D-Backs select Duke right-hander Bryce Jarvis No. 18 overall

With the 18th pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Bryce Jarvis, a pitcher out of Duke.

Jarvis was cruising through his junior year with the Blue Devils before the season was canceled due to the coronavirus, showing noted improvement after mixed results in 2019.

Bio

Age: 22
Position: RHP
Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 195 lbs
Bats/Throws: L/R
School: Duke
Pick value: $3,481,300

Tools

• Fastball-changeup combo (60-grade on both)
• Outstanding command of strike zone
• Repeats delivery well
• Breaking balls have improved from earlier in career

Why you're going to love this guy

• First Duke pitcher to throw perfect game (Feb. 21, 2020)
• Doesn't serve up the home run ball
• Son of former big-leaguer Kevin Jarvis

Things he'll need to overcome

• Velocity dipped significantly at end of 2019
• Hasn't gotten through an entire season as a starter

2020 stats

Take a look ...

(Video source: Victors Valiant)