​In the Arizona Diamondbacks nearly 30 years of existence, only eleven players in the organizations history were born in Arizona. However. just one of those players was drafted, developed, and made their MLB debut with the Diamondbacks. That player is right handed pitcher Charles Brewer, who was born in Paradise Valley, attended school in Scottsdale at Chaparral High School, choosing to attend UCLA after being drafted by the Angels in 2006. Instead, Brewer would spend three years pitching for UCLA, and would sign his first professional contract after his home town Diamondbacks took him in 12th round of the 2009 draft. Brewer would spend four years in the minor leagues before making his MLB debut with the Dbacks in 2013. Brewer’s MLB career was brief, pitching just six innings across four games with those 2013 Diamondbacks.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTechnically, since Brewer played for UCLA prior to being drafted, no native Arizonan pitcher or hitter has spent the entirety of their amateur career inside the state, before being drafted and later debuting with the Diamondbacks. As far as I could tell from the cursory bit of research I did, it does appear that no Arizona born NBA, WNBA, NHL, or NFL player has accomplished the equivalent feat in their sport either. So on that note, I think it would be more than fair to say that Arizona sports has never really had a true homegrown player that has stuck around long enough to become part of the zeitgeist. I mention all of that, because that may change on the near future thanks to a young second base prospect in the Diamondbacks farm system who’s getting very close to MLB ready status, Demetrio Crisantes. Crisantes isn’t just a fringe minor leaguer either, as we’ll discuss in this article, he might end up being the team’s top minor league prospect entering the 2027 season.Demetrio Miguel Crisantes was born on September 5, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona. He grew up a little further south of Tucson, in Nogales, just north of the US-Mexico border. Crisantes was a standout for the Nogales High Aggies at shortstop. Although he had a strong commitment to the University of Arizona, the Diamondbacks drafted Crisantes seventh round of the 2022 MLB Draft (198th overall) by signing him for $425,000, significantly higher than the $247,200 slot value.Here’s a video about Crisantes that was published right before the 2022 draft about his draft prospects, which goes into further detail on his Amateur career.Crisantes made his professional debut the following year in the 2023 season. In 29 games in the Arizona Complex League, all at designated hitter, Crisantes hit .347.417/.465 with a 126 wRC+ and .420 wOBA.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCrisantes returned to the complex for another 29 games to start off the 2024 season, where he’d hit .355/.431/.521 with 441 wOBA and 144 wRC+. That performance earned Crisantes a promotion to the A ball level Visalia Rawhide. In 63 games for Visalia, Crisantes