:Dominic Canzone

Canzone attended Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.{{Cite web |last=Askeland |first=Kevin |date=February 23, 2015 |title=MaxPreps 2015 Top 100 high school baseball team rankings |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/news/QK1tlFDm_EiaIrrWU7F-2Q/maxpreps-2015-top-100-high-school-baseball-team-rankings.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428162404/https://www.maxpreps.com/news/QK1tlFDm_EiaIrrWU7F-2Q/maxpreps-2015-top-100-high-school-baseball-team-rankings.htm |archive-date=April 28, 2015 |website=MaxPreps}} As a sophomore in 2014, he pitched {{fraction|16|1|3}} scoreless innings and batted .434 with three home runs and 27 RBIs.{{Cite web |last=Kuzydym |first=Stephanie |date=October 1, 2014 |title=Walsh Jesuit baseball's Dominic Canzone third Warrior of 2015 team to commit to Ohio State |url=https://www.cleveland.com/highschoolsports/article/walsh-jesuit-baseballs-dominic-canzone-third-warrior-in-class-of-2015-to-commit-to-ohio-state/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122051111/https://www.cleveland.com/highschoolsports/article/walsh-jesuit-baseballs-dominic-canzone-third-warrior-in-class-of-2015-to-commit-to-ohio-state/ |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |website=Cleveland.com}} He earned All-Ohio honorable mention as a senior in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/high-school/ohio-high-school/2016/06/07/ohio-softball-teams-released/85565144/|title = All-Ohio baseball teams released}} Unselected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Ohio State University where he played college baseball. As a freshman in 2017, Canzone started 39 games and batted .343 with three home runs, 36 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases, earning a unanimous selection to the All-Big Ten freshman team.{{Cite web |last=Sutelan |first=Edward |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Baseball: Freshman Dominic Canzone receives pair of regular season honors |url=https://www.thelantern.com/2017/05/baseball-freshman-dominic-canzone-receives-pair-of-regular-season-honors/ |website=The Lantern}} In 2018, Canzone started 60 games and hit .323 with four home runs, 35 RBIs, 18 doubles, and 15 stolen bases. After the season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star.{{cite web |title=Dominic Canzone – Cape Cod Baseball League |url=https://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=1199798&seasonid=31242 |website=Pointstreak}} As a junior in 2019, Canzone started 63 games and batted .345 with 16 home runs and 43 RBIs.{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2019 |title=All of the Arizona Diamondbacks' picks in the 2019 MLB Draft |url=https://arizonasports.com/story/1962725/all-arizona-diamondbacks-picks-in-the-2019-mlb-draft/ |website=Arizona Sports}} He set a Buckeyes baseball record, previously held by Nick Swisher, with a 59-game on base streak and led the Big Ten in hits and slugging percentage. He was named a third-team All-American by Rawlings.{{Cite web |title=Dominic Canzone - 2019 - Baseball |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/baseball/roster/dominic-canzone/653 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Ohio State |language=en}}

Canzone was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round with the 242nd overall pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Michael |date=June 5, 2019 |title=MLB Draft: Former Walsh Jesuit, OSU standout Dominic Canzone chosen by Diamondbacks |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/06/05/mlb-draft-former-walsh-jesuit/4988080007/ |website=Akron Beacon-Journal}}{{cite web |last=Mayo |first=Jonathan |date=November 17, 2021 |title=D-backs' Dominic Canzone keeps raking in AFL |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/d-backs-dominic-canzone-keeps-raking-in-afl |website=MLB.com}} He signed for $170,000 and made his professional debut with the Missoula Osprey of the Rookie Advanced Pioneer League.{{Cite web |last=Ocker |first=Sheldon |date=July 19, 2019 |title=Sagamore Hills native begins long climb up minor-league ladder with Diamondbacks |url=https://www.scriptype.com/2019/07/19/sagamore-hills-native-begins-long-climb-up-minor-league-ladder-with-diamondbacks/ |website=ScrypType}} He was promoted in early August to the Hillsboro Hops of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. Over 46 games between the two clubs, he batted .281 with eight home runs, 38 RBIs, and 19 doubles.{{Cite web |title=Dominic Canzone Amateur, College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=canzon000dom |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

