By Luke Adams [July 10, 2010 at 10:52pm CST] Barret Loux, Arizona's first-round pick in this year's draft, has failed his physical exam, reports ESPN.com's Buster Olney (via Twitter). Loux, a right-hander out of Texas A&M, was selected sixth overall by the Diamondbacks last month. When the D'Backs selected Loux, John Manuel wrote that it was the first pick of the draft Baseball America didn't like. Manuel noted that Loux wasn't considered a consensus first-rounder and that the right-hander had surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow at A&M. Loux also received a heavy workload leading up to the draft, throwing 123+ pitches on four different occasions between May 6th and June 4th. The Diamondbacks will now have to decide what sort of investment they want to make in Loux, given slot money for the sixth overall pick is approximately $2.6MM. The team was aware of Loux's health history when they made the selection, with scouting director Tom Allison indicating: "He got himself healthy [this past season].... And he had that opportunity to come out and really show what Barret Loux can do when he's 100 percent healthy." If the D'Backs do not sign Loux, they'll receive the seventh overall pick in next year's draft as compensation. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/07/dbacks-firstrounder-fails-physical.html --

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