Played for Industriales de La Habana in the Cuban National League … his father, Lázaro, played professionally in Cuba... Is an avid fan of the Minnesota Vikings and All-Pro wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
2025
Spent his first full season in the major leagues with the White Sox, appearing in a career-high 138 games, including 79 at third base, 63 at first and one in left field...Led the White Sox with 80 runs scored, 32 doubles and 56 walks in his first full season in the Major Leagues … his 32 doubles tied for 14th in the American League...Batted .272/.353/.444 (44-for-162) with 10 doubles, six home runs, 25 RBI and 34 runs scored over his final 43 games, including a career-high, nine-game hitting streak (.333, 11-33) to end the season...Home and Road: Recorded a .265/.337/.479 (68-257) with 10 home runs and 31 RBI on the road, compared to .202/.295/.320 (50-247) with six homers and 29 RBI at home...Cub Killer: Batted .455/.458/.909 (10-22) with three home runs and six RBI in six games against the Cubs, including his first career multi-homer game on 5/16 at Wrigley Field...Made his second career Opening Day roster (first with Sox) and went 2-4 with a double, two RBI and run scored in a season opening, 8-1 victory vs. the Angels...Hit .136/.236/.203 (11-79) with no home runs and six RBI over his first 21 games (through 4/21) before batting .316/.373/.605 (36-114) with eight home runs and 20 RBI over a 30-game stretch from 4/23-5/27...Recorded an eight-game hitting streak from 4/23-5/1, going 13-29 (.448) with two home runs, six RBI and a .690 slugging percentage … went 3-4 on 4/30 vs. Milwaukee and hit a three run homer off Craig Yoho on 5/1 vs. Milwaukee...Ranked among the AL leaders in May in doubles (T2nd, nine), home runs (T4th, seven) and slugging percentage (10th, .566)...Was named AL Player of the Week for 5/12-18 (first career weekly honor) after hitting .417/.423/1.000 (10-24) with four homers and nine RBI in six games … drove in a run in five of the six games. Hit a three-run homer off Emilio Pagán in the 10th inning on 5/13 at Cincinnati to extend the Sox lead to 5-1...Went 4-4 with a double, two home runs and three RBI on 5/16 at the Cubs … recorded his first career multi-homer game and matched his career high in hits and RBI...Reached base safely three times on 5/18 at the Cubs, including a solo homer off Colin Rea...Doubled in five straight games from 5/24-28, the longest streak by a Sox player since Adam Dunn (also five) in 2011 … drove in three runs on 5/27 at the Mets with a double and two-run homer...Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and two runs scored on 6/12 at Houston … hit a solo homer on 6/15 at Texas...Scored a run in 11 of 15 games from 7/13-8/12 … opened the second half with four multi-hit efforts in his first six games...Homered in back-to-back games for the third time in his career and first with the Sox on 7/20 at Pittsburgh and 7/21 at Tampa Bay … hit a three-run homer off Andrew Heaney on 7/20 at the Pirates and a two-run shot off Shane Baz on 7/21 at the Rays...Collected three hits on 7/25 vs. the Cubs and hit a three-run homer off Max Lazar as part of a seven-run seventh inning on 7/30 vs. Philadelphia...Was on the injured list from 8/2-11 with a strained left oblique… went 2-4 with a double, RBI and three runs scored on 8/19 at Atlanta...Was on the 10-day injured list for the second time from 8/29- 9/9 with a sprained left hand suffered on 8/28 vs. the Yankees… hit his first career grand slam (off Will Warren) in that game before exiting after a collision at first base with Aaron Judge...Hit his 15th home run on 9/19 vs. San Diego (first since 8/1), a two-run shot off former Sox pitcher Dylan Cease...Scored a run in each of his final five games … hit a two-run homer off Brad Lord in the season finale on 9/28 at Washington...His nine-game hitting streak to end the season tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the Major Leagues.
2024
Combined to hit .150 (31-for-206) with seven doubles, five home runs, 16 RBI and 22 runs scored over 72 games between the Dodgers and White Sox...Was acquired by the Sox on 7/29 as part of a three-team, eight-player trade with the Dodgers and Cardinals … the White Sox also received INFs Alexander Albertus and Jeral Pérez from Los Angeles...Appeared in 36 games at third base, one at first and one in left field with the Sox...Made his White Sox debut on 7/30 vs. Kansas City, going 0-for-4 as the designated hitter … hit his first homer with the Sox on 8/2 at Minnesota, a two-run shot off Joe Ryan...Left on 9/3 at Baltimore with an abrasion on his right eye after colliding with LF Andrew Benintendi … missed two games...Drew a career-high tying three walks on 9/21 at San Diego … recorded his first multi-hit game with the White Sox on 9/22 at San Diego, going 2-for-4 with a solo homer off Yu Darvish...Began the season at Class AAA Oklahoma City in the Dodgers organization … batted .302 (16-for-53) with five doubles, three home runs and 17 RBI in his first 15 games...Was recalled by the Dodgers on 5/17 … made his season debut on 5/18 vs. Cincinnati, going 0-for-3...Batted .389/.452/.722 (14-for-36) with three doubles, three home runs, nine RBI and nine runs scored in 15 games from 5/28-7/6 … hit his first home run on 5/28-2 at the Mets, a solo shot off José Quintana...Was optioned to Oklahoma City on 6/12 and recalled on 6/17 … recorded a five-game hitting streak from 6/18-25, going 6-for-12.
