Bryce Martin Jarvis (born December 26, 1997) is an American

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in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. Jarvis was selected 18th overall by the Diamondbacks in the

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Amateur career

Jarvis attended

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alongside batting .346, earning all-state honors. In 2017, as a senior, he once again was awarded all-state honors alongside being named the 2017 Tennessee Baseball Player of the Year. He went undrafted in the

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and thus enrolled at

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where he played

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for the

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. As a freshman at Duke in 2018, Jarvis appeared in 25 games (five starts) in which he went 5–1 with a 2.45 ERA, striking out 67 batters over innings. That summer, he played in the

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for the Cotuit Kettleers. In 2019, his sophomore season, he went 5–2 with a 3.81 ERA over 19 games (11 starts) with 94 strikeouts over innings. He was named the

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of the

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Morgantown Regional. He was selected by the

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in the 37th round of the

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, but did not sign. As a junior in 2020, Jarvis threw the first

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in Duke history on February 21 against

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, striking out 15 batters in an 8–0 win. He compiled a 3–1 record with a 0.67 ERA over four starts, striking out forty over 27 innings, before the college baseball season was cut short due to the

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Professional career

Jarvis was selected 18th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the

. He signed with the Diamondbacks on June 25 for a bonus of $2.65 million. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic. To begin the 2021 season, Jarvis was assigned to the Hillsboro Hops of the High-A West to make his professional debut. After pitching innings and going 1-2 with a 3.62 ERA and 42 strikeouts over seven starts, he was promoted to the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Double-A Central on June 21. With Amarillo, he missed over a month due to an oblique injury. Over eight starts with Amarillo, Jarvis went 1-2 with a 5.66 ERA and forty strikeouts over 35 innings. He returned to Amarillo for the 2022 season. Over 25 starts, Jarvis went 3-6 with an 8.27 ERA, sixty walks, and 110 strikeouts over innings.

Personal

Jarvis was born to Kevin and Elizabeth Jarvis, and also has a younger sister named Kennedy. His father was a pitcher who played collegiately at Wake Forest and played 13 years in

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References

External links

Duke Blue Devils bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, Bryce 1997 births Living people Baseball players from Tennessee Baseball pitchers Duke Blue Devils baseball players Cotuit Kettleers players Hillsboro Hops players Amarillo Sod Poodles players