Selected in the fourth round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies out of the University of Houston... signed with the Phillies on June 21, 2017... traded by the Phillies on June 2, 2019 along with cash to the Seattle Mariners for RF Jay Bruce... was leading all Triple-A batters in home runs and RBIs as of July 19, 2023 while with Tacoma... was a South Atlantic League All-Star in 2018
Spent one record-setting season (2017) at the University of Houston, when he hit .346 with 18 homers, 64 RBIs and 84 hits in 63 games... helped Houston to a regular-season and conference tournament championship title as well as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Houston Regional... became the first Houston consensus All-American since 2006, was named American Player of the Year and to All-Conference First Team, earned First Team All-Region honors, was tabbed the American Championship MVP and was a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist... hit a conference-leading 18 home runs, which was second-most all-time in a Houston single season and was the most since 2002 by a Cougar... led league with 64 RBIs and 162 total bases... prior to Houston, he played two seasons for head coach Damon Neidlingerh at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he led the team to league and state championships in 2016, was named the Big 8 MVP, was selected as the NorCal Player of the Year, earned First Team All-American honors and as State Championship MVP honors... before college, he played four years at Maria Carrillo Pumas High School in California, where he was named First Team All-Empire in 2014 and was a two-time First Team All-League performer in 2012 and 2013... also played basketball in high school... majored in psychology at Houston... son of Jeff and Tani Scheiner; he has two siblings, Sam and Sophie