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The Arizona Diamondbacks and outfielder Corbin Carroll, MLB’s No. 2 overall prospect, have agreed to an eight-year, $111 million assured contract extension, in accordance with MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert.
The deal additionally features a membership choice for 2031 that might carry the overall to $134 million. It’s the largest contract ever signed by a participant with underneath 100 days of main league service time, per Gilbert.
Carroll appeared in simply 32 video games for the Diamondbacks final season.
Different gamers who’ve signed long-term extensions with lower than one 12 months of MLB service time embrace Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco (11 years, $182 million) and Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert (six years, $50 million).
The Diamondbacks chosen Carroll within the first spherical of the 2019 MLB draft out of Lakeside Faculty in Seattle.
The 22-year-old started the 2022 marketing campaign with Double-A Hillsboro earlier than making the leap to Triple-A Reno. In 33 Triple-A appearances, he slashed .287/.408/.535 with seven house runs, 22 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
Carroll was referred to as as much as the Diamondbacks in August and was stable throughout his brief stint with the membership in 2022, slashing .260/.330/.500 with 4 house runs, 14 RBI and two stolen bases in 32 video games.
The Diamondbacks started play in the course of the 1998 season and have been one in all MLB’s least profitable franchises since then regardless of profitable the World Collection in 2001. The franchise hasn’t made the playoffs since 2017 and has made the postseason simply two different occasions within the final 20 years.
With Carroll locked up, the Diamondbacks anticipate him to anchor the outfield and turn out to be a franchise participant alongside shortstop Jordan Lawler and outfielder Druw Jones. Lawler is MLB’s No. 11-ranked prospect, whereas Jones is the league’s No. 15-ranked prospect.
Lawler, 20, is anticipated to interrupt into MLB in 2024, whereas Jones, 19, is anticipated to interrupt onto the scene in 2026.
The Diamondbacks open the 2023 season on March 30 in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers.