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Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A busy day, with no fewer than seventeen picks. After the slow cooking of the first three rounds, today will be the draft equivalent of fast food. Over five hundred players will be selected today, by the time the last player in the 20th round knows their fate. Last year, the draft was split over three days, but MLB has … [Read more...] about 2025 Diamondbacks Draft Thread: Day Two

The Diamondbacks went against the grain and took a college arm with their second pick of the night. Patrick ForbesDOB: 11 July 2004Height: 6’3”Weight: 220B/T: R/R Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 40 | Overall: 50 Arizona went against the overwhelming majority of expectations by taking a college arm at #29, especially one with such a limited … [Read more...] about Pick #29: Patrick Forbes, RHP

With their final pick of the night, Arizona went with another undersized player, this one on the mound though. Having forfeited their second round pick for signing Corbin Burnes this last winter, Arizona went from picking #29 to not picking again until #92. With that third round pick, the Diamondbacks selected Brian Curley, a right-handed pitcher out of Georgia. Curley is on … [Read more...] about Pick #92: Brian Curley

Can the D-backs go into the break on a winning note? Does it matter? Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ANGELS Corbin Carroll - RF Zach Neto - SS Jake McCarthy - LF Nolan Schanuel - 1B Geraldo Perdomo - SS Mike Trout - DH Josh Naylor - 1B Taylor Ward - LF Eugenio Suarez - 3B Jo Adell - CF Lourdes Gurriel - DH Yoan Moncada - 3B Alek Thomas - CF Logan O'Hoppe - … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #97: 7/13 @ Angels

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Arizona has three picks on the first day. The 2025 MLB draft is about to get under way in Atlanta. As discussed previously, there will be three picks for Arizona today. They will be active in slots #18 (1st round), #29 (free-agent comp), and #92 (third round). They lost their second round pick for signing Corbin Burnes, but gained one … [Read more...] about 2025 Diamondbacks Draft Thread: Day One