Fun Fact About Each Player in the 2020 Aces Media Guide

We just wanted to share some fun facts about each player in our 2020 Media Guide with you, enjoy.

LHP Miguel Aguilar - Threw five seasons in the Mexican League before signing with the Diamondbacks in 2017

RHP Jeremy Beasley - College teammates with INF Seth Beer at Clemson

RHP Seth Beer - First freshmen ever to win the Dick Howser Award given to college baseball's National Player of the Year. Had Olympic swimming dreams before committing to baseball full-time. Set national records in the 11-12 age group for the 100-meter backstroke

RHP J.B. Bukauskas - College teammates with Diamondbacks' RHP Zac Gallen at the University of North Carolina. Originally drafted in the 20th round of 2014 MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks but elected to become a Tar Heal instead. Brought to the organization five years later in the 2019 trade deadline deal that sent Zack Greinke to the Houston Astros

RHP Mauricio Cabrera - Had a fastball recorded at 103.8 MPH in 2016 according to StatCast.

INF Gavin Cecchini - Homered off Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw in 2017 to record his first Major League home run

RHP Taylor Clarke - Made history becoming the first player to record a hit and a save in their Major League debut since saves became an official stat in 1969 (April 20, 2019 @ Chicago Cubs)

RHP Trevor Clifton - Made news in 2019 for building a "tiny house" with his father to avoid paying high rent bills

INF Galli Cribbs Jr. - Attended San Jacinto JC in Texas, the same college attended by current Ace RHP Riley Smith and current San Francisco Giant Brandon Belt. Has played every defensive position in his professional baseball career except catcher

LHP Kyle Crockett - Went 27-0 during his junior and senior seasons on the mound at Poquoson High School in Virginia

INF Kevin Cron - Aces all-time home run leader with 60. Was college teammates with Aces LHP Alex Young and RHP Stefan Crichton at Texas Christian University. Made MLB debut on May 24, 2019 against the San Francisco Giants - his father/Aces Manager, Chris Cron, was the one who broke the news to him regarding his Major League call up

C Michael de la Cruz - Competes with Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Winter League

OF Ben DeLuzio - Beat Deion Sanders record for the fastest first base to home plate time at Florida State University. DeLuzio clocked in at 9.84 seconds while Sanders was recorded at 9.9 seconds

RHP Justin Donatella - Consensus All-American and West Region Pitcher of the Year with D-2 UC San Diego in 2015. Started the first three innings in Double-A Jackson's combined no-hitter in 2018 over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp which was the first for the team since 1999.

RHP Jon Duplantier - Chose Rice over Yale. Was going to play both football and baseball at Yale prior to committing to baseball fulltime. Lived in Dubai and Indonesia growing up due to his father's job

INF Drew Ellis - Competed in the 2008 Little League World Series with Jeffersonville, Indiana and competed in the 2017 College World Series for the University of Louisville

LHP Matt Grace - College teammates at UCLA with former Aces RHP Trevor Bauer, RHP Charles Brewer, INF Cody Decker, and C Tyler Heineman

RHP Josh Green - 2019 Diamondbacks Minor League Pitcher of the Year, posted a 11-5 record and 2.71 ERA split between High-A Visalia and Double-A Jackson

RHP Connor Grey - Threw the first minor league perfect game in Diamondbacks' history with Kane County in 2017

C John Hicks - Played youth baseball with Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson while growing up in Virginia

LHP David Huff - Spent the last three and half seasons pitching in Korea with the LG Twins and Japan with the Tokoyo Yakult Swallows

RHP Eduardo Jiménez - Signed with the Detroit Tigers in 2012 at 16-years-old out of Venezuela, made MLB debut for the club in 2019

INF Luis Jimenez - Teammates with LHP David Huff on the LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Organization in 2016

RHP Artie Lewicki - College teammates with Aces LHP Kyle Crockett and C John Hicks at the University of Virginia, did not pitch in 2019 due to Tommy John surgery

INF Domingo Leyba - Acquired in 2014 from the Detroit Tigers in a trade that sent SS Didi Gregorius to the New York Yankees

RHP Damien Magnifico - Has served as team's barber

LHP Joe Mantiply - Became a father during the 2019 off season

RHP Corbin Martin - Made Major League debut (5/12/19) on Mother' Day less than two years after being drafted in the 2017 MLB draft by the Houston Astros of out Texas A & M.

INF Wyatt Mathisen - Originally drafted as a catcher in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Pirates

RHP Keury Mella - Traded from the San Francisco Giants in 2015 to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for RHP Mike Leake

C Dominic Miroglio - Competed at the 2011 Elite 11 Quarterback competition

RHP Joel Payamps - Made MLB debut on August 21, 2019 against the Colorado Rockies

RHP Matt Peacock - Walked away from baseball in 2015 after suffering an arm injury at the University of South Alabama, got a job at his family's saw mill installation company. Got the itch to return for his senior season, rehabbed, and ended up getting drafted by the D-backs in the 2017 MLB draft

INF Juniel Querecuto - Brother, Juan Querecuto Jr., is currently in the Seattle Mariners' organization and his father, Juan Querecuto Sr., played professional baseball in Venezuela and in the Toronto Blue Jays' organization in the 1990s

INF Josh Rojas - Born in Phoenix, Arizona - Made MLB debut for Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019

C Alberto Rosario - Made MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2016

RHP James Sherfy - Was teammates with Diamondbacks' manager Torey Lovullo's son, Nick, at Newbury Park High School in Thousand Oaks California. Went by "Jimmie" until 2020

INF/OF Pavin Smith - As a Christmas present in 2017, Smith paid off his parents' mortgage

RHP Riley Smith - Enjoys hunting during the off season

OF Travis Snider - Made MLB debut at just 20-years-old for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2008

RHP Bo Takahashi - Signed out of Brazil, was the first Brazilian-born player to wear a D-backs uniform when he was called up in 2019 (did not pitch), can speak English, Portuguese, Spanish and can understand Japanese

OF Trayce Thompson - Brother, Klay, plays basketball for the Golden State Warriors and father, Mychal, played in the NBA for 1978-1991 with the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Spurs

OF Yasmany Tomas - Set an Aces record and tied a PCL record by hitting four home runs in a single game against the Tacoma Rainiers on May 20, 2019

RHP Michael Tonkin - Pitched in Japan for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2018

RHP West Tunnell - Went undrafted as an infielder out of Baylor in 2017, signed an MiLB free agent deal as a pitcher with the Diamondbacks a few months later

RHP Emilio Vargas - Pitched in the 2019 Arizona Fall League

C Daulton Varsho - Father, Gary, played eight MLB seasons from 1988-1995 for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. Baseball's No. 76 overall prospect entering the 2020 season according to MLB Pipeline, Competed for Team USA in Olympic qualifiers In Japan and Mexico during the 2019 offseason

RHP Taylor Widener - Goes on a yearly retreat off to a small sea island called Edisto, located within Charleston County in South Carolina

LHP Alex Young - Pitched in the College World Series in both 2014 and 2015 for Texas Christian University

INF Andy Young - Was acquired in the 2018 trade that sent 1B Paul Goldschmidt to the St. Louis Cardinals. From West Fargo, North Dakota - If he makes his MLB debut in 2020, he'll be just the 18th North Dakota native ever to accomplish the feat…added to the D-backs' 40-man roster in November of 2019