Arizona Diamondbacks minor league players
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Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players of the minor league affiliates of the Arizona Diamondbacks:
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Kyle Amendt
| Kyle Amendt | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 78 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 5, 2000 Pleasantville, Iowa, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Kyle Richard Amendt (born April 5, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Amendt played college baseball at the Southeastern Community College and Dallas Baptist University. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.[1]
Amendt signed with the Diamondback and spent his first season with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks and Visalia Rawhide. He started 2024 with the Hillsboro Hops before being promoted to the Amarillo Sod Poodles.
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Demetrio Crisantes
| Demetrio Crisantes | |
|---|---|
| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Second baseman | |
| Born: September 5, 2004 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Demetrio Miguel Crisantes (born September 5, 2004) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Crisantes attended Nogales High School in Nogales, Arizona.[2] He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[3][4]
Crisantes signed with the Diamondbacks and made his professional debut in 2023 with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks.[5] He started 2024 with the ACL Diamondbacks before being promoted to the Visalia Rawhide.[6]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
J. D. Dix
| J. D. Dix | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Shortstop | |
| Born: October 12, 2005 Chicago, Illinois | |
Bats: Both Throws: Right |
John Samuel "JD" Dix (born October 12, 2005) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Dix grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin and attended Whitefish Bay High School. As a freshman, he batted .449 with 24 RBIs and 21 stolen bases.[7] Dix committed to play college baseball at Alabama after the season.[8] He batted .452 as a junior.[9] Dix was selected to play in the MLB All-American Game during the following summer.[10] He also de-committed from Alabama and flipped his commitment to Wake Forest.[11]
Dix was selected with the 35th selection of the 2024 MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[12] He signed with the Diamondbacks on July 23, 2024, and received an under-slot signing bonus of $2,150,000.[13]
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Joe Elbis
| Joe Elbis | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 85 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 24, 2002 Caracas, Venezuela | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Joe Leandro Elbis is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
On July 12, 2019, Elbis signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent.[14] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] Elbis made his professional debut in 2021. In 12 games (10 starts) split between the rookie–level Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks and Single–A Visalia Rawhide, he compiled a 3–3 record and 3.52 ERA with 59 strikeouts across 53+2⁄3 innings pitched.[16]
Elbis returned to Visalia in 2022, but made only 3 starts before being shut down with shoulder inflammation.[17] He split the 2023 campaign between Visalia and the Single–A Hillsboro Hops. In 24 starts for the two affiliates, Elbis registered a 4–9 record and 3.75 ERA with 97 strikeouts over 115+1⁄3 innings pitched.[18]
In 2024, Elbis made 24 starts split between the High–A Hillsboro Hops and Double–A Amarillo Sod Poodles, compiling a 7–6 record and 3.39 ERA with 112 strikeouts across 135+1⁄3 innings pitched. Following the season, the Diamondbacks added Elbis to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[19]
Elbis was optioned to Double-A Amarillo to begin the 2025 season.[20]
Tristin English
| Tristin English | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 94 | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: May 17, 1997 Stockbridge, Georgia | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Tristin Hall English (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
English attended Pike County High School in Williamson, Georgia. As a senior in 2015, he batted .632 with seven home runs and 45 RBIs.[21] He was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 39th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at Georgia Tech.[22]
After hitting .315 with five home runs and 44 RBIs as a freshman at Georgia Tech in 2016, he missed the 2017 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[23] In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[24][25] In 2019, he hit .346 with 18 home runs and 71 RBIs over 58 games.[26]
English was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[27] He signed and made his professional debut with the Hillsboro Hops, hitting .290 with seven home runs and thirty RBIs over fifty games.[28] He returned to Hillsboro for the 2021 season, batting .242 with ten home runs and 48 RBIs over 83 games. English split the 2022 season between Hillsboro and the Amarillo Sod Poodles and hit a combined .269 with 12 home runs and 49 RBIs over 104 games.[29] He returned to Amarillo to open the 2023 season and was promoted to the Reno Aces in early May.[30][31] Over 102 games between both teams, he batted .300 with 23 home runs and 93 RBIs.[32] English was assigned to Reno to open the 2024 season.[33]
English and his fiancé, Rachel, had their first child, a daughter, in 2022.[34]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Spencer Giesting
| Spencer Giesting | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 2, 2001 Fairfield, Ohio | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left |
Spencer William Giesting (born July 2, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Giesting attended Father Stephen T. Badin High School in Hamilton, Ohio, and played college baseball at the University of Charlotte. During the summer of 2021, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Harwich Mariners.[35] As a sophomore in 2022, he appeared in twenty games (six starts) and went 7-4 with a 3.75 ERA over 74+1⁄3 innings. After the season, Giesting was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 11th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[36][37] Giesting signed with Arizona for $400,000.[38]
Giesting made his professional debut that season with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks before playing with the Visalia Rawhide, pitching a total of 15+1⁄3 innings between both teams. He played the 2023 season with the Hillsboro Hops, starting 24 games and going 7-4 with a 4.00 ERA and 124 strikeouts over 117 innings. Giesting opened the 2024 season with Hillsboro and was promoted to the Amarillo Sod Poodles in mid-June.[39][40] He was named the Diamondbacks Minor League Pitcher of the Month in September.[41] Over 25 starts between both teams, he posted a 9-10 record and 3.31 ERA with 154 strikeouts in 141+1⁄3 innings.
