A tale of three second-year Diamondbacks: Daulton Varsho, the budding star

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty ImagesEarlier this year, I listed three second-year players on the Arizona Diamondbacks to keep an eye on going into the 2022 season. All three were guys who finally were able to get regular playing time at the end of the 2021 season, so 2022 was a chance for them to build on that first season. As we’ve seen this year, all three players have had completely different directions in their second full year in the majors. We’ll start with a player who has taken off running in Daulton Varsho, who has emerged as a potential All-Star candidate as a multi-positional asset on pace for a 6-WAR season. The last D-back position player to put up 6.0-WAR season was Paul Goldschmidt back in 2017, Daulton Varsho’s draft year.

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