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  20.  &lt;p&gt;Plus more gambling scandels, 4th of July traditions, and more!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4 id="Kx91CV"&gt;Carroll made a rehab start this week and played seven innings, 4ABs. How much of an impact will his return have? &lt;/h4&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="fRD3ax"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spencer: &lt;/strong&gt;I certainly hope it’s huge. But offense really hasn’t been a problem at all this year. So while he’s a huge bat, I don’t know if we’ll be winning more games because of him. &lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;p id="4hgCHw"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wesley: &lt;/strong&gt;I don’t think Carroll will make much of a difference in un-cursing this cursed Dbacks 2025 season. Don’t get me wrong, he is evolving into a potential MVP level talent, but there’s just too much that’s gone wrong on the pitching staff. They don’t need to improve the offense, they need a couple of competent starting pitchers and relievers to appear out of thin air from the farm system and immediately contribute, and that’s highly unlikely, if not nigh impossible. Since we’re already on the subject, hear me out for one moment: &lt;em&gt;The &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Arizona Diamondbacks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; (with their top three offense and bottom five pitching) FUSE temporarily with idk.. the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; (#2 in team ERA, #25 team OPS) using the power of friendship, love, and the ability to both hit AND pitch to defeat the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.truebluela.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dodgers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;/&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yankees&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; fusion in the climatic anime-esque finale of the 2025 season!&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;If the editor was cool he’d insert an animated GIF of the fusion dance from Dragonball Z/Super, but with the D’backs and Royals logos pasted over the&lt;/em&gt; two&lt;em&gt; character’s heads)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  23. &lt;p id="gFCA1x"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DBacksEurope: &lt;/strong&gt;Obviously there will be something of an impact here, but like Spencer already mentioned, the &lt;strong&gt;offence isn’t the problem of this team&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  24. &lt;p id="WFzmh8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin&lt;/strong&gt;: Yeah, the offense isn’t the problem. I just hope Corbin/the team aren’t trying to rush him back too soon.&lt;/p&gt;
  25. &lt;p id="bzJpEj"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Makakilo:&lt;/strong&gt;  This season, Corbin Carroll’s 150 OPS+ shows his return will positively impact offense.  Offense is a team effort. &lt;/p&gt;
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  27. &lt;li id="ArGSsu"&gt;Josh Naylor, who recently has been a hot hitter (season OPS+ 127), missed some games due to a neck injury.  He played on 5 July and hit an RBI.  When he returns to 100%, that will be another positive impact.&lt;/li&gt;
  28. &lt;li id="kS0Ffs"&gt;James McCann, the recently acquired catcher, has an OPS+ of 247 in 5 games played as a Diamondback.  That’s another positive impact.&lt;/li&gt;
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  30. &lt;p id="g3mT9C"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISH95: &lt;/strong&gt;We will now lose games 9-4 instead of 9-3&lt;/p&gt;
  31. &lt;p id="RwQ6IC"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James: &lt;/strong&gt;Assuming that there are no lingering effects, the return of Carroll can hardly be anything other than a good thing. Sure, the offense has been largely holding its own in his absence. But there is something to be said for having his energy out there to help keep everyone fired up. I’m still only cautiously optimistic this is going to work out though. Carroll returned to action last night and didn’t look bad at the plate, despite not getting a big hit. But I am having terrible flashbacks to when the Diamondbacks rushed another injured outfielder back from injury because the team had hit a rough patch. It didn’t work out well for the player or the team. Carroll’s next six seasons are more important than the next six weeks of games.&lt;/p&gt;
  32. &lt;p id="hNvi0R"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben: &lt;/strong&gt;Yeah, there’s little argument to be made that Carroll’s return isn’t a definite upgrade for the team. Like James, I worry about him rushing himself back in a Quixotic hope that it will be the magical difference in the season. Unfortunately, unless he suddenly becomes the Ohtani of the Valley, it likely won’t mean much for the year’s direction. &lt;/p&gt;
  33. &lt;h4 id="KzeAgq"&gt;Is there anyone on an expiring contract you &lt;em&gt;wouldn’t&lt;/em&gt; trade in a sell situation? Who and why.&lt;/h4&gt;
