Professional career
The Colorado Rockies selected Goodman in the fourth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. [7] He received a $600,000 signing bonus. [8] In 2021 with the Arizona Complex League Rockies,he slashed .300/.419/.517. [9]
Goodman began the 2022 season with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Single-A California League. [10] He played in 73 games while with the Grizzlies,slashing .291/.368/.592 with 22 home runs. [11] On July 6,he was promoted to the Spokane Indians. While with the Indians,Goodman played in 50 games,where he slashed .315/.351/.589 with 12 home runs. [12] He was promoted to the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats on September 7. In 12 games with the Yard Goats,Goodman hit two home runs,slashing .227/.277/.364. [13] He was named the Rockies minor league player of the year and a California League postseason All-Star. [14]
Goodman returned to Hartford to start the 2023 season,playing in 91 games and batting .239/.325/.523 with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs. He was then promoted to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes,where he hit .371/.418/.903 with nine home runs and 33 RBIs across 15 games. [15]
On August 27,Goodman was selected to the Rockies 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues. At the time of his promotion,he led the minors with 34 home runs. [16] In his MLB debut that afternoon,he singled twice in four at bats as the Rockies went on to win 4–3 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. He drove in a run with his first hit off Jack Flaherty in the sixth inning and eventually scored the deciding run in the ninth after a leadoff infield single off Yennier Canó with the score tied at 3–3. [17] In 23 games for Colorado,he batted .200/.247/.386 with one home run and 17 RBIs.
Goodman was optioned to Triple-A to begin the 2024 season. [18] He was promoted to the Rockies in April and stayed with the organization until April 18 when he was sent back to the Isotopes for two weeks before finishing the season with the Rockies. [19]
On June 15,Goodman went 4-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs in a 16-4 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He finished his rookie season as the Rockies backup catcher with a slash line of .190/.228/.417,including 13 home runs. [20]
In 2025,Goodman began the season as the Rockies starting catcher and appeared in 144 games. He was the team’s most valuable player,slashing .278/.323/.520 (120 OPS+). [21] He hit 31 home runs,the first Rockies hitter to do so since 2019,and had one of the best seasons by a catcher in franchise history. [22]
Also in 2025,Goodman became a first-time National League (NL) All-Star [23] and won the Silver Slugger Award for catcher in the NL. [24]
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