List of Arizona Diamondbacks first-round draft picks

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in the National League West division. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft",[2] the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.[2] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.[3] Since the franchise first participated in the draft in 1996, the Diamondbacks have selected 28 players in the first round. The First-Year Player Draft is unrelated to the 1997 expansion draft in which the Diamondbacks filled their roster.

Justin Upton, the first overall selection in 2005, was named to the 2009 All-Star Team.[1]

Of the 28 players picked in the first round by the Diamondbacks, 15 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 11 of these have been right-handed, while 4 have been left-handed. Five players taken in the first round have been shortstops; additionally, two players have been selected at each of first base, third base, catcher, and the outfield. No second baseman has been selected in the first round by the Diamondbacks.[4] The Diamondbacks have drafted 16 players out of college, and 10 out of high school. Arizona has drafted seven players out of high schools or colleges in the state of California, with two being taken from each of Florida, Georgia, and their home state of Arizona.[4]

The Diamondbacks' 2003 selection—Carlos Quentin, who was then playing with the Chicago White Sox—won the 2008 Silver Slugger Award as one of the three best offensive outfielders in the American League.[5] The franchise has held the first-overall pick once, in 2005, when they selected Justin Upton.[4] The Diamondbacks have received twelve compensatory picks, including nine selections made in the supplemental round of the draft since the franchise's first draft in 1996.[4] These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season,[3][6][V] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year.[7]

Key

Year Links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball draft
Position Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Pick Indicates the number of the pick
* Player did not sign with the Diamondbacks
§ Indicates a supplemental pick

Picks

Nick Bierbrodt (1996) was the first player drafted in franchise history.
Sergio Santos (2002) was drafted as a shortstop, but later played as a pitcher.[8]
Conor Jackson (2003) is one of three first basemen selected by the Diamondbacks.
Barret Loux (2010) was the first player drafted by the Diamondbacks in the first round not to sign with the team.
Corbin Carroll was the first of the team's two first-round picks in 2019.
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Year Name Position School (location) Pick Ref
1996 Nick Bierbrodt Left-handed pitcher Millikan High School
(Long Beach, California)		 30 [9]
1997 Jack Cust First baseman Immaculata High School
(Somerville, New Jersey)		 30 [10]
1998 no first-round pick[a] [4]
1999 Corey Myers Shortstop Desert Vista High School
(Phoenix, Arizona)		 4 [11]
Casey Daigle Right-handed pitcher Sulphur High School
(Sulphur, Louisiana)		 31§[b] [11]
2000 no first-round pick[c] [4]
2001 Jason Bulger Right-handed pitcher Valdosta State University
(Valdosta, Georgia)		 22 [12]
2002 Sergio Santos Shortstop Mater Dei High School
(Santa Ana, California)		 27 [13]
2003 Conor Jackson First baseman University of California, Berkeley
(Berkeley, California)		 19[d] [14]
Carlos Quentin Outfielder Stanford University
(Stanford, California)		 29 [14]
2004 Stephen Drew Shortstop Florida State University
(Tallahassee, Florida)		 15 [15]
2005 Justin Upton Shortstop Great Bridge High School
(Chesapeake, Virginia)		 1 [16]
Matt Torra Right-handed pitcher University of Massachusetts Amherst
(Amherst, Massachusetts)		 31§[e] [16]
2006 Max Scherzer Right-handed pitcher University of Missouri
(Columbia, Missouri)		 11 [17]
Brooks Brown Right-handed pitcher University of Georgia
(Athens, Georgia)		 34§[f] [17]
2007 Jarrod Parker Right-handed pitcher Norwell High School
(Ossian, Indiana)		 9 [18]
Wes Roemer Right-handed pitcher California State University, Fullerton
(Fullerton, California)		 50§[g] [18]
Ed Easley Catcher Mississippi State University
(Starkville, Mississippi)		 61§[h] [18]
2008 Daniel Schlereth Left-handed pitcher University of Arizona
(Tucson, Arizona)		 26 [19]
Wade Miley Left-handed pitcher Southeastern Louisiana University
(Hammond, Louisiana)		 43§[i] [19]
2009 Robert Borchering Third baseman Bishop Verot High School
(Fort Myers, Florida)		 16 [20]
A.J. Pollock Outfielder University of Notre Dame
(South Bend, Indiana)		 17[j] [20]
Matthew Davidson Third baseman Yucaipa High School
(Yucaipa, California)		 35§[k] [20]
Chris Owings Shortstop Gilbert High School
(Gilbert, South Carolina)		 41§[l] [20]
Michael Belfiore Left-handed pitcher Boston College
(Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)		 45§[m] [20]
2010 Barret Loux* Right-handed pitcher Texas A&M University
(College Station, Texas)		 6 [21]
2011 Trevor Bauer Right-handed pitcher University of California, Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, California)		 3 [22]
Archie Bradley Right-handed pitcher Broken Arrow Senior High
(Broken Arrow, Oklahoma)		 7[n] [22]
2012 Stryker Trahan Catcher Acadiana High School
(Lafayette, Louisiana)		 26 [23]
2013 Braden Shipley Right-handed pitcher University of Nevada, Reno
(Reno, Nevada)		 15 [24]
2014 Touki Toussaint Right-handed pitcher Coral Springs Christian Academy
(Coral Springs, Florida)		 16 [25]
2015 Dansby Swanson Shortstop Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, Tennessee)		 1 [26]
2016 Anfernee Grier Outfielder Auburn University
(Auburn, Alabama)		 39 [26]
2017 Pavin Smith First Baseman University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, Virginia)		 7 [27]
2018 Matt McLain* Second Baseman Beckman High School
(Irvine, California)		 25 [28]
2019 Corbin Carroll Outfielder Lakeside School
(Seattle, Washington)		 16 [29]
Blake Walston Left-handed Pitcher New Hanover High School
(Wilmington, North Carolina)		 26 [29]
2020 Bryce Jarvis Right-handed pitcher Duke University
(Durham, North Carolina)		 18 [30]
2021 Jordan Lawlar Shortstop Dallas Jesuit College Prep
(Dallas, Texas)		 6 [31]
2022 Druw Jones Outfielder Wesleyan School
(Peachtree Corners, Georgia)		 2
Landon Sims Right-Handed pitcher Mississippi State University
(Starkville, Mississippi)		 34
2023 Tommy Troy Shortstop Stanford University
(Stanford, California)		 12
2024 Slade Caldwell Outfielder Valley View High School
(Jonesboro, Arkansas)		 29
2025 Kayson Cunningham Shortstop Lady Bird Johnson High School
(San Antonio, Texas)		 18
Patrick Forbes Right-handed pitcher University of Louisville
(Louisville, Kentucky)		 29§
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Footnotes