  34. &lt;p id="CjBBWS"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spencer: &lt;/strong&gt;Absolutely not. If you really love the player, go re-sign him and let him play alongside the return he netted. The closest I’d get is lack of depth, mostly for Suarez. But if we’re selling, sell. A big hole at 3B just means a better chance at a lottery pick in the draft as far as I’m concerned. &lt;/p&gt;
  35. &lt;p id="AXOAtS"&gt;Honestly, I’d consider anyone controlled only through 2026 as well. We can hope all we want for next season but reality is what it is. Tommy John returns are iffy at best. Look no further than Sandy Alcantara this year; healthy doesn’t mean back to fighting shape right away. While we’ll get to see Burnes and Martinez and the long list of others back in June/July of 2026 (ideally), expecting them to pitch quality innings before April 2027 is unrealistic. &lt;/p&gt;
  36. &lt;p id="jGbGHt"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wesley:&lt;/strong&gt; I would trade anyone that isn’t under control past this season, but that’s assuming you’re getting back players that will hit the ground running by ‘27. If you’re trading players under control through next season as well, then it’s imperative you get quality and quantity back in return. &lt;/p&gt;
  37. &lt;p id="mQbeWD"&gt;I don’t think any player should necessarily be off=limits in a trade, but I’m absolutely not advocating for trading players just for its own sake. What I was advocating for was trading Zac Gallen a year ago while his value was at its highest. They could have gotten a sizable return if they had moved him at the deadline or possibly even during the off-season. &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;, Gallen’s trade value is close to bottoming out completely now, the best that they’re going to get back talent wise is the compensation pick they’d get from rejecting a QO. (I’m also &lt;em&gt;vehemently&lt;/em&gt; against trading away what amounts to dozens of years of team control for a half season, or even worse, twenty four games of ONE player?)&lt;/p&gt;
  38. &lt;p id="RQHos3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DBacksEurope: &lt;/strong&gt;Honestly, unless we are talking about a Juan Soto kind of player or Max Scherzer some years back, trading a player on an expiring contract with 2 months of play left isn’t going to get us many quality players back. These are mostly salary dumps and “take what you can get”. I think the biggest decision would be surrounding &lt;strong&gt;Zac Gallen. &lt;/strong&gt;He is an obvious candidate to accept the QO and if not, I think the compensation pick would be a bigger haul than anything we could get for his 5+ ERA right now. I don’t think the two remaining starts in July would change the outlook much for him. So, I would not trade Zac Gallen.&lt;/p&gt;
  39. &lt;p id="DHc6Un"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin&lt;/strong&gt;: Maybe Suarez or Miller. I think I would be listening to all offers and it wouldn’t take much for me to move them. I wouldn’t be “disappointed” if they are still here on August 1st. &lt;/p&gt;
  40. &lt;p id="fKuaUS"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISH95:&lt;/strong&gt; I think the answer to that question depends on Lawler’s health. We need someone who can play third base, and even in sell mode I can’t bring myself to say Blaze Alexander, starting third baseman, so Geno is a maybe for me.&lt;/p&gt;
  41. &lt;p id="zAN12A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Makakilo: &lt;/strong&gt; Zac Gallen. In the offseason, &lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis/what-are-the-diamondbacks-starting-pitcher-s-trade-values-01jc3sd4sgq5"&gt;Jack Sommers estimated&lt;/a&gt; his trade value at $14 Million.  This season’s 77 ERA+ lowered that trade value.  His Baseball Savant percentile rankings show a sea of blue.  One of his better numbers is 57th percentile in whiffs.  Could another team find value in him?  Another possibility is that his performance surges in the second half, making him a sure bet to reject a qualifying offer (Diamondbacks would get a compensation pick).  If his performance fails to surge, my view is that the Diamondbacks cannot afford the risk of making him a qualifying offer that he accepts and instead he is a replacement level pitcher. &lt;/p&gt;
  42. &lt;p id="2cYvCs"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James: &lt;/strong&gt;If I am Mike Hazen, I am listening to offers for anyone not under control beyond next season. However, just because I am listening, does not mean I will approve any deals. Frankly, the best trade chips the team had coming into this season were Naylor, Suarez, Gallen, Puk, and Kelly. Two of the five now have precious little trade value and Kelly is a better candidate for an extension than a trade. &lt;/p&gt;
  43. &lt;p id="MuX5zU"&gt;If the team gets a big offer for one of the corner bats, I think the team should be accepting it. However, the key is that the return has to include needle-moving talent, preferably of the pitching variety. If the move is largely just about clearing salary and adding some lower-ceiling depth to the team, they might as well hold those two bats in case they can still make a late-season push.&lt;/p&gt;
  44. &lt;p id="OQFfFD"&gt;If they want Kelly beyond this season, extend him now. Otherwise, trade him and don’t look back.&lt;/p&gt;
