Latest news with #ArizonaDiamondbacks
Winnipeg Free Press
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Diamondbacks try to break road losing streak, face the Braves
Arizona Diamondbacks (28-31, fourth in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (27-31, fourth in the NL East) Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (3-7, 5.53 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 66 strikeouts); Braves: Spencer Strider (0-3, 4.50 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 15 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -147, Diamondbacks +124; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks will aim to end their five-game road losing streak in a matchup against the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta has a 17-11 record at home and a 27-31 record overall. Braves pitchers have a collective 3.66 ERA, which ranks 10th in the majors. Arizona is 28-31 overall and 13-14 in road games. The Diamondbacks have a 15-8 record in games when they did not allow a home run. The teams play Tuesday for the fourth time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Olson leads the Braves with 12 home runs while slugging .459. Marcell Ozuna is 13 for 36 with two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games. Eugenio Suarez leads the Diamondbacks with 16 home runs while slugging .509. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is 14 for 39 with two doubles and four RBIs over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 3-7, .247 batting average, 3.06 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs Diamondbacks: 2-8, .251 batting average, 5.55 ERA, outscored by 16 runs INJURIES: Braves: AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (calf/elbow), Stuart Fairchild: 10-Day IL (finger), Ignacio Alvarez: 60-Day IL (wrist), Reynaldo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee) Diamondbacks: Corbin Burnes: day-to-day (elbow), Eduardo Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), A.J. Puk: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow), Blake Walston: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Diamondbacks try to break road losing streak, face the Braves
Arizona Diamondbacks (28-31, fourth in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (27-31, fourth in the NL East) Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (3-7, 5.53 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 66 strikeouts); Braves: Spencer Strider (0-3, 4.50 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 15 strikeouts) Advertisement BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -147, Diamondbacks +124; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks will aim to end their five-game road losing streak in a matchup against the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta has a 17-11 record at home and a 27-31 record overall. Braves pitchers have a collective 3.66 ERA, which ranks 10th in the majors. Arizona is 28-31 overall and 13-14 in road games. The Diamondbacks have a 15-8 record in games when they did not allow a home run. The teams play Tuesday for the fourth time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Olson leads the Braves with 12 home runs while slugging .459. Marcell Ozuna is 13 for 36 with two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games. Advertisement Eugenio Suarez leads the Diamondbacks with 16 home runs while slugging .509. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is 14 for 39 with two doubles and four RBIs over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 3-7, .247 batting average, 3.06 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs Diamondbacks: 2-8, .251 batting average, 5.55 ERA, outscored by 16 runs INJURIES: Braves: AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (calf/elbow), Stuart Fairchild: 10-Day IL (finger), Ignacio Alvarez: 60-Day IL (wrist), Reynaldo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee) Diamondbacks: Corbin Burnes: day-to-day (elbow), Eduardo Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), A.J. Puk: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow), Blake Walston: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Corbin Burnes injury latest: What to know about the Diamondbacks ace needing an MRI
The prized offseason acquisition for the Arizona Diamondbacks, ace right-hander Corbin Burnes, left Sunday's (June 1) game against the Washington Nationals after 4 ⅔ innings. The Diamondbacks said the reason for the pitcher's exit was right elbow discomfort. What is the latest on Corbin Burnes' injury? A Diamondbacks team source told The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro on June 2 that there was no immediate update expected, noting the possibility of Burnes seeking multiple opinions on how to proceed. Advertisement Burnes said June 1 he'd started to feel tightness before he motioned for a trainer with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. The Diamondbacks held on for a 3-1 win over the Nationals, to salvage a win in the series, but Burnes' status was at the forefront of the team's concerns after the game. Here's the June 1 report on Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes' injury: Read more: Corbin Burnes' injury darkens Diamondbacks' much-needed win over Nationals Corbin Burnes to undergo MRI Burnes won't travel with Arizona to Atlanta on its next road trip and will remain in Phoenix for an MRI on his elbow on June 2. Advertisement Burnes expressed hope that the injury wasn't serious after the game. "Obviously, saw the velo(city) start to drop and the movement of the pitches was not where we wanted it to be," Burnes said. "Just got to the point where the tightness was too much and didn't feel like we need to push it any farther. Hopefully we caught it early, hopefully it's not bad, but we'll see." Reaction to Corbin Burnes' injury Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo called the injury situation with Burnes a "gut punch." "It's a gut punch, for sure," Lovullo said after the win over the Nationals on June 1. "He is tough. He rarely complains about anything. So when you see him wave the trainer and the coaches out there, you're holding your breath." Advertisement He added: "Keep our fingers crossed." Corbin Burnes contract Corbin Burnes signed a six-year, $210 million contract with the Diamondbacks in the offseason in a move that sent shockwaves throughout baseball. The contract included a $10 million signing bonus before earning $30 million in each of 2025 and 2026, after which he will have the ability to opt out of the remaining four years and $140 million. Burnes' injury could lead the team to put Ryne Nelson back into the starting rotation after the team recently moved him to the bullpen. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes (39) talks to catcher Jose Herrera (11) before being taken out of the game in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at Chase Field in Phoenix on June 1, 2025. José M. Romero contributed to this story. Reach Jeremy Cluff at Follow him on X, formerly Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff. Advertisement Support local journalism: Subscribe to today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Corbin Burnes injury: Latest on DBacks star MRI, contract information
