Let’s commemorate the remarkable Diamondbacks!
Today’s Lineups
| PADRES | DIAMONDBACKS |
|---|---|
| Ha-Seong Kim – 2B | Ketel Marte – 2B |
| Fernando Tatis – DH | Corbin Carroll – CF |
| Juan Soto – LF | Tommy Pham – LF |
| Manny Machado – 3B | Christian Walker – 1B |
| Xander Bogaerts – SS | Lourdes Gurriel – DH |
| Jake Cronenworth – 1B | Buddy Kennedy – 3B |
| Luis Campusano – C | Jake McCarthy – RF |
| Jose Azocar – RF | Nick Ahmed – SS |
| Trent Grisham – CF | Carson Kelly – C |
| Rich Hill – LHP | Zac Gallen – RHP |
Roster relocations
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following lineup relocations:
- Selected INF Buddy Kennedy (No. 16) from Triple-A Reno.
- Optioned INF Emmanuel Rivera to Reno following last night’s video game.
- Designated OF Kristian Robinson for task.
Kennedy will be making his 2023 launching, having actually appeared in 30 video games in 2015, setting up a line of .217/.287/.325 for a .613 OPS (75 OPS+). He has actually been tearing the cover off the ball in Reno, where in 87 video games, he has actually struck .318/.447/.480 for a .927 OPS. Obvious caution: it’s Reno. So, using the basic discount rate to Kennedy’s statistics, we get an MLB expectation of .236/.354/.348 for a much less enticing .702 OPS. That’s just sixteen points much better than Rivera has actually provided the group this year. The weirdness is seeing Robinson DFA’d. He got promoted to High-A last month, which is approximately age-appropriate for a 22-year-old, and has actually had an .800 OPS over 10 video games there.
He was the group’s #12 possibility, per MLB, and #15 according to James, so seeing him DFA’d like this is a little strange. Now, it may be a little bit of a stretch for a group to put him on the 40-man lineup, considering his absence of experience. But it’s definitely possible, particularly a group with no pretensions of contending this season. Of course, the elephant in the room is Robinson’s well-documented legal difficulties, which successfully took him out of baseball for almost 3 years. One needs to question whether something outside the lines – whether associated to the previous case or not – which triggered the group to cut bait on the previous leading hundred possibility. We’ll see what takes place.
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a cleat stamping on a Diamondbacks’ face—for ever.”
— not George Orwell, 1984
In defiance of recent form, “celebrations” will continue at Chase Field, marking the group’s 25th anniversary with throwback weekend. In line with this, the group has actually been losing video games like they were the reincarnation of the 2004 Diamondbacks. Nine in a row to this point, despite the fact that they scored more than 4 runs the other day, for the very first time given that July 26. It’s just the 4th time over the previous twenty video games, Arizona has actually handled to reach the tacos requirement. The group are now 0-4 in those video games. I would typically state something along the lines of, “Hopefully, ace Zac Gallen will stem the tide.” But despite the fact that Gallen has actually been fantastic at Chase Field (9-1 with a 1.96 AGE), I’m choosing no greater than, “We’ll see.”
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