Arizona Diamondbacks minor league players

Luis Alejandro Basabe (bah-sah'vay) (born August 26, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

In 2012, the Boston Red Sox made a pair of international signings that were unusual. The team signed identical twins from Venezuela, both named Luis Basabe, both switch-hitters who throw right-handed, both were around the same size and weight, and each of whom signed for a $450,000 bonus when they turned 16 on August 26.[1] Relatively new to baseball, the Basabe twins started to play the game a short time before signing, as they spent most of their childhood playing soccer.[1] Luis Alejandro is a middle infielder with plus speed, an advanced glove and limited power but outstanding feel to reach first base without the benefit of a base hit.[2] He also has shown better ability to manipulate the bat head than his brother, Luis Alexander, a speedy center fielder with a strong arm who has raw power and potential to add strength.[1] They debuted with the Dominican Summer League Red Sox in its 2013 season.

In his first season, Luis Alejandro appeared in 58 of the team's 70 games. He hit just .192 with one home run and 14 runs batted in (RBI), but compiled a .332 on-base percentage with 25 runs scored and nine stolen bases in 11 attempts.[2] Basabe then was limited to 29 games in 2014 because of injury, and finished with a .222/.403/.273 slash line, 19 runs, and nine steals.[2]

Once recovered from his injury, Basabe joined the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in 2015, dividing his playing time between second base and shortstop in only 28 games, as he was sidelined by another injury. Even so, Basabe improved his average to .260 and recorded a .387 OBP, while scoring 22 runs with six RBI, and eight steals.[2]

In 2016, Basabe was moved up two levels and rejoined his sibling twin with the Greenville Drive, where Luis Alejandro had his breakthrough season. He was unstoppable out of the leadoff spot from that Spring, reaching base safely in 46 of his first 50 games, including 17 multi-hit contests, 38 runs, 18 RBI, and a club-high 13 stolen bases, all while posting a .311/.414/.463 line.[3] Basabe was selected as utility infielder for the Southern Division team at the South Atlantic League All-Star Game.[4]

On July 9, 2016, the Arizona Diamonbacks acquired Basabe and starting pitcher Jose Almonte from the Red Sox in exchange for relief pitcher Brad Ziegler.[5] Basabe was assigned to the D-Backs’ farm team, the Kane County Cougars, and he finished the season there. In 109 total games between Greenville and Kane County, Basabe batted .272 with seven home runs and 38 RBI. He returned to Kane County in 2017 and played in 53 games, batting .229, with two home runs, and seven RBI.[6] He missed the last three months of the season due to a knee injury that ultimately required surgery.[7]

In 2018, Basabe split time between Kane County and the Visalia Rawhide, batting .249 with two home runs and 22 RBIs in 90 games between the two clubs.[8] He spent 2019 with Visalia,[9] slashing .293/.402/.390 with four home runs, 51 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases over 117 games.

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Matthew Ryan Brill (born October 25, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Brill attended Moline High School in Moline, Illinois, where he played baseball and soccer.[10] In 2013, his senior year, he went 6-2 with a 1.76 ERA alongside hitting six home runs.[11] He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 24th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft,[12] but did not sign and instead chose to play college baseball at Appalachian State University.

In 2014, Brill's freshman year at Appalachian State, he spent a majority of the year as a designated hitter, batting .306 with four home runs and twenty RBIs over 39 games.[13] As a sophomore in 2015, he began to pitch, going 0-2 with a 10.12 ERA over ​10 ²⁄₃ innings, alongside hitting .277 with two home runs over 26 games. Brill missed all of the 2016 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[14] He returned to play in 2017, batting .261 with five home runs over 25 games alongside pitching to a 1-3 record and 4.45 ERA over twenty relief appearances.[15] After the season, Brill was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 12th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[16][17]