Reuters
a day ago
- Business
- Reuters
Report: Mariners acquiring LHP Joe Jacques from Dodgers
June 2 - The Seattle Mariners are acquiring left-handed reliever Joe Jacques from the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Post reported Monday. The return for Los Angeles was not part of the initial report. Jacques, 30, is 2-1 with a 5.46 ERA and one save in 25 career games (one start) with the Boston Red Sox (2023-24) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2024). Playing this season on a minor league deal, Jacques is 1-1 with a 7.25 ERA and three saves in 18 appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City. --Field Level Media
Forbes
a day ago
- Business
- Forbes
The Washington Nationals And Arizona Diamondbacks Have The Same Record
CJ Abrams and the Washington Nationals are playing much better than anyone expected. (Photo by ... More) The Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks have the same record through 59 games (28-31). Who had that on their bingo card when the season began? Arizona was expected to make the playoffs and potentially have a deep run in October. Over the off-season, they picked up the team's option on third baseman Eugenio Suarez for $15 million, and then allowed Christian Walker and Joc Pederson to leave in free agency. They filled their first base hole by trading for the Guardian's Josh Naylor, coming off a 31 home run/108 RBI season in Cleveland. While Pederson kills righties, the club brought in Randall Grichuk to smack around lefties. After a surprise run to the World Series in 2023, there was hope in the desert that 2025 could result in a return trip to the playoffs. General manager Mike Hazen then bolstered the pitching staff by adding arguably the best arm on the free agent market, Corbin Burnes, signing him to a six-year, $210 million deal. Burnes slid ahead of Zac Gallen, giving the Snakes a great 1-2 punch at the top of their rotation. Potentially the biggest 'acquisition' may be a hot start from right fielder Corbin Carroll. Over the first half of 2024, in 94 games, Carroll slashed .212/.301/.334, with just five home runs. In the second half, over 64 games, he slashed .258/.351/.568, with 17 dingers. In August alone he hit 11 home runs and had an OPS of 1.042. The team felt confident that if Carroll could get off to a better start, the team could truly compete in the rough National League West. Carroll hasn't disappointed, playing MVP-caliber baseball, with 16 home runs, an .877 OPS, and 2.1 bWAR through the first third of the season. Burnes has lived up to the hype. Over his first 10 starts, he averaging just under six innings per appearance, while sporting a 2.72 ERA. Unfortunately, he left Sunday's game with an apparent elbow injury, so the future is now unknown. Unlike Burnes, Gallen is currently 3-7, with a 5.54 ERA, 4.58 FIP, and has the worst WHIP of his career, which is due to his league-leading 32 walks. The low-end of the pre-season predictions had the Diamondbacks winning 86.5 games (FanDuel), with Keith Law of The Athletic taking the other end of the spectrum, guessing 90 wins. Nearly every site had Arizona as a Wild Card team. As of Sunday afternoon, Arizona is in fourth place in the NL West, eight games back of the Dodgers; and maybe more importantly, they are five games back of a Wild Card spot, but would need to leap over three teams just to get there. There is a still a lot of baseball to be played, so the Diamondbacks have plenty of runway to figure this out. But they will need to markedly improve on their .475 winning percentage if they want to play baseball this Fall. No one really gave the Nationals much of a chance this season in the highly competitive National League East. Everyone had their eyes focused on the Phillies, their incredible pitching staff, and roster of steady veterans; the New York Mets and their new three-quarters of a billion-dollar toy, Juan Soto; and the back-from-IL-hell Atlanta Braves, returning former MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. and Cy Young-finalist Spencer Strider to their lineup. Keith Law predicted the Nationals to win 74 games. FanGraphs had them even worse, with just 69 wins. But this team, rebuilt with the players president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo acquired from the San Diego Padres in return for Soto in 2022, has staked a claim. If not in 2025, well at least a heck of a lot sooner than others thought. And, with ten runs in the first inning against the Diamondbacks on Saturday, they announced their presence with authority. The core of the players the Nats received from San Diego now represent the core of their roster. C.J. Abrams is slashing .274/.348/.492, and has accrued 1.9 bWAR through the first third of the season. James Wood (who was the Padres' #3 prospect when they shipped him east) is hitting .288 with 16 home runs, and is redefining power to the opposite field. MacKenzie Gore leads the league in strikeouts, and had a roughly five-to-one strikeout to walk ratio. He struck out 181 batters last season in just 166 innings, but he also led the league with 14 wild pitches. This year he only has three wild pitches, and seems to have mastered both his command and control. He is on pace for a 6.0 bWAR season. Robert Hassell III (who was San Diego's #1 prospect at the time), is getting his first taste of big league experience this season, getting ten hits in his first nine games played. While FanGraphs doesn't necessarily have high hopes for Hassell (35+ Future Value score on the 20-80 scale), the Nationals hope he can have a future in their outfield. Washington also benefited from having the number two pick in the 2023 draft, which they used for Dylan Crews, just weeks after he won the Golden Spikes Award as the best player in college baseball. Crews is off to a slow start in his official rookie season (and is currently on the IL with an oblique strain). In 45 games before his injury, Crews was batting just .196, with a .620 OPS, and seven home runs. But the stats belie what is actually happening with Crews. His BAbip is .233 (league average is .291); his hard hit percentage is 41.7% (league average is 39.6%); his average exit velocity is above average. He is 'barreling' balls at twice the league average; his expected batting average per Statcast is .258 (no great shakes, but not under the Mendoza line); and his expected slugging percentage is nearly 100 points higher than his actual number. Suffice to say that the law of large numbers points to Crews being just fine once his side heals. The Nationals are equaling the Diamondbacks with a pitching staff that is middling at best. Their starting crew has an ERA of 4.44 (25th in baseball); and their relievers are worse, with 6.03, with eight blown saves. But this is not supposed to be Washington's year. They are making a little bit of hay long before the sun is supposed to shine. Arizona, on the other hand, is supposed to contend. Which makes their identical records confusing, confounding, and exciting (for at least one fan base) as we move into the second third of the season.
