Carson Roccaforte

Carson Anthony Roccaforte (born March 29, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Kansas City Royals organization.

Amateur career Roccaforte grew up in Port Neches, Texas and attended Port Neches–Groves High School. He played college baseball at Louisiana. He had a career year in 2022 batting .374, with 16 home runs, along with 68 RBI, and 25 stolen bases. He was one of just three NCAA Division I players to reach 15 plus homers and 25 plus steals. For his performance on the year he was named First Team All Sun-Belt, and named First Team NCAA Division I South All-Region. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Roccaforte would take a slight step down in the 2023 season having a .318 batting average with eight home runs, and 55 RBI, along with a program record 26 doubles. Roccaforte finished his career with a .325 batting average, with 28 home runs, and 145 RBI's.

Professional career Roccaforte was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the second round with the 66th overall selection of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. On July 25, 2023, Roccaforte signed with the Royals for a $897,500 signing bonus.

Roccaforte made his professional debut after signing with the Arizona Complex League Royals and also played with the Columbia Fireflies, batting .293 over 31 games. He played the 2024 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits and hit .208 with ten home runs, 62 RBIs, and 34 stolen bases over 122 games, and was also named the Royals Defensive Player of the Year. Roccaforte opened the 2025 season with Quad Cities and was promoted to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in July. He was assigned to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Surprise Saguaros after the season.