Despite having second-year player Paul Goldschmidt and veteran and original Diamondback Lyle Overbay on the current roster at first base, Arizona added another option to the position on Wednesday by signing slugger Mike Jacobs to a minor league deal. The move was first reported by Baseball America and then followed up by Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic.
Drafted by the New York Mets during the 1999 Amateur Draft, Jacobs came on like gangbusters in his first big league season in the Big Apple in 2005. During that year, the first baseman hit .310 with 11 home runs and 23 RBI’s in 30 games with the Mets.
During the following offseason though, Jacobs was traded to Florida as part of a deal that brought Carlos Delgado to New York.
Despite playing with a new team, Jacobs didn’t a miss a beat in a Marlins uniform. During his three seasons in Miami, Jacobs slugged 69 long balls and drove in 224 runs. His best season with Florida came in 2008 where then 27-year-old at the tim...
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