Christian Colon #24

Full name is Christian Anthony Colon...resides in Peoria, Ariz., during the offseason with wife, Kayla and daughter, Marley...Attended three different high schools due to his father's job commitments, graduating from Canyon High in Anaheim, Calif...Named MVP of the Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic in 2006...Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 10th round in 2007, but chose to attend Cal State Fullerton...Named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com at Fullerton in 2008, batting .329...a second-team All-American according to Baseball America and the NCBWA in 2009 after hitting .357 with eight home runs and 40 RBI as a sophomore...Helped Team USA to a 24-0 record at the 2008 FISU World Championships.

Made his first Opening Day roster and spent a majority of the first-half in the big leagues…however, he was optioned to Omaha on July 3 and didn't return to the Majors until September 1...Batted .290 with five doubles and eight runs scored in 43 games with the Royals…made starts at shortstop (14), second base (eight) and third base (six) during the year...Hit .333 (12-for-36) against left-handed pitching…also hit .318 (7-for-22) with a .444 on-base percentage when leading off an inning...Recorded a .316 batting average (25-for-79) vs. A.L. Central foes with four doubles and six RBI…victimized Detroit the most, hitting .390 against the Tigers...Went 11-for-24 (.458) during the month of September…that included his first four-hit game on September 20 at Comerica Park...Made one appearance in the 2015 postseason, delivering the go-ahead RBI single in the 12th inning in Game 5 of the World Series...Has two career postseason hits, both of them coming in the 12th inning… in the 2014 Wild Card Game vs. Oakland he drove in the tying run with an infield single and came around to score the winning run.

Christian made his Major League debut on July 2 and had three separate stints with the Royals...He also played in 86 games at Triple-A Omaha...Collected three hits twice with Kansas City, including on July 4 at Cleveland...With two doubles and a triple in that game, he became the second Royal to record 3 extra-base hits in their first Major League start, joining Mark Quinn who hit two homers and doubled vs. the Angels on September 14, 1999...He also recorded three hits, a run scored and his first steal on August 14 vs. Oakland...Fractured the distal tip of the middle finger on his right hand on September 2 vs. Texas and was placed on the disabled list September 17 (retroactive to Sept. 7)...Activated from the 15-day D.L. on September 28, and went 2-for-2 with a two-run double in the season-finale at Chicago...Hit .311 (107-for-344) with 18 doubles, 8 homers, 55 runs scored and a .366 on-base percentage at Omaha...Batted .337 (28-for-83) with 4 doubles, a homer and 12 runs scored, earning his first call-up June 30...Collected three hits in a game nine times, while he recorded his first multi-homer game July 17 vs. New Orleans...Batted .319 (61-for-191) with a .435 slugging percentage (10 doubles, 4 homers) away from Werner Park.

Christian was named Omaha (AAA) Player of the Year by the Royals organization, spending the entire year with the Storm Chasers... Ranked eighth in the Pacific Coast League with a career-high 140 hits...also set career highs in games (131), at bats(512), runs scored (72), homers (12) and total bases (194)... Helped lead Omaha to PCL and Triple-A Championships, going 6-for-27 (.222) with two doubles, a homer and four runs scored in the postseason... Following the season, hit .284 (25-for-88) for Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League.