Stanford star Tommy Troy selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023 MLB Draft

After a terrific career at Stanford, former Cardinal baseball star Tommy Troy has heard his name called in the MLB Draft. With the No. 12 overall pick of the first round, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Troy into their organization, thus beginning his professional journey.

There’s no other way to put it: Tommy Troy was a flat-out superstar at the plate. He came in and nearly hit .300 as a true freshman, then blew through that threshold to bat .339 as a sophomore. Then, in 2023, as a junior, he stepped up to even another level to hit a blistering .394 while more than doubling his previous season best in RBIs (28) with 58 of them, along with another career-high in home runs at 17.

That’s one heck of a college career for Tommy Troy. Best of luck to him at the next level!

More on the 2023 MLB Draft

The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft will begin during All-Star week, with the first two rounds getting underway at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. Rounds 3-10 will then begin at 2 p.m. ET on Monday, July 10, with rounds 11-20 starting at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 11.

This year’s MLB Draft is a historic one, as a draft lottery was used to determine the order for the first time. The Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics each had a 16.5% chance to receive the No. 1 overall pick. Ultimately, Pittsburgh won the right to have the first selection, with Washington finishing right behind them at No. 2. Oakland, however, fell all the way down to No. 6 overall.

While the MLB Draft is always unpredictable, the consensus is that this year’s top prospects both hail from LSU, who won the 2023 College World Series. Pitcher Paul Skenes and outfielder Dylan Crews headline this year’s class, which is considered a deep one.

Within the first ten rounds of the draft, each slot is assigned a certain value. Each team has a bonus pool that they are able to spend on these picks, and players will sign at, above or below their assigned slot value.

In rounds 11-20, there is no assigned slot value and MLB teams are free to spend up to $150,000 to sign their picks from the second half of the draft. If they exceed the $150,000 mark, that added amount will be deducted from their bonus pool.

Following the final day of the 2023 MLB Draft, selected players will have until August 1 to sign a contract.