  • V Through the 2012 draft, free agents were evaluated by the Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offered arbitration to a player but that player refused and subsequently signed with another team, the original team was able to receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent left in this way, his previous team received a supplemental pick and a compensatory pick from the team with which he signed. If a "Type B" free agent left in this way, his previous team received only a supplemental pick.[32] Since the 2013 draft, free agents are no longer classified by type; instead, compensatory picks are only awarded if the team offered its free agent a contract worth at least the average of the 125 current richest MLB contracts.[33] However, if the free agent's last team acquired the player in a trade during the last year of his contract, it is ineligible to receive compensatory picks for that player.[34]
  • a The Diamondbacks lost their first-round pick in 1998 to the Kansas City Royals as compensation for signing free agent Jay Bell.[35]
  • b The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent Devon White.[36]
  • c The Diamondbacks lost their first-round pick in 2000 to the Atlanta Braves as compensation for signing free agent Russ Springer.[37]
  • d The Diamondbacks gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2003 from the Seattle Mariners for losing free agent Greg Colbrunn.[38]
  • e The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2005 for losing free agent Richie Sexson.[39]
  • f The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2006 for losing free agent Tim Worrell.[40]
  • g The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Craig Counsell.[41]
  • h The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Miguel Batista.[41]
  • i The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2008 for losing free agent Liván Hernández.[42]
  • j The Diamondbacks gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2009 from the Los Angeles Dodgers for losing free agent Orlando Hudson.[43]
  • k The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 for losing free agent Orlando Hudson.[43]
  • l The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 for losing free agent Juan Cruz.[43]
  • m The Diamondbacks gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 for losing free agent Brandon Lyon.[43]
  • n The Diamondbacks gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2011 for failing to sign 2010 first-round pick Barret Loux.[44]

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