Brill signed with Arizona and made his professional debut with the Hillsboro Hops, compiling a 0.89 ERA and 25 strikeouts over ​20 ¹⁄₃ relief innings.[18][19] In 2018, Brill began the year with the Kane County Cougars,[20] with whom he was named a Midwest League All-Star,[21][22] before earning a promotion to the Visalia Rawhide in June.[23] Over 43 relief appearances between the two clubs, Brill went 6-4 with a 3.74 ERA, striking out 65 batters over 53 innings. Brill began 2019 with Visalia[24] and was promoted to the Jackson Generals in May.[25] He finished the year with a 4-5 record and a 5.11 ERA over 44 relief innings pitched. He was assigned to the Salt River Rafters after the season.[26]

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Corbin Franklin Carroll (born August 21, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Carroll attended Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington.[27][28] As a senior in 2019, he hit .540 with nine home runs and a 1.859 OPS.[29] He committed to play college baseball at UCLA.[30]

Carroll was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[31][32] He signed for $3.7 million,[33][34] and was assigned to the Arizona League Diamondbacks.[35] After batting .291 with two home runs, 14 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases over 31 games, he was promoted to the Hillsboro Hops on August 8.[36] Over 11 games with Hillsboro, he batted .326 with six RBI.

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Stuart Alexander Fairchild (born March 17, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Fairchild attended Seattle Preparatory School. The Seattle Times named him to their All-Area Team in 2014.[37] He enrolled at Wake Forest University and played college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.[38] In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[39] In 2017, his junior year, he slashed .360/.439/.636 with 17 home runs and 67 RBIs in 63 games.[40] After the season, the Cincinnati Reds selected Fairchild in the second round of the 2017 MLB draft,[41] and signed him for a $1,802,800 signing bonus.[42][43] He was assigned to the Billings Mustangs where he posted a .304 batting average with three home runs, 23 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 56 games.

Fairchild spent 2018 with both the Dayton Dragons (with whom he earned Midwest League All-Star honors) and the Daytona Tortugas, slashing a combined .264/.344/.407 with nine home runs, 57 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases in 130 games between both clubs.[44] He returned to Daytona to open 2019, and was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts during the season. Over 109 games between both teams, he batted .264/.352/.441 with 12 home runs and 54 RBIs.

On August 31, 2020, the Reds traded Fairchild , along with Josh VanMeter, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for relief pitcher Archie Bradley and cash considerations.[45] The Diamondbacks added him to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.[46]

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Luis David Frías (born May 23, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Frías signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in 2015.[47] The Diamondbacks added him to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.[48]

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Drey Matthew Jameson (born August 17, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Jameson attended Greenfield-Central High School in Greenfield, Indiana.[49] In 2017, his senior year, he went 6-1 with a 0.65 ERA.[50] He went undrafted in the 2017 MLB draft and thus enrolled at Ball State University where he played college baseball for the Ball State Cardinals.

In 2018, Jameson's freshman season at Ball State, he went 7-2 with a 3.88 ERA in 18 games (12 starts).[51] He was awarded Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman Pitcher of the Year.[52] As a sophomore in 2019, he pitched to a 6-3 record with a 3.24 ERA in 16 starts and was named the MAC Pitcher of the Year.[53]

Jameson was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 34th overall pick of the 2019 MLB draft.[31][54] He signed for $1.40 million,[55] and was assigned to the Hillsboro Hops.[56] Over ​11 ²⁄₃ innings, he gave up eight earned runs, 14 hits, and nine walks, striking out 12.

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Levi Hunter Kelly (born May 14, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Kelly began his high school career at Nitro High School in Nitro, West Virginia.[57][58][59] As a freshman, he committed to play college baseball at Louisiana State University.[60][61] Following his freshman year, he transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.[62] After his sophomore year at IMG, he transferred to Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, Florida. In 2017, as a junior, he went 7-1 with a 0.62 ERA and 98 strikeouts over 56 innings.[63] Following his junior year, he transferred back to IMG Academy for his senior season.[64] After his senior year, Kelly was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[64][65][66]

Kelly signed with the Diamondbacks, and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Diamondbacks of the Rookie-league, pitching six scoreless innings. In 2019, Kelly spent the season with the Kane County Cougars of the Class A Midwest League.[67][68] Over 22 starts, he pitched to a 5-1 record with a 2.15 ERA, striking out 126 over ​100 ¹⁄₃ innings.

