The Arabia Wolves are a professional

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team based in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

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. They are one of four inaugural franchises of

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, a professional baseball league with teams based in the

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and

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Draft

The first Baseball United Draft took place on October 23, 2023, with all four franchises making selections. The draft was a snake-draft format, where the draft order "loops" around (1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1). The Wolves used the 3rd and 6th overall selections in the first round to pick former

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infielders Didi Gregorius and Robinson Cano. The Wolves made 20 selections across the 10 rounds of the draft, 8 pitchers and 12 position players.

Dubai Wolves Draft Selections

First Round * 3rd Overall -

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(Infielder) * 6th Overall - Robinson Cano (Infielder) Second Round * 10th Overall - Jair Jurrjens (Pitcher) * 15th Overall - Courtney Hawkins (Outfielder) Third Round * 17th Overall - Dwight Smith Jr. (Outfielder) * 24th Overall - Wilin Rosario (Catcher) Fourth Round * 28th Overall - Dovydas Neverauskas (Pitcher) * 29th Overall - Reggie McClain (Pitcher) Fifth Round * 35th Overall - Connor Panas (Infielder) * 38th Overall -

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(Pitcher) Sixth Round * 42nd Overall - Hernan Perez (Infielder) * 47th Overall -

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(Pitcher) Seventh Round * 49th Overall - Rudy Martin (Outfielder) * 56th Overall - L.P. Pellitier (Outfielder) Eighth Round * 60th Overall -

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(Infielder) * 61st Overall - Todd Van Steensel (Pitcher) Ninth Round * 67th Overall - Cameron Gann (Pitcher) * 70th Overall - Aldrich De Jongh (Outfielder) Tenth Round * 74th Overall - Vincent Ahrens (Catcher) * 79th Overall - Ernest Ohandza (Pitcher)

Roster

References

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