POSITION Center fielder TEAM Northwest Arkansas Naturals COLLEGE Arkansas HOMETOWN The Woodlands, Texas. Now lives in Fayetteville.
AGE 24 (born Dec. 2, 1988) HEIGHT/WEIGHT 6-3, 195 BATS/THROWS Right/right NOTEWORTHY Signed with the Kansas City Royals, who picked him in the second round of the 2010 draft after his junior season at Arkansas. … Batted .333 with 22 home runs and 71 RBI as a junior for the Razorbacks. … Hit 42 home runs with 153 RBI in three seasons with the Razorbacks. … Hand, thumb and shoulder injuries have limited him to 196 minor-league games. … Hit a combined .203 for Kane County (Ill.) and Wilmington (Del.) the past two seasons but had 27 home runs with 84 RBI. … During spring training was honored as the top defensive player in the Royals organization last season. … Fourth-round pick by the Houston Astros in the 2007 draft as a high school senior.
Sports, Pages 17 on 04/04/2013