Today’s Lineups
Roster strikes
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the next roster transfer. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.
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Selected to the Major League roster and optioned to Double-A Amarillo. Appointed because the twenty seventh man for right now’s recreation: INF Jesus Valdez (No. 67)
Uh, yeah, I assume? I wasn’t even conscious there may be a twenty seventh man for this example: I knew groups may add a person when there was a double-header, however that isn’t the case right here. However, Nick Piecoro explains, “The teams were allowed to have a 27th man for these games, but it had to be a position player. Since the Diamondbacks did not have a healthy, optionable position player on their 40-man, they were fine going with 26 players. But Perdomo’s injury and potential unavailability for today prompted them to add Valdez.” He may find yourself being a “ghost Diamondback” because it appears he has already been despatched again all the way down to Double-A.
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The excellent news about Perdomo, regardless of his absence from the line-up (also via Nick), is “Torey Lovullo said he feels strongly that Geraldo Perdomo was going to be able to avoid the IL based on how his ankle feels this morning.” Hopefully that’s certainly the case. Though to be sincere, it feels just like the D-backs medical employees have a little bit of a observe document of underestimating accidents. I’ll be happier when Gerry is operating across the infield once more. Until then, I shall be anticipating somebody to be going into the D-backs clubhouse with a bone noticed and a plastic bag, and Perdomo to require the brand new nickname of “Pegleg.”
As famous yesterday, it’s an fascinating dialogue to pitch the closely fly-ball oriented Ryne Nelson at an altitude of over seven thousand toes. Here are the GB/FB ratios of the assorted pitchers to have began for the D-backs this 12 months (for context, league common is 0.76):
And in the event you surprise why watching Paul Sewald pitch has been an journey, his GB/FB is all the way in which down at 0.15. That’s the bottom of anybody within the majors with 10+ innings of labor. And 18.8% of these fly balls have left the park. That is far larger than you’d anticipate – MLB common there’s about half that – so let’s hope for some regression. I in all probability don’t wish to see Sewald coming in to Mexico City to guard a one-run lead this afternoon…
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