Brandon Pfaadt had the spotlight, however Christian Walker was the star in the program
[AP] Walker 2HRs, 5 RBIs as Dbacks win 12-7 for split in Texas
“Proud of myself there for some discipline,” Walker said.
“I think young Christian Walker probably goes up there in swing mode. But mature, experienced Christian Walker says you got to throw him straight strikes,” supervisor Torey Lovullo said. “Leclerc has really good stuff. And the scouting report tells us that when it’s missing, it’ll be consistent, so make him throw strikes.”
[SI] D-backs rally to beat Rangers in Brandon Pfaadt’s launching
“That’s exactly what we’re looking for,” said very first baseman Christian Walker on the broadcast. “To be able to answer and answer again. That’s how you win games.”
[MLB] D-backs rally for Phaadt
Meanwhile, the Rangers revealed Pfaadt — a 24-year-old who soared through every level of the Minor Leagues in simply 3 seasons — as disrespectful a welcome as they might summon. Josh Jung struck 2 tape-measure shots in back-to-back innings. The 2nd was a two-run, consent homer that got Pfaadt the hook from supervisor Torey Lovullo.
[Arizona Sports] D-backs’ Brandon Pfaadt gone after by Rangers in launching
“He got three-plus pitches but he’s not afraid to try to bully you with his fastball — and he’s got a really good one.”
It worked — for a bit.
[AZCentral] Diamondbacks beat Rangers 12-7 regardless of difficult launching Brandon Pfaadt
Pfaadt ended up being simply the 10th pitcher in baseball history to dish out 4 home runs in his launching. Manager Torey Lovullo stuck to Pfaadt regardless of a number of hard-hit balls in the 5th, lastly getting him after the Rangers’ Josh Jung punched his 2nd home run of the day with 2 outs in the inning.
Pfaadt dished out solo shots to Jonah Heim and Jung in the 2nd and 4th innings, respectively. He enabled another home go to Leody Taveras to start the 5th. Jung’s 2nd homer was a two-run shot.
[Queen Creek Sun Times] AT CHASE FIELD THURSDAY MAY 4TH 3 PM: Special hamburger lineup to advantage Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Barrow Neurological Foundation
Everything begins at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 4 at Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers downtown Phoenix at Chase Field, 401 E Jefferson St. Mike Hazen, Arizona Diamondbacks executive vice president and basic supervisor, and Dr. Nader Sanai, Ivy Brain Tumor Center director, will come together to formally start the campaign.
[MLBTR] Diamondbacks DFA Seth Beer
Beer, 26, was gotten from the Astros together with Josh Rojas, Corbin Martin and J.B. Bukauskas in the 2019 due date trade that sent Zack Greinke to Houston. He’s seen short MLB time in the previous 2 seasons however published a .208/.294/.292 batting line in an overall of 136 plate looks.
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[Baseball America] New ‘enhanced grip’ baseball raising issues, strikeouts in Double A Southern League
MLB briefly explore pre-tacked baseballs at Triple-A in 2021 and Double-A in 2022, in addition to in the Arizona Fall League, however none were utilized for long. This marked the very first time a minors would utilize one, pre-tacked ball for as a long as a half a season. The outcomes of the experiment would have significant ramifications for the future of what ball the video game is had fun with.
[MLBTR] Rays location Fairbanks on IL, choose Chase Anderson
Anderson, 35, was with the Rays’ Triple-A club in 2015 however didn’t pitch for the major league team. He opened the year with a 4.30 period in 23 innings for Cincinnati’s Triple-A club in Louisville, though his 19-to-13 K/BB ratio is undoubtedly problematic. Anderson had an opt-out stipulation in his minors handle the Reds that he’d either already worked out — providing the Reds two days to include him to the active lineup or release him — or prepared to work out. The Reds plainly didn’t wish to displace anybody from their lineup to bring Anderson back to the major leagues, however the Rays saw him in a different way.
[Japan Today] Trout, Lamb homer; Ohtani ties career-high with 13 strikeouts as Angels beat Cardinals
Lamb got the rally began with the 5th pinch-hit home run of his profession.
“We’ve got a good team,” Lamb said. “We’ve got the pitchers, we’ve got the hitters. It says something that we haven’t quite put it all together. We’re still playing pretty good baseball. I look at that as a positive. We can only get better.”
Brandon Drury likewise homered for the Angels. Ryan Tepera (2-1) made the win and Carlos Estevez got his seventh save of the season.
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