Enjoys building Legos...Had a build-off with current Oriole Gunnar Henderson in 2022 and won after completing a 7,541-piece Millennium Falcon...Colton was getting food with current Oriole Gunnar Henderson when Gunnar was called up to the Majors in 2022. Colton ordered Gunnar's two bacon cheeseburgers to go and made sure they got to him safely...Attended Sam Houston State University (Texas) and is the highest draft pick in school history...Graduated from Cy Ranch (Texas) HS...Participated in the 2024 Birdland Caravan...Enjoys photography and has an Instagram where he shares his photos: cowzcam...During his junior season at Sam Houston State University in 2021, he hit .374/.490/.680 (76-for-203) with 16 home runs, 10 doubles, two triples, 61 runs, 52 RBI and 42 walks in 55 games and ranked in the top five in the Southland Conference (SLC) in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs, hits, RBI and home runs...Named the SLC Player of the Year becoming the second player in Sam Houston history to earn the honor...Earned All-SLC First Team, SLC All-Defensive Team and SLC All-Tournament team honors, leading Sam Houston to the SLC title game...Became the first Bearkat in program history to be named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, in addition to being named to the preseason All-SLC First Team, Baseball America preseason All-American First Team, Perfect Game preseason All-American Second Team and Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award preseason watch list...Ranked as the No. 10 overall draft prospect by MLB.com and the No. 11 prospect by Baseball America...Attended Cy Ranch (Texas) HS and led the team to a 32-9-2 record and a berth in the Class 6A state tournament as a senior in 2018.
2023
Slashed .115/.286/.148 with two doubles, 15 runs, four RBI, 13 walks and one stolen base in 26 games with the O’s...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk and made his MLB debut on 7/5 at NYY. Collected his first hit and RBI on a single in the sixth inning. Was one of six O's to make their MLB debut in 2023 (also: Kjerstad, Ortiz, Rodriguez, Vallimont, Westburg)...Hit the game-winning RBI double in the ninth inning on 7/24 at PHI. Marked his first career extra-base hit...Notched his first game-winning RBI with a sac fly in the 10th inning on 7/20 at TB...Scored a run in his first eight career games, longest such streak in O’s history (since 1954) and the first MLB player to do since FLA’s Kevin Millar in 1998-99...Named MVP of the Triple-A National Championship Game after going 2-for-4 and hitting the go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning...Named a Triple-A Post-Season All-Star. Named International League Player of the Week on 4/23 and 5/15...Did not appear on Baltimore's ALDS roster.
2022
Split his first full professional season between High-A Aberdeen, Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk, combining to slash .278/.406/.469 (142-for-510) with 36 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs, 114 runs scored, 66 RBI and 18 stolen bases across the three levels...Led O's Minor Leaguers in runs and walks (94), ranked second in doubles, third in hits and extra-base hits (57), tied for third in homers, fourth in on-base percentage and total bases (239), fifth in OPS (.875), seventh in RBI and slugging percentage, and eighth in batting average and stolen bases...Began the year with Aberdeen, appearing in 62 games...Promoted to Bowie on 6/28; belted two home runs on 7/14 (G2) vs. Akron for his first professional multi-homer game...Had two four-hit games for the Baysox on 8/7 at Harrisburg and 8/25 vs. Altoona...Promoted to Norfolk on 8/29 and finished the season appearing in 27 games with the Tides...Finished the year ranked as the No. 4 Orioles prospect and the No. 40 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline...Enters 2023 as the No. 4 Orioles prospect, according to Baseball America and MLB Pipeline; ranked as the No. 40 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 41 overall by Baseball America.
2021
Made his professional debut with the FCL Orioles before earning a promotion to Low-A Delmarva, where he finished the season slashing .347/.476/.429 (34-for-98) with five doubles, one home run, 22 runs scored, 26 RBI, four stolen bases, and 22 walks to 19 strikeouts in 25 games...Participated in the team's Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla...Ranked as the No. 5 Orioles prospect and the No. 98 overall prospect according to Baseball America.
