Slade Cecconi

Slade Cecconi (born June 24, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He was selected by the Diamondbacks with the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.

Slade Cecconi
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitcher
Born: (1999-06-24) June 24, 1999
Oviedo, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Career

Cecconi attended Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida, where he played baseball.[1] As a junior in 2017, he went 6–1 with a 0.70 ERA and seventy strikeouts over forty innings.[2][3] That summer, he was selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field.[4] In 2018, his senior year, he batted .388 with six home runs.[5] He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 38th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign, instead enrolling at the University of Miami where he played college baseball.[6]

In 2019, Cecconi's freshman year at Miami, he appeared in 17 games (13 starts) in which he went 5–4 with a 4.16 ERA, striking out 89 batters over eighty innings.[7] He was selected to play in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Wareham Gatemen but did not participate.[8] As a sophomore in 2020, he started four games and posted a 2–1 record with a 3.80 ERA over 21 13 innings before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Cecconi was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[10] On July 10, 2020, Cecconi signed with the Diamondbacks for a $2.384 million bonus.[11]

References

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