Nick Madrigal

Madrigal was selected fourth overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $6,411,400, and was assigned to the AZL White Sox before being promoted to the Kannapolis Intimidators in July and the Winston-Salem Dash in August. In 43 games between the three clubs, Madrigal slashed .303/.353/.348 with 16 RBIs and eight stolen bases. He returned to Winston-Salem to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Double-A Birmingham Barons in June after slashing .272/.346/.377 with 52 hits, 20 runs scored, and 17 stolen bases in 49 games with the team. Madrigal was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game. After the 2019 MLB Trade Deadline, Nick was promoted to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.

As a freshman at Oregon State, Madrigal started in 49 games and hit .333/.380/.456 with one home run and 29 runs batted in (RBIs). He was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was a first team All-Pac-12 selection. In 2017, Madrigal's sophomore year, he batted .380 with four home runs and forty RBIs in sixty games and was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. In 2018, as a junior, he slashed .367/.428/.511 with three home runs and 34 RBIs in 42 games and was named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Madrigal attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. In 2015, his senior year, he batted .449 with 28 stolen bases. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 17th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign with the Indians and attended Oregon State University where he played college baseball for the Beavers.

Nicklaus M. Madrigal (born March 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.