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Jack Hurley
| Jack Hurley | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 13, 2002 State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right |
Jack Bratton Hurley (born March 13, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Hurley attended State College Area High School in State College, Pennsylvania and played college baseball at Virginia Tech.[42] In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[43] After three years at Virginia Tech, he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.[44]
Hurley signed with the Diamondbacks and spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks, Visalia Rawhide and Hillsboro Hops.[45]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Yu-Min Lin
| Yu-Min Lin | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 89 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 12, 2003 Taitung City, Taiwan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
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Yu-Min Lin (Chinese: 林昱珉; born July 12, 2003) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Lin began playing baseball at age four. He has played on the Taiwanese national team (Chinese Taipei) in multiple international tournaments, including the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-12 Baseball World Cup, U-15 Baseball World Cup, U-18 Baseball World Cup, and U-23 Baseball World Cup.[46] He started two games for Taiwan's silver-medal run during the 2022 Asian Games, pitching to a 1–1 record with a 1.64 ERA and eleven strikeouts to three walks in eleven innings.[47]
Lin was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks on February 16, 2022.[48] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks and was promoted to the Low-A Visalia Rawhide and finished the season with a 2–2 record and a 2.72 ERA with 91 strikeouts over 14 starts.[49] Lin began the 2023 season with the High-A Hillsboro Hops, and was the youngest player on the Hops roster.[50] Prior to the 2024 season, Lin was invited to spring training for the first time in his career.[51] Lin joined the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League at the end of the regular season.[52]
As of the 2023 season, Lin throws a soft slider, a mid- to upper 80s fastball with arm side precision, and a changeup.[53]
- Career statistics from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Dylan Ray
| Dylan Ray | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: May 9, 2001 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Dylan Jabe Ray (born May 9, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Ray attended Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama and played college baseball at the University of Alabama.[54][55] He missed the 2021 season recovering from Tommy John Surgery and returned in 2022 as the team's closer.[56] In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[57]
Ray was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[58] He spent his first season with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks and Visalia Rawhide. He started 2023 with the Hillsboro Hops before being promoted to the Amarillo Sod Poodles.[59]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Kristian Robinson
| Kristian Robinson | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: December 11, 2000 Nassau, The Bahamas | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Kristian Devaughn Robinson (born December 11, 2000) is a Bahamian professional baseball outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Robinson signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in July 2017.[60] He spent his first professional season in 2018 with the Arizona League Diamondbacks and Missoula Osprey,[61][62] slashing .279/.363/.428 with seven home runs, 27 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 57 games.[62] He started 2019 with the Hillsboro Hops[63][64] before earning a promotion to the Kane County Cougars in August. Over 69 games between both teams, he batted .282 with 14 home runs, 51 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases. Robinson did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[65]
Robinson was arrested early in 2020 for allegedly punching an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer in the face after the officer found Robinson walking into traffic on Interstate 10. Robinson released a statement indicating he was suffering from mental health issues due in part to the pandemic. The start to his 2021 season was delayed because he remained in the Bahamas to deal with the resulting legal issues.[66] On August 17, 2021, Robinson was sentenced to 18 months probation.[67] Robinson did not play in a game for the Diamondbacks organization in 2021, but was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[68]
After spending the 2021 and 2022 seasons on the restricted list, Robinson was activated on May 29, 2023, and optioned to the Single-A Visalia Rawhide.[69] In 43 games split between the rookie–level Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks, Visalia, and High–A Hillsboro, he batted a cumulative .271/.384/.452 with 7 home runs, 24 RBI, and 18 stolen bases. On August 12, Robinson was designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks following the promotion of Buddy Kennedy.[70] He cleared waivers and was assigned outright to the ACL Diamondbacks on August 17.[71]
- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
A. J. Vukovich
| A. J. Vukovich | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 95 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: July 20, 2001 Mukwonago, Wisconsin | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Aaron Jeffrey Vukovich (born July 20, 2001) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Vukovich attended East Troy High School in East Troy, Wisconsin. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[72][73] He played his first season in 2021 with the Visalia Rawhide and Hillsboro Hops. In his 92 games that season, he had a .272/.320/.446 slash line, with 100 hits, 19 doubles, 3 triples, 13 home runs, 62 RBI, and 16 stolen bases
Vukovich started 2022 with Hillsboro before being promoted to the Amarillo Sod Poodles.[74]
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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