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- Birth Date:
- 11/23/1992
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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 210
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- Year:
- Veteran
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- Hometown:
- Staten Island, NY
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- Position:
- C
Bio
- Entering second overall season with the Grizzlies in 2024
- Batted .267 with seven homers, 13 doubles, 40 RBIs, and 52 walks against only 39 strikeouts over 89 games with the Staten Island FerryHawks (Atlantic League) in 2023
- Batted .338 with 10 home runs, 11 doubles, 36 RBIs, and 50 total hits in only 40 games with Gateway in 2022 after joining the team mid-season
- Hit .308 with one homer, six RBIs in 10 games with the FerryHawks in 2022 before coming to the Grizzlies
- Played one season with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (American Association), batting .341 with 13 homers, 55 RBIs, 23 doubles, 104 hits in 77 games in 2021
- Did not see action in 2019
- Also played one season with the Rockland Boulders (Can-Am League), batting .331 with 10 homers, 49 RBIs, 30 doubles, 122 hits, and 13 stolen bases in 16 attempts over 99 games in 2018
- Teammates with Grizzlies pitching coach Nick Kennedy at Rockland, leading the Can-Am League in doubles and hits while tying for the third-highest batting average in the circuit
- Played four seasons in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, playing in two games at Double-A Altoona in 2018
- Hit .276 with 10 homers, 43 RBIs, 18 doubles in 86 games at A-Advanced Bradenton in 2017
- Batted .273 with three homers, 52 RBIs at Short-season Single-A West Virginia in 2016, earning New York-Penn League midseason all-star honors
- Did not play in 2015 due to "Tommy John" surgery
- Drafted in the 9th round by the Pirates in 2014 out of Stony Brook University (NCAA D-I), where he hit .354 with eight homers, 51 RBIs, 15 doubles, and 70 hits in 52 games as a junior to earn America East Player of the Year/First Team honors while leading the conference in homers, RBIs, runs scored, and total bases, and also taking home ABCA-Louisville Slugger Third Team All-America honors
- Helped Stony Brook in a memorable run to the 2012 College World Series as a freshman, batting .327 in 61 games to take home Freshman All-America honors from Louisville Slugger and the NCBWA