Canzone did not play in the minor leagues in 2020 because the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite magazine |last=West |first=Jenna |date=June 30, 2020 |title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Canceled |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/06/30/minor-league-baseball-season-canceled-2020-coronavirus |magazine=Sports Illustrated}} He missed time in May and August 2021 due to injury{{Cite web |title=Dominic Canzone Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dominic-canzone-686527?msockid=245d1f4349e6666c2baf0a4e484567c0 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} but appeared in 44 games between Hillsboro, now in High-A West, before earning a promotion to the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles of the late July, where he played 35 games. He slashed .302/.375/.522 with 14 home runs, 52 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Gilberto |first=Gerard |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Thomas at top of the class for D-backs |url=https://www.milb.com/news/alek-thomas-geraldo-perdomo-at-top-of-the-class-for-arizona-diamondbacks |website=Minor League Baseball}} After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters,{{Cite web |last=Glaser |first=Kyle |date=November 16, 2021 |title=D-backs Prospect Dominic Canzone Continues Breakout in Arizona Fall League |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/d-backs-prospect-dominic-canzone-continues-breakout-in-arizona-fall-league/ |website=Baseball America}} where he had a solid .905 on-base plus slugging in 78 plate appearances.

Canzone returned to Amarillo to begin the 2022 season.{{cite web |date=April 6, 2022 |title=Amarillo Sod Poodles Opening Day Roster Revealed |url=https://www.milb.com/amarillo/news/amarillo-sod-poodles-opening-day-roster-revealed |website=Minor League Baseball}} After 11 games, he was promoted to the Reno Aces of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.{{cite web |last=Liska |first=Larissa |date=April 23, 2022 |title=Dominic Canzone called up to Triple-A Reno Aces |url=https://www.newschannel10.com/2022/04/23/dominic-canzone-called-up-triple-a-reno-aces/ |website=KFDA}} He was placed on the injured list with an oblique injury on June 23, returning to Reno by early August following a short rehab assignment.{{cite web |last=Ludwiczak |first=Brett |date=July 25, 2022 |title=Down on the Farm: How the former Ohio State Buckeyes have fared in MiLB over the last month |url=https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2022/7/25/23275613/ohio-state-buckeyes-baseball-mlb-minor-league-update-dillon-dingler-futures-game-dominic-canzone |website=Land-Grant Holyland}} Over 106 games in 2022, he slashed .299/.367/.541 with 22 home runs, 89 RBIs, 25 doubles, and 15 stolen bases. He was named a Diamondbacks organizational All-Star by MiLB.com.

To open the 2023 season, Canzone returned to Reno,{{cite web |last=Dykstra |first=Sam |date=April 5, 2023 |title=Where the D-backs' Top 30 prospects are starting season |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/where-d-backs-top-prospects-are-starting-2023-season |website=MLB.com}} where he had the best offensive stretch of his career: he batted .354/.431/.634 with 16 home runs and 71 RBIs in 71 games.

On July 7, 2023, Canzone was selected to Arizona's 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.{{Cite web |last=Franco |first=Anthony |date=2023-07-07 |title=D-Backs Select Dominic Canzone, Designate Konnor Pilkington |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/d-backs-select-dominic-canzone-designate-konnor-pilkington.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=MLB Trade Rumors |language=en-US}} He debuted that night as a designated hitter, going hitless but drawing a walk and scoring the tying run in the 10th inning of a Diamondbacks win.{{Cite web |last=Beavan |first=Michael |date=July 8, 2023 |title=Walsh Jesuit graduate Dominic Canzone receives MLB promotion by Arizona Diamondbacks |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/07/08/arizona-diamondbacks-call-up-walsh-jesuit-graduate-dominic-canzone-mlb-promotion-ohio-state-standout/70394479007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241112083748/https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/07/08/arizona-diamondbacks-call-up-walsh-jesuit-graduate-dominic-canzone-mlb-promotion-ohio-state-standout/70394479007/ |archive-date=2024-11-12 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Akron Beacon-Journal}} Canzone hit his first career home run on July 20, off Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider.{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2023 |title=Dominic Canzone's first MLB homer |url=https://www.mlb.com/rays/video/dominic-canzone-homers-1-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-field-corbin-carroll-scor |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} In the first 15 games to start his major league career, Canzone hit .237 with the solitary home run for Arizona.