  45. &lt;p id="qPSub4"&gt;Gallen is much the same. They need to decide now if they are comfortable extending him a QO in the offseason (they should be in no-brainer fashion but this is Ken Kendrick we are talking about). If they are comfortable with that notion, then the only way Gallen moves is if another team is paying for a #2/3 starter. If teams are trying to trade for a 5.00 ERA pitcher to add depth to their rotation, they can look elsewhere. With Burnes unlikely to pitch in 2026 and Kelly potentially leaving, the team needs Gallen’s innings. If he accepts the QO, they have an extra season to fix the issue. If he doesn’t accept, then they have extra money and an extra selection in next season’s draft to help fix the issue. But all that distills down to the team needing to know what decision they are going to make about Gallen and the QO. If he isn’t getting one, they need to unload him for the best offer made and get some starting experience for one of the arms on the cusp of joining the rotation. &lt;/p&gt;
  46. &lt;p id="65HEkG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben: &lt;/strong&gt;No, at least not on this year’s squad. Of the pending &lt;a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/_/year/2026/team/ari/type/ufa/level/mlb"&gt;unrestricted&lt;/a&gt; free agents from this year’s roster, Gallen is the only one who I would hesitate on simply because he’s been so much worse that his trade value is probably at its very lowest. There’s certainly an argument to be made on whether or not he should be extended a qualifying offer, but I’m not sure what the marginal value of that hypothetical draft pick might be compared to what other teams are offering right now. Additionally, that assumes he gets a contract worth at least $50 million, which is certainly possible, but was a lot more likely before the season started than it does right now. &lt;/p&gt;
  47. &lt;h4 id="KODIyg"&gt;What other teams or storylines do you plan on following if/when you make the decision the Dbacks season is over?&lt;/h4&gt;
  48. &lt;p id="UZI1Rr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spencer: &lt;/strong&gt;Local teams in Ohio. &lt;a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/"&gt;Cubs&lt;/a&gt; for my aunts and uncles who are devoted to them. Seattle’s been a fav of mine for a while. Skenes and Skubal. &lt;/p&gt;
  49. &lt;p id="iFgHsr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wesley&lt;/strong&gt;: Who said I was following the D’backs this year?? That’s a bit presumptuous. I’ll continue to barely watch the Dbacks and ignore the many many many boring monotonous moments of the baseball season and only start paying serious attention in September. In all seriousness, I’m paying attention to &lt;strong&gt;everything &lt;/strong&gt;this year.&lt;/p&gt;
  50. &lt;p id="vo0per"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DBacksEurope: &lt;/strong&gt;I love baseball so my interest isn’t limited to just the Diamondbacks. Despite the introduction of the DH, I am still a &lt;strong&gt;National League&lt;/strong&gt; follower rather than American League, so that is my main focus. I dropped my MLB tv subscription and now I can only watch live free games. Those tend to start at Europe friendly hours, so that is what I am watching nowadays, apart from the Diamondbacks’ condensed games on MLB tv.&lt;/p&gt;
  51. &lt;p id="M0nzN1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISH95: &lt;/strong&gt;Probably not, tbh. I always say in times like this I’ll follow the Rays or something, but I never do. Dbacks games will just gradually have less of a marquee position in my living room until they’re just background noise.&lt;/p&gt;
  52. &lt;p id="dQZ0Gq"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin&lt;/strong&gt;: I generally lose interest during losing seasons sometime in early/mid September. I’m not really saying &lt;em&gt;this &lt;/em&gt;is a losing season, but I am more referring to seasons where we are already 10 games out and 5 games under .500. There have definitely been bad seasons where it later occurs to me I didn’t watch a single game after X date. Once the last week of the season is in full swing and then the playoffs start I pay more attention again. Then I kind of switch to hockey mode.&lt;/p&gt;
  53. &lt;p id="FfZWFx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Makakilo:&lt;/strong&gt;  I will continue to follow the Diamondbacks. &lt;/p&gt;
  54. &lt;p id="VGrwGJ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James: &lt;/strong&gt;I’ll be following the Diamondbacks until the end, regardless of record. Beyond that, I’ll likely choose 5-10 players that I want to key in on and get a better feel for or simply watch because I think they are exciting. Mostly though, if the Diamondbacks fall into a tail-spin, my attention will largely shift to finding preseason friendlies to watch for the English Premier League. With &lt;a href="https://thebusbybabe.sbnation.com"&gt;Manchester United&lt;/a&gt; kicking off their season in mid-August, I’ll likely be slowly shifting to watching more footy than baseball anyway, at least on the weekends. If Arizona is out of contention, baseball could end up taking such a far backseat as to only be watched when I am at the pub.&lt;/p&gt;