2023
Made his first Opening Day roster, spending the first half of the season with the Dodgers before being optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on July 9... In 81 games with the Dodgers, notched a .195/.305/.367 slashline with 15 doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 61 RBI... With Triple-A Oklahoma City, finished with a .288 batting average (68-for-236) with a .886 OPS and 25 extra base hits in 60 games... Spent most of his time with the Dodgers at second base (78 G, 69 GS) for a .982 fielding percentage, committing five errors over 281 total chances in 613.2 innings…with Triple-A Oklahoma City, recorded a .974 fielding percentage in 28 games at second base, committing three errors in 116 total chances over 252.0 innings Recorded a season-high three doubles on May 2 against PHI, finishing the game 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBI…had his best month with the Dodgers in May, slashing .223/.288/.457 in 25 games with four home runs and 16 RBI…tallied an eight-game hit streak with Triple-A Oklahoma City from July 25-Aug. 2, going 13-for-35 (.371) with three home runs and seven RBI…notched a seven-game hit streak from May 13-20 with the Dodgers, hitting 10-for-28 (.357).
2022
Spent majority of the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City (113 G) and was called up to the Big Leagues on Aug. 2, making his debut the following day at San Francisco where he recorded his first ML hit with a double off of Alex Cobb...In 18 games with the Dodgers, he punched .170 (8-for-47) with a double, a home run and eight RBI…stroked his first Major League home run on Sept. 24 versus St. Louis off Jordan Montgomery...Named to the Dodgers 2022 26-man NLDS roster, the first of his career…did not appear...Awarded 2022 Triple-A Player of the Year and Dodgers’ Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America...In 113 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City, the righty roped a .304 average (133-for-438) including 32 doubles, four triples (career-high), 17 home runs, and 82 RBI (career-high)… slashed .304/.404/.511 with 224 total bases and 53 extra base hits (career-high)...Had the fifth highest batting average in Triple-A with .304 and second highest on base percentage with .404...Voted MiLB.com’s Top MLB Prospect in the Pacific Coast League by Minor League managers Averaged .351 (33-for-94) against lefties with OKC and .291 against righties (100-for-344)…most of his Minor League starts were at third base where he has a fielding percentage of .919 with 15 errors…went 3-for-4 with one run on April 12 with Oklahoma City, clubbing a triple and three RBI against the El Paso Chihuahuas… had his best month in May with OKC, slashing .316/.422/.531 with 31 hits including five doubles, four home runs and 18 RBI in 98 at bats in 25 games… ranked second in Pacific League in batting average (.304), on-base percentage (.404), and tied for first in runs (100).
2021
Divided his time between Advanced-A Great Lakes and Double-A Tulsa, making the move on June 16... Named as a MiLB.com Organization All-Star and Double-A Central Player of the Month in August after slashline .319/.380/.526 with 27 doubles, career-high 23 home runs, 76 RBI and 11 stolen bases... With Single-A Great Lakes, he slashed .314/.366/.532 with a .898 OPS in 156 at-bats over 37 games... Tallied a 22-game hit streak with Great Lakes from May 12-June 5, going 35-for-95 with eight doubles and seven RBI... With Double-A Tulsa, went 67-for-327 for a .321 average over 83 games…totaled 16 doubles, 16 home runs and 60 RBI with seven stolen bases... Notched the third multi-home run game of his career, with two blasts on Aug. 14 against Wichita as part of the Tulsa Drillers... Spent time across the infield, combining for 10 games at first base, 17 games at second and 84 games at third base…committed just 15 errors in 334 chances... Was named the 2021 Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year by the Los Angeles Dodgers organization after hitting .319 with 23 homers and 76 RBI Knocked in a career-high eight RBI on July 25 against Northwest Arkansas, going 3-for-4 with four runs, one double, one home run and two walks…had 12 three-hit games, knocking in 17 runs…tallied ten multi-walk games…during home games, hit .342/.367/.603 with four home runs and ten RBI…had his best month in August, averaging .410 (41-for-100) with five home runs and 18 RBI…hit right-handed pitching well, slashing .381/.435/.524 across 12 games.
2020
Spent parts of the season at the alternate site at USC.
2019
Split the season between Single-A Great Lakes and Advanced-A Rancho Cucamonga...With the Loons, the infielder appeared in 70 games and milked a .325/.399/.464 slashline for 20 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 45 total RBI...Racked up several accolades during the season with Great Lakes, including Post-Season All-Star, MiLB.com Organization All-Star, Baseball America Low Class A All-Star, Mid-Season All-Star, and was voted Player of the Week on August 25 with Advanced-A Rancho Cucamonga...was promoted to Advanced-A Rancho Cucamonga on July 2, after smashing two home runs in each game on back to back dates, June 30 and July 1, against Fort Worth...posted a .284 average (60-for-211) with the Quakes, totaling 18 doubles, one triple and two home runs for 86 TB...started 42 games at third base for a .958 fielding percentage and also played six games at second base.
2018
In his first season as a member of the Dodger organization, the infielder played with Rookie-level AZL Dodgers, Single-A Great Lakes, and Rookie-level Ogden...with AZL Dodgers, slashed .419/.514/.581 with a 1.094 OPS as he totaled three doubles, one triple, and two RBI over 31 AB...posted a .213 average (16-for-75) with one double and one triple over 23 games with Single-A Great Lakes...started 19 games at third base...as a member of Rookie-level Ogden team, he earned a .394/.447/.596 slashline accompanied by 11 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 22 RBI for a 1.042 OPS...also played 1B (6 G, 6 GS), 2B (2 G, 2 GS), and 3B (13 G, 12 GS).