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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] According to a report on the official website of the major league, the Diamondbacks today reached an eight-year, $111 million (approximately NT$3.4 billion) contract extension with the 22-year-old Taiwanese-American outfielder Corbin Carroll.

In addition, there is a team option for the ninth year, and the total contract value can reach up to 134 million U.S. dollars (about NT$4.1 billion).

Carroll has only played 32 games in the major leagues in his career so far. The US media pointed out that he has set a new record for the contract amount of players who have played for less than 100 days in the history of the major leagues and have never played in other countries. The original record was outside the Warriors. Fielder Harris (Michael Harris) signed $72 million last season, which shows how optimistic the Diamondbacks are about Carroll's talent and development.

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Carroll's mother is Taiwanese. When he was 6 years old, he moved to Louisiana with his family. Carroll came to Taiwan with his mother to visit his family when he was 13. He was selected by the Diamondbacks with the 16th overall pick in the 2019 Major League Draft. , After growing rapidly, he was also selected as the second best rookie in the major leagues by "Baseball America".

After Carroll was promoted to the major leagues in the middle of last year, he knocked out 27 hits in 104 at-bats, 4 homers, 31 successful base steals, a batting average of .260, and an OPS of 830. The best player with batting, slugging, baserunning, arm strength, and fielding.

In addition, Carroll has 18 hits so far in spring training this year, and also has a good performance of knocking out 6 hits.

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