across four stints with the club...went 8-for-9 in stolen base attempts (88.9%)...played in 18 games in the outfield (12 starts: 8 in CF, 3 in LF, 1 in RF)...made his first career appearances in the infield, appearing in 26 games at shortstop (14 starts) and four games at second base (1 start)...began his season at Triple A Round Rock...was recalled to Houston on May 29...optioned to Triple A on Aug. 1...recalled to Houston as the 26th man for the club's doubleheader on Aug. 13...optioned to Triple A following the games on Aug. 13...recalled to Houston on Aug. 21 and optioned to Triple A on Aug. 25...recalled to Houston for a final time on Sept. 5...went 3x4 with three stolen bases and three runs scored on June 2 at OAK...set single-game career highs for hits and steals...marked the first three-stolen base game by an Astros player since Jose Altuve on May 8, 2016 vs. SEA...scored the game-winning run in the 12th inning...became the fifth player in Astros history to have a game with at least three hits, three runs and three steals, and the first since Altuve on Sept. 10, 2013 at SEA... played his first-career Major League game at shortstop on June 4 at SEA...struck out for the first time in his career on June 5 at SEA...went his first 24-career plate appearances without a strikeout, the longest start-of-career streak by an Astros hitter since C J. R. Towles in 2007 (42 plate appearances)...hit his first-career triple in the 14th inning on June 6 at SEA, before scoring the game-winning run on Yuli Gurriel's sac-fly ...flew around the bases at 30.5 feet/second, and made it from the batters box to third base in 11 seconds flat for the fastest triple by an Astros player in the Statcast era (since 2015)...made the Astros ALDS roster but did not appear in a game.
2018
Made his Major League debut with the Astros as a September call-up...played in nine games in the outfield, making two starts (1 in LF, 1 in RF)...pinch-ran four times, scoring three runs, with one stolen base as a pinch-runner...per Statcast, posted an average sprint speed of 25.8 feet per second, the top mark on the club... began the season at Double A Corpus Christi before moving up to Triple A Fresno in June...was selected to the Astros Major League roster on Sept. 15...made his Major League debut on Sept. 15 vs. ARI as a pinch-runner... scored the first run of his career on Sept. 21 vs. LAA...recorded his first-career steal on Sept. 22 vs. LAA...went 2x3 in his first Major League start on Sept. 26 at TOR, going 2x3...recorded his first-career hit on a single in the 5th inning...homered in his next start on Sept. 29 at BAL in Game 2 of Houston's doubleheader...made the Astros roster for the ALDS...did not get an at-bat, but scored a run and a stole a base in two games...entered both games as a pinch-runner (Games 1 and 2)...split his minor league season between Triple A Fresno (66g) and Double A Corpus Christi (65g), combining to hit .291 (150x516) with 95 runs, 17 doubles, six triples, one homer, 31 RBI and a .381 OBP...led all of minor league baseball with 70 stolen bases...went 70-for-79 in steal attempts (88.6%)...marked the most steals by an Astros minor league player since Delino DeShields Jr. swiped 101 bags in 2012...had separate five-hit games at Double A, going 5x5 on May 26 vs. Tulsa and 5x5 on April 21 at Frisco...was a Texas League Midseason All-Star.
2017
Received Class A Advanced Carolina League Midseason and Postseason All-Star recognition after hitting .295 (129x437) with 36 steals and a .412 onbase percentage in 114 games with Buies Creek...led the Carolina League in on-base percentage...was promoted to Double A at the end of the season, playing in 13 games with the Hooks...named the MiLB.com Carolina League Player of the Month for June...hit .375 (36x96) with 12 steals and a .958 OPS (.479 OBP/.479 SLG) in 24 games during the month.
2016
Tabbed by Baseball America as a Low Class A All-Star after leading the minors with a .358 (124x346) batting average...added 21 steals and a .423 on-base percentage in a season at Class A Quad Cities (68g) and Class A Advanced Lancaster (19g)...named Quad Cities Player of the Month for June and July...hit .326 (28x86) in June, and .423 (44x104) with a .478 OBP in July.
2015
Hit .268 (56x209) with 22 stolen bases and a .355 on-base percentage in 58 games with Rookie Level Greeneville.
