STATUS
• Signed with the Rockers on 4/30/2024
CAREER NOTES
• Has spent parts of seven seasons at the MLB level, two with Houston, four with Pittsburgh and one with Cincinnati
• Was every-day starter at 3B with Pittsburgh in 2018 and 2019
2024
• Joined the Rockers on 4/30/24
2023
• Played 40 games at Tacoma, hitting .257 with five homers and 28 RBI
• Signed with the Mariners on 1/23/23
2022
• Released by Cincinnati on 9/8/22
• Played in 53 games at Louisville, hitting .249 with seven homers and 26 RBI
• In 42 games with the Reds, posted a .211 average with five homers and 23 RBI
2021
• Opted for free agency following the 2021 season in Pittsburgh
• Played 99 games with the Pirates, collecting a .258 average, 10 homers and 50 RBI
2020
• Spent the entire season in the Majors with Pittsburgh, hitting .247 with 10 homers and 23 RBI in 52 games
2019
• Played in 149 games with the Pirates, collecting 503 plate appearances and posting a .277 average with 13 homers and 80 RBI
2018
• Was traded from Houston to Pittsburgh along with RHP Joe Musgrove, LF Jason Martin, RHP Michael Feliz in exchange for RHP Gerrit Cole
2017
• Was a Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star with the Fresno Grizzlies where he played 79 games and hit .308 with 18 homers and 63 RBI
• Saw action in seven games with the Astros, going 4-for-11 (.364) and hitting his first MLB home run
2016
• Played 117 games at AAA Fresno with 10 homers and 69 RBI along with a .259 average
• Made his MLB debut with Houston, appearing in nine games
2015
• Texas League Post-Season All-Star with the Corpus Christi Hooks
• Named Texas League Player of the Month for July
2014
• Florida State League Post-season All-Star with the Jupiter Hammerheads
• Hit .294 in 89 games at A+ Jupiter before going to AA Corpus Christin and posting a .304 average with a pair of homers and 22 RBI
2013
• First round draft pick of the Miami Marlins, the sixth player chose
• Picked after Mark Appel (1), Kris Bryant (2), and Clint Frazier (5)
• Named ACC Player of the Year after leading the Tar Heels to the ACC Championship
• First team All-ACC selection, first team All-American after leading the ACC with 91 RBI and 76 runs scored
• Named an Arizona Fall League Rising Star with the /Glendale Desert Dogs
2012
• As a sophomore, led the Tar Heels with a .365 average with 30 runs and 35 RBI
• Hit for the cycle against Wright State
• Hit .314 with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League and led the loop with 42 RBI
• Named the second-best prospect in the Cape Cod League
2011
• Baseball America Freshman of the Year and first team All-American
• ACC Freshman of the Year and first team All-ACC pick.
• Hit .335 and led the ACC with 71 RBI
• Became the first freshman to lead the ACC in RBI since Wake Forest’s Jamie D’Antona in 2000
2010
• Played for coach Fred Gallo at Iona Prep where he was rated the No. 10 prospect in the state of New York
PERSONAL
• Brother Bill was an All-American at UNC before being drafted by the Seattle Mariners
• Uncle is B.J. Surhoff, national player of the year at UNC and a 19-year MLB veteran