2 HRS AGO - John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Blaze hit a grand slam, Marte had 4 hits. Montgomery made an IMPRESSION. Great game all around (not you Martinez) Record: 10-11, 141 Games Left, 3rd in NL West Both teams came into this series looking to make a statement in the NL West. Neither felt like they were playing to their potential. Personally, I think that’s more true for Arizona than San Francisco, but even Bay Area teams win sometimes. Arizona brought two new players to game two: Jordan Montgomery and Pavin Smith, both technically recalled from Reno. Ryne Nelson unfortunately took a trip to the Injured List, while Jace Peterson reaped the reward of his early season play... He was designated for assignment - it’s unlikely anyone takes him willingly when they can wait and let Arizona pay most of his paycheck. Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS GIANTS Ketel Marte - 2B Austin Slater - RF Corbin Carroll - CF Wilmer Flores - 1B Lourdes Gurriel - LF Jorge Soler - DH Christian Collapse

17 HRS AGO - Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports Le Sigh Diamondbacks News [MLB] Ryne Nelson ‘a little stiff’ after taking liner off elbow by Steve Gilbert Lefty Jordan Montgomery, who was in San Francisco on Thursday, will be activated in time to start Friday’s game in his team debut, and the D-backs will need to make a corresponding roster move. While that had figured to be lefty Logan Allen, who was called up prior to Wednesday’s game against the Cubs at Chase Field, they may want to hang onto him to start in Nelson’s place if he has to go on the injured list. Allen was in the bullpen when Nelson got hurt and immediately started stretching, knowing that as the long man in the ‘pen he would likely get the call if Nelson couldn’t continue. [MLBTR] The Opener: Montgomery, Verlander, Yankees by Nick Deeds Left-hander Jordan Montgomery is slated to make the first start of his Diamondbacks career tonight after two starts at the Triple-A level to help the southpaw build up after he missed Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images The $80MM man has a large list of restricted and injured list placements. Injury prone? If you roam the comments on MLBTR (MLB Trade Rumors) and hit any article where Eduardo Rodriguez is mentioned, it is not that hard to find the same type of comment over and over again. I admit, if you are looking for some impartial and positive feedback from a community, then MLBTR and their scorching comment section probably isn’t the best place to visit, especially on an Eduardo Rodriguez article visited by Detroit Tigers fans, but it is remarkable that a certain tendency can be seen in some Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers fans remarks, and that is the possible injury (and absence) probability of Eduardo Rodriguez. I took a look at a few articles and comments on here and at inside the Diamondbacks, but I couldn’t find anything that might indicate that the pitcher is injury prone. Is there nothing to worry about or are we blind and has any other Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Back-to-back homers in consecutive at-bats will make anyone happy | Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports TL;DR: Early season trends continue as mental defensive miscues, uneven bullpen performance, and lack of late game offense overrides good starting pitching. In case you went to bed at a reasonable hour or gave up in disgust after a seven run seventh inning rally by the Cubs, you may be pleasantly surprised to see the D-Backs miraculously walked off the game on a Randal Grichuk single in extra innings last night. I can hardly believe it myself and I was Facetiming with my parents for extra emotional support at the time. Tim wrapped up all the craziness so you didn’t have to watch and is worth the read if for no other reason than he deserves it after having to recap all that wackiness. You would also be forgiven for not realizing that there was a day game after such a late, chaotic, and cathartic victory. Based on some of the body language of the D-Backs players, I think they Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports A wild ride capped with late inning offense sends the Serpientes home happy That was wild! Going in, spectators were probably prepared for plenty of runs scored. One sports book set the Over-Under at 10 runs. This game more than doubled that amount of runs. Tommy Henry took the mound for the Serpientes looking to make his final argument for staying in the rotation once Jordan Montgomery joins the big league club this weekend. His argument was less than convincing. Henry started hot, getting three outs on four pitches in the first inning and then, with help from Tucker Barnhart doing his best Gabi impersonation to catch Christopher Morel stealing second, got through with only 14 pitches in the second. Kyle Hendricks’ first inning was just as effective, if not as efficient. His early season numbers have been less than Hendricks-like and Diamondbacks hitters were probably licking their chops after their disappointing output last night. D-backs Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK The trek up to Mt 500 begins again Diamondbacks News [MLB] ‘It shouldn’t have come to that’: costly wild pitch sinks D-backs by Steve Gilbert There was a lot that happened in the game, but the wild pitch will be the one moment that sticks with the D-backs for a while. It had been a frustrating night for the D-backs up until the eighth inning. Kelly wasn’t pleased with his command as his struggles with it, along with some tough at-bats by the Cubs, inflated his pitch count and forced him to depart after the fifth having thrown 95. Over the first seven innings, the D-backs hit nine balls that had an exit velocity of 95 mph or greater, which is the definition of a hard-hit ball. Of those nine balls, only one resulted in a hit. [Inside the Diamondbacks] Bullpen Meltdown Sinks D-backs in Extra-Inning Loss to Cubs by Alex D’Agostino The D-backs lost 3-2 to the Chicago Cubs at home tonight, in yet another one-run extra-inning Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images We stay in the NL Central Oh Mt. 500! How... mediocre it is, I guess. I wouldn’t say that this is a disappointing start to the year, but the fact that we have only won one series against a team not from Colorado is less than ideal. The biggest consolation is that one of those teams is only playing in the regular season because they have to before being given the NL East title, and the other team is the Yankees, who aren’t much less of a sure thing. The team from Arizona took care of business against the Cardinals, sending them to last place in their division. We now face the team in second to last in the NL Central, but that says more about how competitive that division currently is, rather than the quality of team we be facing in the Cubs. Right now, four out of five NL Central teams would make the playoffs, the Cubs being one of them. Early days of course, but it’s not getting easier. Game 1 — 4/15, 6:40PM: Merrill Kelly (2-0, 2.29 ERA/193 Collapse

5 DAYS AGO - Photo by Capt. G Keating/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images Who will Jordan replace in the rotation? Who were the heroes and villains of the past week for the Diamondbacks? Spencer: Heroes are Henry and Nelson for showing they still have some potential. Villain is def Blaze’s fielding. It’s gotten so bad, I just assume a ball hit in his direction results in a runner on base. ISH95: Villain is for sure Alexander. The fielding. The getting called out for running in the base paths. Almost doing it again in the first Cardinals game. Just brutal. For hero, I’m actually going to go with Blaze Alexander slashing .295/.368/.471 with a home run, and a couple of runs scored. It’s coming from a .364 BABIP so probably not sustainable, but good to see from the rookie. Justin: I was actually going to say Alexander, but chickened out… Steak85: I’m going to go with Bryce Jarvis as a hero. After struggling in his two appearances in a competitive game, he threw 2.2 scoreless innings at Collapse

5 DAYS AGO - Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Team News Nelson makes strong case for sticking in D-backs’ rotation “Ryne Nelson went out there and executed a really good game plan,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “He pitched into the seventh inning. It couldn’t have been any better. He wiggled out of some jams, just really kept pressing the zone with his fastball, and working off that, he had a nice cutter. For me, he was in total command all game long.” https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/ryne-nelson-has-solid-start-vs-cardinals Ryne Nelson gives DBacks quality start in win over Cardinals “How do I think he’s doing? I think he’s doing a great job,” Lovullo said. “It’s not easy to pitch sometimes under circumstances where you can be distracted. He went out there and blocked out everything and did what he had to do.” https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2024/04/13/arizona-diamondbacks-st-louis-cardinals-news-updates-saturday-game-chase-field/73238090007/Diamondbacks’ Ryne Collapse