D-backs select 10 players during Day 3 of Major League Baseball's 2021 Draft

By | July 13, 2021

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected 10 players during Day 3 of Major League Baseball’s 2021 Draft.

Tim Tawa (Round 11; No. 318)
2B│ B/T: R/R │ Age: 22 (April 7, 1999) │ 6-0, 196 │ Stanford University

2021 College World Series All-Tournament Team and Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player.
3-time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year in football at West Linn (Ore.) High School.
Is the Oregon high school career leader in touchdown passes (143) and passing yards (11,337).
Stanford bio

Davis Diaz (Round 12; No. 348)
SS │ B/T: R/R │ Age: 18 (March 2, 2003) │ 5-11, 175 │ Acalanes (Calif). High School

Ranked as the No. 69 overall prospect by Baseball America and No. 71 by MLB.com.
Committed to Vanderbilt University.
Named to the 2020 Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association World Championship All-Tournament Team.
Played on the following USA Baseball Teams: 12U (2015), 15U (2017), 16U (2018).

Josh Swales (Round 13; No. 378)
RHP │ B/T: R/R │ Age: 19 (Oct. 28, 2001) │ 6-2, 195 │ College of Southern Nevada

Originally committed to the University of Arizona before enrolling at the College of Southern Nevada.
College of Southern Nevada bio

Channy Ortiz (Round 14; No. 408)
SS │ B/T: S/R │ Age: 22 (April 11, 1999) │ 5-10, 165 │ Grand Canyon University

Is the third Antelope drafted by the D-backs (also: RHP Justin Brice in the 27th round in 1996 and RHP Kient Corley in the ninth round in 2002).
Won the Senior Baseball Division Championship of the 2016 Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series as a member of Arizona RBI.
Graduated from Apollo High School in Glendale, Ariz.
Grand Canyon bio

Shane Muntz (Round 15; No. 438)
C │ B/T: R/R │ Age: 22 (Feb. 23, 1999) │ 6-4, 240 │ Wake Forest University

Jacen Robertson (Round 16; No. 468)
OF │ B/T: L/L │ Age: 21 (May 23, 2000) │ 6-1, 192 │ California State University, Bakersfield

Drake Varnado (Round 17; No. 498)
SS │ B/T: R/R │ Age: 18 (Nov. 29, 2002) │ 6-1, 180 │ IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Joey Spence (Round 18; No. 528)
C │ B/T: L/R │ Age: 18 (Oct. 16, 2002) │ 5-11, 195 │ West Bend East (Wis.) High School

Played in the Hitters High School Spring League in 2021 (only played at West Bend as a sophomore in 2019).
Committed to the University of Notre Dame.

Eric Hammond (Round 19; No. 558)
RHP │ B/T: R/R │ Age: 18 (Nov. 21, 2002) │ 6-4, 175 │ Keller (Texas) High School

Ranked as the No. 73 overall prospect by MLB.com and No. 98 by Baseball America.
Tabbed by Baseball America as the best high school pitcher from Texas in the draft and seventh-best overall from the state.
Committed to the University of Southern California.

Ross Carver (Round 20; No. 588)
RHP │ B/T: R/R │ Age: 21 (Aug. 27, 1999) │ 6-2, 191 │ Dallas Baptist University