Dominic Canzone

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16+1⁄3 scoreless innings and batted .434 with three home runs and 27 RBIs. [2] He earned All-Ohio honorable mention as a senior in 2016. [3] Unselected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Ohio State University where he played college baseball. As a freshman in 2017, Canzone started 39 games and batted .343 with three home runs, 36 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases, earning a unanimous selection to the All-Big Ten freshman team. [4] In 2018, Canzone started 60 games and hit .323 with four home runs, 35 RBIs, 18 doubles, and 15 stolen bases. [5] After the season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star. [6] As a junior in 2019, Canzone started 63 games and batted .345 with 16 home runs and 43 RBIs. [7] He set a Buckeyes baseball record, previously held by Nick Swisher, with a 59-game on base streak and led the Big Ten in hits and slugging percentage. He was named a third-team All-American by Rawlings. [5]

Professional career

Arizona Diamondbacks

2019–2023 Minor leagues

Canzone was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round with the 242nd overall pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. [8] [9] He signed for $170,000 and made his professional debut with the Missoula Osprey of the Rookie Advanced Pioneer League. [10] He was promoted in early August to the Hillsboro Hops of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. Over 46 games between the two clubs, he batted .281 with eight home runs, 38 RBIs, and 19 doubles. [11]

Canzone did not play in the minor leagues in 2020 because the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [12] He missed time in May and August 2021 due to injury [13] but appeared in 44 games between Hillsboro, now in High-A West, before earning a promotion to the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles of the late July, where he played 35 games. [11] He slashed .302/.375/.522 with 14 home runs, 52 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases in 2021. [14] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters, [15] where he had a solid .905 on-base plus slugging in 78 plate appearances. [11]

Canzone returned to Amarillo to begin the 2022 season. [16] After 11 games, he was promoted to the Reno Aces of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. [17] He was placed on the injured list with an oblique injury on June 23, returning to Reno by early August following a short rehab assignment. [18] [13] Over 106 games in 2022, he slashed .299/.367/.541 with 22 home runs, 89 RBIs, 25 doubles, and 15 stolen bases. He was named a Diamondbacks organizational All-Star by MiLB.com. [13]

To open the 2023 season, Canzone returned to Reno, [19] where he had the best offensive stretch of his career: he batted .354/.431/.634 with 16 home runs and 71 RBIs in 71 games. [11]

2023 MLB debut

On July 7, 2023, Canzone was selected to Arizona's 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [20] He debuted that night as a designated hitter, going hitless but drawing a walk and scoring the tying run in the 10th inning of a Diamondbacks win. [21] Canzone hit his first career home run on July 20, off Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider. [22] In the first 15 games to start his major league career, Canzone hit .237 with the solitary home run for Arizona. [23]

Seattle Mariners

On July 31, 2023, the Diamondbacks traded Canzone and infielders Josh Rojas and Ryan Bliss to the Seattle Mariners for closer Paul Sewald. [24] [25] Canzone played in most of the Mariners' games the final two months of the season, primarily in left field but also as a left-handed pinch hitter. He hit .215/.248/.407 with 5 home runs in 44 games. [23] Canzone would regularly celebrate big plays with a "finger pinch" hand gesture, [26] a nod to his Italian-American heritage. [27]

On April 1, 2024, Canzone hit a three-run home run for his first home run of the 2024 season. [28] After showing improved power, with a .531 slugging percentage in his first 14 games of 2024, [29] Canzone missed a month after crashing into the outfield wall catching a flyball. [30] He returned to the Mariners on May 15 but hit only .209 with 8 extra base hits in his next 40 games. [29] He went back on the injured list on July 9, missing another month with a right adductor strain. He returned on August 9, [31] but his hitting worsened. He went 3-for-26 with one home run and two doubles [29] before being optioned down to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on August 28. [32]

Personal life

Canzone's parents are Amy Miklos and Dave Canzone. He has three siblings. [5] His mother was diagnosed with breast cancer while Canzone was in elementary school. She recovered after two years of treatment, including chemotherapy. [33]

As a child, Canzone was a fan of Cleveland's MLB team, and his favorite players were Ken Griffey Jr., then playing for the Cincinnati Reds, and Kenny Lofton. [33] [34]

Canzone returned to Ohio State and finished his bachelor's degree in 2020 [33] following the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season. [12]

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Dominic Canzone
Seattle Mariners – No. 8
Outfielder
Born: (1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 27)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 8, 2023, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Seattle Mariners current roster
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