2023 first-round pick Tommy Troy came up a single shy of the cycle for Salt River of the AFL on Thursday.
Before busting out, Troy entered Thursday just 1-for-25 in six AFL games. Troy, a Stanford product, has battled injuries since being drafted, and he hit .234/.319/.363 in 72 games, most of them coming in high-A ball, in his first full season in the Diamondbacks system. He’s mostly played second base here in the AFL, even though Arizona used him primarily as a shortstop in the minors this season. He could be pretty well blocked at both positions if Jordan Lawlar comes along as hoped, but that’s not something the Diamondbacks are going to have to worry about until 2026 at the earliest.
