BIOGRAPHY
Dylan Carlson was born on October 23, 1998, in Elk Grove, California. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
Carlson attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California where he played baseball under his father, Jeff. As a senior, he batted .407 with nine home runs and 40 RBIs in 36 games along with pitching to a 6-0 record with a 1.44 ERA. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round, 33rd overall, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He rescinded his college commitment to California State University-Fullerton and agreed to a signing bonus of $1.35 mil., which was $550,500 under the slot value.
Carlson made his professional debut that same year with the Gulf Coast League Cardinals, batting .251 with three home runs and 22 RBIs in 50 games. Carlson spent 2017 with the Peoria Chiefs where he slashed .240/.342/.347 with seven home runs and 42 RBIs in 115 games. He began the 2018 season with Peoria, and after batting .234 with two home runs and nine RBIs in 13 games, was promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals. Carlson finished the year with Palm Beach, slashing .247/.345/.386 with nine home runs and 53 RBIs in 99 games.
Carlson began the 2019 season with the Springfield Cardinals. He was named a Texas League All-Star and participated in the Home Run Derby. In June, he represented the Cardinals in the 2019 All-Star Futures Game alongside Nolan Gorman. After slashing .281/.364/.518 with 21 home runs, 59 RBIs, and 18 stolen bases over 108 games with Springfield, he was promoted to the Memphis Redbirds in August. Following his promotion, Carlson was named the Texas League Player of the Year. Over 126 games between Palm Beach and Springfield, Carlson slashed .292/.372/.542 with 26 home runs, 68 RBIs, and twenty stolen bases.
To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Peoria Chiefs of the High-A Central. After 11 games in which he hit .286 with four home runs and ten RBIs, he was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Central. After slashing .288/.333/.488 with 14 home runs and 44 RBIs over 63 games with Springfield, he was promoted to the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A East in early August. Over 45 games with Memphis to end the year, he slashed .234/.310/.357 with four home runs and 22 RBIs. Burleson ended the 2021 season with a combined .270/.329/.454 slash line with 22 home runs and 76 RBIs over 119 games between the three clubs.
Carlson opened the 2022 season as the club's starting right fielder. In late May, he was placed on the injured list with a hamstring injury. He was activated in early June. Carlson hit the final of a record-tying four consecutive home runs between teammates on July 2, 2022, the 11th such occurrence in major league history. At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Carlson all homered off Phillies starter Kyle Gibson with two outs in the first inning. It was the first time that the Cardinals had accomplished the feat, and the first time that it occurred in the first inning. In early September, Carlson was placed on the injured list with a thumb sprain before being activated a little over a week later. Over 432 at-bats in 128 games, he slashed .236/.316/.380 with eight home runs, 42 RBIs, and thirty doubles.