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Matthew Allen Peacock (born February 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Peacock attended Saraland High School in Saraland, Alabama.[69] In 2011, his junior year, he posted a 3.42 ERA while batting .440 with 32 RBIs.[70] He earned All-State honorable mention.[71] He was not drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, and he enrolled at the University of South Alabama where he played college baseball.

Peacock redshirted his freshman year in 2013. In 2014, as a redshirt freshman, he made eight relief appearances in which he went 0-1 with a 6.10 ERA. As a redshirt sophomore in 2015, he pitched in only three games. Peacock underwent surgery on his throwing arm in 2016, and he did not make an appearance that season.[72] He returned to the mound in 2017, and moved into the closer role.[73] Over 25 relief appearances, he went 3-3 with a 2.88 ERA, ten saves, and 55 strikeouts over fifty innings.[74]

Following the season, Peacock was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[75][76] He made his professional debut with the Hillsboro Hops, going 0-2 with a 2.45 ERA over 22 relief appearances. In 2018, Peacock began the season with the Kane County Cougars (with whom he was named a Midwest League All-Star)[77] before being promoted to the Visalia Rawhide. Over 28 games (16 starts) between the two clubs, he pitched to a 7-6 record and a 4.20 ERA. He spent 2019 with the Jackson Generals with whom he pitched to an 8-4 record and 2.97 ERA over 21 games (twenty starts).[78]

The Diamondbacks added Peacock to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.[79]

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Geraldo Rafael Perdomo (born October 22, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Perdomo signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in July 2016. He made his professional debut in 2017 with the Dominican Summer League Giants, batting .238 with one home run and 11 RBIs over 63 games. In 2018 he played for the Arizona League Diamondbacks, Missoula Osprey and Hillsboro Hops,[80][81] slashing a combined .322/.438/.460 with four home runs, 24 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases over 57 games.

Perdomo started 2019 with the Kane County Cougars and was promoted to the Visalia Rawhide during the season.[82] Over 116 games between both clubs, Perdomo hit .275 with three home runs, 47 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to play in the Falls Stars Game.[83]

The Diamondbacks added Perdomo to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.[84]

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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.[85] He spent his first professional season in 2018 with the Arizona League Diamondbacks and Missoula Osprey,[86][87] slashing .279/.363/.428 with seven home runs, 27 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 57 games.[87] He started 2019 with the Hillsboro Hops[88][89] 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.

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Alek Thomas (born April 28, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Thomas attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois. He committed to play both college baseball and college football at Texas Christian University.[90] During his high school career he hit .423 with 39 home runs and 158 runs batted in (RBI).[91] He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[92]

Thomas spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Diamondbacks and Missoula Osprey,[93] batting .333 with two home runs, 27 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 56 games between the two teams.[93] He started 2019 with the Kane County Cougars.[94][95][96] In July, he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[97] In August, he was promoted to the Visalia Rawhide, with whom he finished the year.[98] Over 114 games between the two teams, Thomas slashed .300/.379/.450 with ten home runs, 55 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases.

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Matthew Blake Walston (born June 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Walston attended New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina.[99] In 2019, his senior year, he went 12-0 with a 0.20 ERA, striking out 129 batters in 68.2 innings pitched.[100] He was named North Carolina's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.[101] Walston was also named the 2019 North Carolina High School Player of the Year by Perfect Game.[102] He committed to play college baseball at North Carolina State University.[103]

Walston was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 26th overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[104][105] He signed for $2.45 million,[106][33] and was assigned to the Arizona League Diamondbacks before earning a promotion to the Hillsboro Hops. Over 11 innings between both teams, he compiled a 2.45 ERA and 17 strikeouts.

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