Joey Loperfido #9

Was a three-year letter-winner at Memorial High School in Haddonfield, N.J., graduating in 2017...was a 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American...rated as the No. 84 shortstop nationally and the No. 14 overall prospect in New Jersey by Perfect Game for the 2017 recruiting class...hit over .400 as a sophomore, junior and senior, including .431 his junior year...garnered All-Colonial Conference and All-South Jersey honors in both his junior and senior seasons...also lettered in soccer...went undrafted out of high school...Went on to attend Duke University where he had a decorated four-year career (2018-21)...helped guide the Blue Devils to their first two NCAA Super Regional appearances (2018-19) in program history and was a part of the first Duke team to reach the NCAA postseason in three consecutive seasons (2018-19, '21)...owned a slash line of .317/.419/.488 with 18 home runs and 41 stolen bases in 170 starts in his Duke career...had a historic senior season in which he was named the 2021 ACC Championship Tournament MVP as Duke won the ACC Tournament for the first time in program history...was also named a Second Team All-ACC outfielder in 2021, batting .374 with a .473 on-base percentage...was named to the College Baseball Freshman All-American Team as well as the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2018 after batting .315 with a .408 on-base percentage and .475 slugging percentage...At the time of his graduation, he ranked 10th in Duke history in OBP (.419), 14th in stolen bases (41), 17th in runs scored (142) and 20th in batting average (.317)...Appeared with Kalamazoo Growlers of the Northwoods League following his freshman season at Duke and with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League following his sophomore year...Drafted by Houston in the seventh round of the June 2021 draft...signed by Astros scout Andrew Johnson...His mother, Amy, was a collegiate volleyball player at Villanova University and his father, Joseph, played football at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa...Received his first invite to Major League Spring Training in 2024...is currently signed to a one-year contract for the 2024 campaign.

2023

Was named the Astros Minor League Player of the Year in 2023, batting a combined .278 (130x467) with 27 doubles, 25 HR, 78 RBI, 27 steals and an .880 OPS...began the year with High A Asheville (8g) and was promoted to Double A Corpus Christi (84g) before closing out the year with Triple A Sugar Land (32g)...played all over the field defensively, appearing in a combined 43 games at center field, 21 games at second base, 20 games at right field, 19 games at first base and 14 games at left field...was the only player in the Astros system and one of five players in all of Minor League Baseball with at least 25 HR and 25 steals...led Astros Minor Leaguers in hits and doubles and was second in homers and RBI...was selected as a Texas League Postseason ALL-STAR after batting .296 (93x314) with 19 HR, 57 RBI and 20 steals in 84 games with Corpus Christi... was also named the Baseball America Astros Minor League Player of the Year...was voted as an Astros MiLB.com Organizational ALL-STAR for his second consecutive season...was named the Astros Minor League Player of the Month for April while playing with between Corpus Christi and Asheville.