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

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

July 13th, 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

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.)

  • Ranked as the No. 164 prospect by MLB.com and No. 196 by Baseball America.
  • Committed to the University of Arkansas.

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