Jon Duplantier

Jon Duplantier
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitcher
Born: (1994-07-11) July 11, 1994
Newark, Delaware
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Jon Christopher Duplantier (born July 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He is rated #1 on the Arizona Diamondbacks prospect list at the end of the 2018 season according to MLB.com and #80 in all of baseball.

Duplantier attended Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas and played college baseball at Rice University.[1] After missing the 2015 season due to a shoulder injury, Duplantier returned in 2016, and was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Year.[2]

Duplaintier was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.[3] He made his professional debut with the Hillsboro Hops in June 2016, and pitched one inning there, striking out the side. He started 2017 with the Kane County Cougars[4] and was later promoted to the Visalia Rawhide, posting a combined 12–3 record with a 1.39 ERA in 25 games, including 24 starts between both teams.[5] He played in the 2017 All-Star Futures Game.[6] MLB Pipeline named him their Pipeline Pitcher of the Year.[7]

Duplantier became one of the Minor Leagues top prospects before the 2018 season. He began the season pitching for the Jackson Generals.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "BASEBALL: Seven Lakes' Duplantier eager for Rice career". chron.com.
  2. ↑ "Rice's Jon Duplantier has to wait to learn his draft fate". mysanantonio.com.
  3. ↑ "D-backs draft pitcher Jon Duplantier". MLB.com.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Paul. "Rice thrower: Jon Duplantier looks good in pitching debut for Cougars". chicagotribune.com.
  5. ↑ "Jon Duplantier Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Paul. "Futures Game gives former Cougar Jon Duplantier a taste of the big time". chicagotribune.com.
  7. ↑ "D-backs' Duplantier is Pitcher of the Year". MLB.com.
  8. ↑ "Diamondbacks' Jon Duplantier: Set for Double-A debut". cbssports.com.
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