Attended University of Nebraska and South Mountain Community College (Ariz). Graduated from Bellevue West (Neb.) HS...Engaged, fiancée's name is Sophia.
2023
Spent the season between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Combined to go 8-10 with a 5.04 ERA (71 ER/126.2 IP) and 106 hits (18 HR), 76 total runs, 66 walks, five hit batters and 171 strikeouts in 28 games, all starts...Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...Finished third among all minor leaguers in strikeouts; his 12.15 K/9 ranked third among full-season minor leaguers...Selected as Eastern League Pitcher of the Week three times (5/1, 5/15, & 6/19), his first career weekly honors...Fanned 10 on 4/29 (G1) vs. Richmond and 5/11 at Harrisburg...Struck out a career-high 13 batters on 6/15 vs. Richmond; struck out the first six batters of the game and retired the first 18 hitters of the game; pitched 7.0 innings for the first time and surrendered just one hit...Completed at least 6.0 innings in five starts.
2022
Began the year with High-A Cedar Rapids; struck out a career-high 11 batters on 6/18 vs. Dayton (5.0 IP) and 7/6 vs. Quad Cities (5.0 IP)...Traded to the Orioles on 8/2 and assigned to High-A Aberdeen...Made his IronBirds debut on 8/6 vs. Wilmington and earned the win after allowing just one hit over 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts; named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of 8/1-7...Promoted to Double-A Bowie on 8/16 after making two starts with Aberdeen...Named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August after going 4-0 with a 2.57 ERA (8 ER/28.0 IP) and 34 strikeouts in five starts between Aberdeen (two GS) and Bowie (three GS)...Finished the year rated as the No. 14 prospect in Baltimore's system by MLB Pipeline and No. 29 by Baseball America; entered the year rated as the No. 27 prospect in Minnesota's system by MLB Pipeline.
2021
Named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week on 9/12 after posting a 1.50 ERA (6.0 IP/1 ER) with 11 strikeouts in two starts for Low-A Fort Myers...Made his pro debut with the FCL Twins on 8/27 at FCL Red Sox.