Today’s Lineups
Roster moves
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.
Placed on the 10-day injured list: INF/OF Jordan Lawlar (strained right hamstring)
Placed on the 15-day injured list: RHP Michael Soroka (strained left glute)
Yeah, as feared, last night’s game proved to be another one of those dreaded “Pyrrhic victories,” costing the team both Lawlar and Soroka. However, the fact we can use the latter’s spot for a starting pitcher for the next few days is probably not a bad thing, given the team went through seven relievers last night. Effectively, they have a ten-man bullpen right now. Out of there this evening, the team should have rested versions of Juan Morillo, Abner, and Yilber Diaz, who was called up yesterday but didn’t appear so is not yet on the chart above. So, our relievers aren’t in too bad shape, providing Zac Gallen is able to get through a reasonable number of innings.
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He hasn’t been terrible in that department, at least. While his last six appearances have resulted in an Gallen ERA of 5.79, they have all seen Zac go between five and six innings. He has been badly bitten by the long-ball bug of late. Over his first seven outings, he allowed only two home-runs over a total of 32.1 innings of work. Since then though, the eight starts have led to eleven home-runs in 43.1 innings. Over that time-frame, starting on May 7th only the Cubs Shota Imanaga (14) has given up more bombs in the majors, coming into play today. The Twins have hit an above-average number of HR, so keeping them in the park tonight will be key for Zac.
Finally, looks like the team has decided on a starter for tomorrow, and in a surprising move, it looks like is not going to Brandon Pfaadt. Instead, the team will be turning to a rookie, Jose Cabrera, who has only three appearances over the Double-A level. Maybe there will be some Jose Fernandez like lighting in that bottle, but we’ll talk more about him tomorrow, I would imagine.
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