| Jackson Chourio | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Chourio with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2024 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers – No. 11 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: (2004-03-11)March 11, 2004 (age 21) Maracaibo, Venezuela | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| March 29, 2024, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| MLB statistics (through March 27, 2025) | |
| Batting average | .272 |
| Home runs | 21 |
| Runs batted in | 79 |
| Stolen bases | 22 |
| Teams | |
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Jackson Bryan Chourio (born March 11, 2004) is a Venezuelan professionalbaseballoutfielder for theMilwaukee Brewers ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Chourio signed with theMilwaukee Brewers as an international free agent on January 15, 2021, with a $1.9 millionsigning bonus.[1][2] He made his professional debut that season with theDominican Summer League Brewers.[3] During his first professional season, Chourio slashed .296/.386/.447 in 45 games, with five home runs and 25 RBIs.[4]
Chourio began the 2022 season with the Single–ACarolina Mudcats, for whom he batted .324 (5th in the league)/.373/.600(3rd) in 250 at bats, with 23 doubles (8th), 12 home runs (9th), and 10 stolen bases.[5] He then played for the High–AWisconsin Timber Rattlers, batting .252/.317/.488 in 127 at bats with eight home runs. He was promoted to the Class AABiloxi Shuckers prior to the conclusion of the 2022 season. After the season, he was voted theCarolina League MVP and won the league's Top MLB Prospect Award.[6] He was also named a 2022 MiLB Gold Glove as one of the three-best defensive outfielders in the minor leagues.[7] He was the youngest player in Double-A in 2022.[8][9] Across three classifications, Chourio slashed .288/.342/.538 with 20 home runs and 75 RBIs.[10]
The Brewers assigned Chourio to Double-A Biloxi in 2023.[11] Entering the season as baseball's sixth best prospect, Chourio became the highest-ranked Brewers prospect sinceOrlando Arcia in 2016.[12] During the season, he was named baseball's top prospect byBaseball America[13] In June 2023, Chourio was selected to play in theAll-Star Futures Game.[14] In 122 games with the Shuckers, Chourio batted a slash of .280/.336/.467 with 22 home runs and 89 runs batted in, and stole 41 bases. Chourio became the first Double-A player to hit 20 home runs and steal 40 bases since 2005. In addition, his 89 RBI were a Biloxi single–season record.[15] On September 18, 2023, Chourio was promoted to the Triple-ANashville Sounds.[15] In the 6 games he appeared with the Sounds, he batted a slash of .333/.375/.476 with 2 runs batted in.[16]
On December 4, 2023, the Brewers signed Chourio to an eight-year contract worth $82 million with two club options for the 2032 and 2033 seasons.[17][18] As of that date, it was the largest contract given out to a player who had not reached the major leagues, surpassingLuis Robert Jr.'s six-year, $50 million contract from 2016.[19][20]
He made his MLB debut onOpening Day of the 2024 season as the youngest player on any MLB roster.[21] On April 3, 2024, Chourio hit his first career MLB home run off ofDaniel Duarte against theMinnesota Twins.[22] However, Chourio's first few months went poorly. At the beginning of June, he had a batting average of .210 and anon-base percentage that was near .250. After changing his approach to at-bats, he hit over .300 in the following month.[23] On September 12, 2024, against the San Francisco Giants, Chourio hit an opposite-field home run off of Spencer Bivens for his 20th home run of the season, becoming the youngest player in MLB history (20 years, 185 days) to have a 20-20 season, and joinedVada Pinson andMike Trout as the only players to accomplish the feat in their age-20 season (both Pinson and Trout turned 21 before completing their 20-20 seasons).[citation needed]
In the2024 National League Wild Card Series, Chourio hit two home runs in a single game against theNew York Mets, one of which was a game-tying home run. The accomplishment made him the second-ever under-21-year-old player to accomplish that afterAndruw Jones in the1996 World Series.[24] It was also the first time sinceBabe Ruth in the1928 World Series where a player hit two game-tying home runs in a postseason series. Chourio's first home run of the game, in the first inning, made him also the youngest player to ever hit a leadoff home run in a postseason game.
Chourio's younger brother,Jaison, plays for theCleveland Guardians organization.[25]