Slade Cecconi
| Slade Cecconi | |
|---|---|
| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: June 24, 1999 Oviedo, Florida | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Slade Cecconi (born June 24, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.
Career
Cecconi attended Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida, where he played baseball.[1] As a junior in 2017, he went 6–1 with a 0.70 ERA and seventy strikeouts over forty innings.[2][3] That summer, he was selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field.[4] In 2018, his senior year, he batted .388 with six home runs.[5] He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 38th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign, instead enrolling at the University of Miami where he played college baseball.[6]
In 2019, Cecconi's freshman year at Miami, he appeared in 17 games (13 starts) in which he went 5–4 with a 4.16 ERA, striking out 89 batters over eighty innings.[7] He was selected to play in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Wareham Gatemen but did not participate.[8] As a sophomore in 2020, he started four games and posted a 2–1 record with a 3.80 ERA over 21+1⁄3 innings before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
Cecconi was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[10] On July 10, 2020, Cecconi signed with the Diamondbacks for a $2.384 million bonus.[11]
References
- ^ "A to Z with Trinity Catholic's Jud Fabian".
- ^ Carnahan, J. C. "Local baseball seniors selected to Under Armour game at Wrigley Field". baltimoresun.com.
- ^ "Road to Wrigley - Slade Cecconi". Baseball Factory. July 20, 2017.
- ^ Carnahan, J. C. "Local baseball seniors selected to Under Armour game at Wrigley Field". orlandosentinel.com.
- ^ "News - Trinity Prep". www.trinityprep.org.
- ^ "Trinity Prep trio shines at MLB Draft | Observer Preps | Winter Park-Maitland Observer". West Orange Times & Windermere Observer. June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Slade Cecconi motivated 'to get to the top'". Baseball Prospect Journal. March 10, 2020.
- ^ "Nine Hurricanes headed to prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League". InsideTheU.
- ^ "RHPs Chris McMahon, Slade Cecconi 1st-round picks in mock draft". InsideTheU.
- ^ Cluff, Jeremy. "Arizona Diamondbacks draft: 5 things to know about MLB draft pick Slade Cecconi". azcentral.
- ^ https://www.azsnakepit.com/2020/7/9/21319584/diamondbacks-sign-competitive-balance-a-pick-miami-rhp-slade-cecconi
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Miami Hurricanes bio