On July 31, 2023, the Diamondbacks traded Canzone and infielders Josh Rojas and Ryan Bliss to the Seattle Mariners for closer Paul Sewald.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/paul-sewald-trade-diamondbacks-to-acquire-mariners-closer-in-four-player-deal/|first=R. J.|last=Anderson|title=Paul Sewald trade: Diamondbacks acquire Mariners closer in four-player deal|website=CBSSports.com|date=July 31, 2023 }}{{cite news |last1=Passan |first1=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Passan |date=July 31, 2023 |title=Arizona Diamondbacks acquire Paul Sewald from Seattle Mariners |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38109997/arizona-diamondbacks-acquire-paul-sewald-seattle-mariners |access-date=July 31, 2023 |work=ESPN.com}} Canzone played in most of the Mariners' games the final two months of the season, primarily in left field but also as a left-handed pinch hitter. He hit .215/.248/.407 with 5 home runs in 44 games.{{Cite web |title=Dominic Canzone 2023 Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=canzodo01&t=b&year=2023 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} Canzone would regularly celebrate big plays with a "finger pinch" hand gesture,{{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners gestures to the dugout as he rounds the bases after hitting a two run home run during the sixth inning of the game against the New York Mets at Citi Field on September 02, 2023 in New York City |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dominic-canzone-of-the-seattle-mariners-gestures-to-the-news-photo/1655870944 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Getty Images |language=en-us}} a nod to his Italian-American heritage.{{Cite web |last=Katzman |first=Gabe |date=2023-08-28 |title=Fans liken Mariners Dominic Canzone's spectacular catch to a work of art |url=https://komonews.com/sports/sports-content/as-the-mariners-sit-atop-the-al-west-seattle-fans-liken-dominic-canzone-spectacular-catch-to-a-work-of-art-luis-castillo-julio-rodriguez-teoscar-hernandez |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=KOMO |language=en}}

On April 1, 2024, Canzone hit a three-run home run for his first home run of the 2024 season.{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2024 |title=Dominic Canzone's three-run homer (1) |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/dominic-canzone-homers-1-on-a-fly-ball-to-center-field-cal-raleigh-scores |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} After showing improved power, with a .531 slugging percentage in his first 14 games of 2024,{{Cite web |title=Dominic Canzone 2024 Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=canzodo01&t=b&year=2024#60-73-sum:batting_gamelogs |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} Canzone missed a month after crashing into the outfield wall catching a flyball.{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2024 |title=Dominic Canzone leaves after collision at the wall |url=https://www.mlb.com/mariners/video/dominic-canzone-leaves-after-collision-at-the-wall |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} He returned to the Mariners on May 15 but hit only .209 with 8 extra base hits in his next 40 games. He went back on the injured list on July 9, missing another month with a right adductor strain. He returned on August 9,{{Cite web |last=Polishuk |first=Mark |date=2024-08-11 |title=Mariners Outright Jonathan Hernandez |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/08/mariners-designate-jonathan-hernandez-for-assignment.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=MLB Trade Rumors |language=en-US}} but his hitting worsened. He went 3-for-26 with one home run and two doubles before being optioned down to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on August 28.{{Cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.mlb.com/mariners/roster/transactions/2024/08 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}

Canzone was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma to begin the 2025 season.{{Cite web|title=Seattle Mariners Option Reserve Outfielder, Infielder to Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-mariners-option-reserve-outfielder-dominic-canzone-and-infielder-austin-shenton-to-triple-a-tacoma-rainiers|access-date=March 28, 2025|website=si.com|language=en}} He was called up on April 7, 2025, to replace an injured player.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-07 |title=M's place Robles on IL with dislocated shoulder |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44578753/mariners-place-victor-robles-il-recall-dominic-canzone |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Canzone's parents are Amy Miklos and Dave Canzone. He has one younger sibling, Bennett Canzone. His mother was diagnosed with breast cancer while Canzone was in elementary school. She recovered after two years of treatment, including chemotherapy.{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2022 |title='Never Take Anything for Granted': A Motto That Has Shaped Dom Canzone's Life and Career |url=https://www.milb.com/news/never-take-anything-for-granted-a-motto-that-has-shaped-dom-canzone-s-life-and-c |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Minor League Baseball |language=en}}

As a child, Canzone was a fan of Cleveland's MLB team, and his favorite players were Ken Griffey Jr., then playing for the Cincinnati Reds, and Kenny Lofton.{{Cite web |last=Gustafson |first=Brandon |date=2023-08-05 |title=Dominic Canzone talks joining Mariners, role going forward, more |url=https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1763077/dominic-canzone-talks-joining-seattle-mariners-role-going-forward-more/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Seattle Sports |language=en}}

Canzone returned to Ohio State and finished his bachelor's degree in 2020 following the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season.

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