Dominic Canzone Selected in 2019 MLB Draft
6/4/2019 7:42:13 PM | Baseball
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State junior outfielder Dominic Canzone was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2019 MLB Draft Tuesday afternoon.
A native of Sagamore Hills, Ohio, Canzone, a 2019 First Team All-Big Ten selection, served as Ohio State’s starting right fielder the last three seasons, playing in 172 career games with 162 career starts. Canzone became one of the top lead-off hitters in the country in 2019, reaching base in a program-record 59-consecutive games (second-longest active streak in the nation). Canzone led the Big Ten in hits (88), runs scored (66), slugging percentage (.620) and total bases (158). A 2019 team captain, Canzone was the regular-season batting champion in league games with a .374 average. Canzone also slugged a season-high 16 homers and 18 doubles. A three-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Canzone started in all 63 games in right field for the Scarlet and Gray, guiding the team to a Big Ten tournament title and NCAA Regional appearance. Canzone, a Big Ten All-Tournament Team selection batted .345 (88-for-255) and recorded a team-high 25 multi-hit games this spring.
Big wall…Not a big problem for Dominic Canzone! #RoadToOmaha | @OhioStateBASE pic.twitter.com/A2i7bJKVEr
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) June 1, 2019
Other nuggets on Canzone:
- One of six players in the country with at least 60 runs scored, 80 hits and 15 homers in 2019.
- One of two players in Ohio State history with at least 200 career hits, 20 career homers, 100 career RBI and 30 career stolen bases (228/23/114/37).
- 88 hits in 2019 ranks seventh in OSU single-season history.
- 66 runs scored ranks sixth in OSU single-season history.
- 228 career hits ranks 14th in OSU history in just three seasons.
- Three-time All-Big Ten selection (third team in 2017 and second team in 2018).
With the 242nd pick of the 2019 #MLBDraft, the @Dbacks selected @OhioStateBASE OF Dominic Canzone, No. 144 on @MLBPipeline's Top 200 Prospects list: https://t.co/OHooNdL3XW pic.twitter.com/m9gKIgbae4
— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) June 4, 2019
The 2019 MLB Draft concludes at Noon ET Wednesday with rounds 11-40 live on MLB.com.
