Stone Garrett, Jordan Lawlar headline D-backs 2022 Organization All-Stars
Oct 16, 2022, 10:35 AM
Stone Garrett #46 of the Arizona Diamondbacks bats against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the six inning at Oracle Park on August 18, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Outfielder Stone Garrett was the Pacific Coast League’s home run leader until his call up to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 17, hitting 28 long balls with Triple-A Reno.
First baseman Leandro Cedeno finished the 2022 campaign atop the Texas League leader board for homers, racking up 30 in 109 games for Double-A Amarillo.
And shortstop Jordan Lawlar put an injury-marred 2021 aside and worked a .910 OPS across four minor league levels.
MiLB.com listed its annual organization All-Stars for the D-backs this week, and Arizona saw production across the farm.
- C – Juan Centeno, 32
- 1B – Leandro Cedeno, 24
- 2B – Cristofer Torin, 17
- 3B – Deyvison De Los Santos, 19
- SS – Jordan Lawlar, 20
- OF – Dominic Canzone, 25
- OF – Stone Garrett, 26
- OF – Dominic Fletcher, 25
- RHP – Brandon Pfaadt, 23
- LHP – Yu-Min Lin, 19
- RP – Kyle Backhus, 24
Outfielders Corbin Carroll and Alek Thomas were left off the list due to their time spent in MLB.
Garrett debuted for the D-backs before Carroll, although platooning held him at 84 plate appearances to Carroll’s 115.
Lawlar is the highest touted player on the list as a first-round pick and the No. 3 D-backs prospect ranked by MLB Pipeline behind Carroll and Druw Jones.
Jordan Lawlar knew he got this one.
The @Dbacks‘ No. 3 prospect (MLB No. 12) launches this massive dinger (106 mph exit velo) on Arizona Fall League Opening Day. pic.twitter.com/tJx7z7n4oi
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 3, 2022
He started the season with Single-A Visalia and worked his way up to Double-A by the end of August. The five-tool shortstop stole an eye-popping 39 bases to pair with 16 homes runs this past season.
Lawlar now plays for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League, where he is off to a blazing start with a slash line of .333/.500/.667 in his first seven games.
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His teammate with Salt River, De Los Santos, is Arizona’s No. 6 ranked prospect on MLB Pipeline after producing a .847 OPS across three levels in 2022. He struck out an undesirable 147 times in 560 plate appearances (26.25%), but he earned the California League batting title with a .329 clip in 316 at-bats with Visalia.
Lawlar, De Los Santos and Backhus are the three D-backs prospects from the All-Star list currently playing in the AFL.
On the hill, Pfaadt, Arizona’s top ranked pitching prospect, closed the season as MiLB’s leader in strikeouts with 218, the most in a single minor league season since 2001.
No. 4 @Dbacks prospect Brandon Pfaadt concludes his strong regular season with 10 strikeouts for the @Aces. pic.twitter.com/futwMSAu0l
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 25, 2022
The D-backs named him the the organization’s 2022 Minor League Pitcher of the Year after he helped lead the Aces to the PCL title.
The 6-foot-4 hurler with a plus fastball could be a candidate to crack the D-backs’ rotation or bullpen during the 2023 season.
