the 19th ranked Houston Cougars in a 4–0 win to earn Blair Louisville Slugger National Pitcher of the Week. He finished his Marshall career with 200 strikeouts in 202 innings. Blair then became the highest drafted player in Marshall University baseball history when the Arizona Diamondbacks selected him in the 1st round with the 36th pick. Professional career Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Blair with the 36th pick in the 2013 MLB draft. Blair signed with the Diamondbacks for a $1.435 million signing bonus and was assigned to the Hillsboro Hops of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. He was promoted in August to the South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League, where he won two playoff games. Blair started the 2014 campaign in South Bend but was promoted to High A Advanced Visalia Rawhide after six starts in South Bend. In his debut for Visala, Blair went seven innings, allowing one run on three hits, walking two and striking out nine. Blair would make 12 more starts for Visalia before being promoted, this time to the Southern League with the AA Mobile BayBears. Blair dominated in his first two Southern League starts, pitching a combined innings, allowing 1 run and 8 hits while striking out 16 and walking 1. Those performances also earned him the Southern League's Pitcher of the Week award. Blair finished the 2014 season with Mobile with a 4–1 record in 8 starts, covering innings with a 1.94 ERA to go along with 46 strikeouts. The season totals were a 9–5 record over 27 starts and innings. He struck out 171 hitters while walking 51. He was also named the Arizona Diamondbacks 2014 Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Both MLB.com and Baseball America ranked Blair the Diamondbacks' third best prospect prior to the start of the 2015 season. He started the year back in Mobile and made 13 starts, finishing with a record of 6–3 and an ERA of 2.70 over innings before he was promoted to the AAA Reno Aces in June, where he continued his successful 2015 campaign. Blair ended his Reno stint with a record of 7–2 and an ERA of 3.16 in the hitting-friendly Pacific Coast League. He was also named the Diamondbacks 2015 Organizational Pitcher of the Year. Atlanta Braves On December 9, 2015, the Diamondbacks traded Blair, along with Dansby Swanson and Ender Inciarte, to the Atlanta