Corbin Carroll

Corbin Franklin Carroll (born August 21, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). Carroll was selected by the Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut in 2022.

Corbin Carroll
Carroll with the Reno Aces in 2022
Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 7
Outfielder
Born: (2000-08-21) August 21, 2000
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 29, 2022, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB statistics
(through May 19, 2023)
Batting average.268
Home runs10
Runs batted in28
Teams

Early life

Carroll was born in Seattle, Washington as was his father. Carroll's mother was born in Taiwan, and moved to Louisiana at the age of 6.

Amateur career

Carroll played on the USA 18U National Team that won Gold in the 2018 COPABE Pan-American Championships. Carroll attended Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3] As a senior in 2019, he hit .540 with nine home runs and a 1.859 OPS.[1] He committed to play college baseball at UCLA.[4]

Professional career

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Carroll in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[5][6] He signed for $3.7 million and was assigned to the Arizona League Diamondbacks to make his professional debut.[7][8][9] 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.[10] Over 11 games with Hillsboro, he batted .326 with six RBIs.[11] Between the two teams, he batted .299/.409/.487 in 154 at bats, with 18 stolen bases in 19 attempts.[12]

Carroll did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Carroll returned to Hillsboro to begin the 2021 season. However, in early May, Carroll injured his shoulder while hitting a home run and later underwent season-ending shoulder surgery.[14][15][16] At the time, he was 10-for-23 for the season.[12]

Carroll opened the 2022 season with the Amarillo Sod Poodles.[17] In early July, he was promoted to the Reno Aces.[18] With three minor league teams in 2022 he batted .307/.425/.611 in 362 at bats with 24 home runs and 31 steals in 36 attempts.[12]

The Diamondbacks promoted Carroll to the major leagues on August 29, 2022.[19] He made his debut later that day, against the Philadelphia Phillies. He went 1–for-5 with a two-RBI double.[20] In 2022 with Arizona, he batted .260/.330/.500 in 104 at bats, playing primarily left field, and was the 7th-youngest ballplayer in the NL.[21] He had the fastest sprint speed of any major league player, at 30.7 feet/second.[22][23]

On March 11, 2023, Carroll signed a contract extension worth $111 million over eight years with the Diamondbacks.[24]

References
  1. "Star Times baseball: Lakeside's Corbin Carroll in elite class for players from Washington". seattletimes.com. The Seattle Times. May 20, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. "Lakeside's Corbin Carroll named Gatorade state baseball player of the year". seattletimes.com. The Seattle Times. May 23, 2019.
  3. 林宏翰 (September 22, 2022). "台美混血卡洛爾登大聯盟 從媽媽身上學到聰明打球". Central News Agency. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  4. "Corbin Carroll Class of 2019 – Player Profile | Perfect Game USA". Perfect Game. Retrieved on June 15, 2019.
  5. "Diamondbacks loading up on pitchers with early MLB draft picks". azcentral.com.
  6. "Lakeside outfielder Corbin Carroll selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in first round of MLB draft". The Seattle Times. June 3, 2019. Retrieved on June 15, 2019.
  7. "D-backs sign first-round picks Corbin Carroll, Blake Walston". azsports.com. Arizona Sports. June 20, 2019.
  8. Piecoro, Nick; Fitzgerald, Katherine. "Diamondbacks sign draftees Carroll and Walston; Lamb heads to Reno". azcentral.
  9. "Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll: Heading to rookie league". cbssports.com. CBS Sports.
  10. Horton, Joshua (August 11, 2019). "Lakeside grad impresses in his return to the Northwest". heraldnet.com.
  11. Evanson, Wade. "Hillsboro Hops all smiles at Media Day". pamplinmedia.com.
  12. "Corbin Carroll Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Canceled".
  14. Mark Polishuk. "D'Backs Prospect Corbin Carroll To Miss Rest Of 2021 Season". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  15. "Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll ready to show he is still a dynamic prospect".
  16. "Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Corbin Carroll gets scout's look at big league games".
  17. "Amarillo Globe-News".
  18. "Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll: Advances to Triple-A".
  19. Snyder, Matt (August 29, 2022). "Diamondbacks call up top prospect Corbin Carroll ahead of series opener vs. Phillies". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  20. "Carroll debuts, fuels biggest comeback in D-backs history". MLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  21. "Corbin Carroll Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  22. "Statcast Sprint Speed Leaderboard". baseballsavant.com.
  23. "Statcast Sprint Speed Leaderboard". baseballsavant.com.
  24. "Top prospect Carroll signs 8-year extension with D-backs". MLB.com.
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