  55. &lt;p id="pXIT3G"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben: &lt;/strong&gt;If I was willing to watch, recap, and pay attention to the D-Backs when they were losing over 100 games back in 2021, a season that was derailed by an ungodly amount of injuries won’t stop me from doing those things. But I can already feel myself emotionally detaching from this year’s result and moving on to other things. Ironically, my other main team, the Orioles are experiencing an even more disappointing year and don’t have the same injury extent to use as an excuse. But I’m sure I’ll still follow them both until the bitter end - and probably a little after that too.&lt;/p&gt;
  56. &lt;h4 id="IT7QAg"&gt;Another betting scandal, this time involving a player allegedly manipulating moments in the game. Is MLB doing enough to prevent a full on game throwing situation?&lt;/h4&gt;
  57. &lt;p id="LOXDwj"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wesley:&lt;/strong&gt; Having sports betting become closely intertwined with any professional sport is a mistake. You can’t watch any MLB related media without encountering an advertisement for some sports betting related company. MLB had once banned players for merely &lt;em&gt;associating&lt;/em&gt; with known gamblers, and now you can find a sportsbook &lt;em&gt;conveniently&lt;/em&gt; located in 14 out of the 30 ballparks. What Ortiz allegedly did is very different from the rest of the gambling suspensions of the last century (&lt;em&gt;aside from Pete Rose&lt;/em&gt;), but it is very similar to what happened a little over a century ago in the 1910s to early 1920s. You know MLB had a &lt;strong&gt;serious&lt;/strong&gt; problem when (at least) six players on the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21503227/1919-chicago-throwing-world-series"&gt;1919 Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt; intentionally throw the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/world-series"&gt;World Series&lt;/a&gt;; and that doesn’t even get into less famous incidents like the NY Giants manager and one of his coach attempting to bribe a player on an opposing team to throw a game. It’s even easier to gamble now discretely and I’m not sure what, if anything else, that MLB can do to further discourage gambling and possible match fixing. &lt;/p&gt;
  58. &lt;p id="PBdN6h"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DBacksEurope: &lt;/strong&gt;I think the situation is different here. In the other cases it was about players betting, but not on their own performance, and we had the Ohtani case, which was a bit different. In the case of &lt;strong&gt;Luis Ortiz&lt;/strong&gt; it is about a player &lt;strong&gt;suspected of influencing the game&lt;/strong&gt; and the betting outcomes, not necessarily did he bet or did someone else bet for him. Those two pitches he threw were balls, no doubt about it. The second one might be the worst throw I have ever seen in the major leagues. On those throws people apparently betted heavily the outcome to be balls. There must be something in the footage where Ortiz signals somehow that he will throw a ball on the next pitch or maybe the one after it. Maybe Jomboy will be the first to discover it. But anyhow, this is the kind of situation where a &lt;strong&gt;lifetime ban&lt;/strong&gt; is a no-doubter, because the player is &lt;strong&gt;tampering a situation&lt;/strong&gt;. Apart from any possible legal consequences this might have.&lt;/p&gt;
  59. &lt;p id="jgYqQF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin&lt;/strong&gt;: Yeah, this seems pretty egregious. &lt;/p&gt;
  60. &lt;p id="KPkB3A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISH95: &lt;/strong&gt;DBE is right, if it’s proven true, it’s a situation where you throw the book at him then salt the fields behind you. It’s what we’ve all been afraid was coming and knew was inevitable. But Manfred just had to get that sweet, sweet casino money.&lt;/p&gt;
  61. &lt;p id="MnFWjT"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Makakilo:&lt;/strong&gt;  By imposing penalties proportional to each situation, it sends a clear message that throwing a game (the ultimate bad) would result in the ultimate penalties.  Their proportional responses should be enough to prevent games from being thrown.  &lt;/p&gt;
  62. &lt;p id="waYJ8c"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James:&lt;/strong&gt; I’m honestly a bit surprised it took this long for something like this to come up. Even before MLB partnered with various gambling sites to help get their finances healthy again, the abilities of modern technology to permit nuanced real-time gambling has paved the way for this sort of thing for years now. If MLB can find a smoking gun, then throw the book at him. Ban him for life, and claw back the entirety of his contract to the day he first was deemed to have allowed betting to “influence” the game. As far as whether or not MLB is doing enough to discourage this, I think as long as they are in bed with the sports betting industry, they are already at close to the maximum they can commit to. Either they are partners with the gambling industry, or they are not. The key is, if there is a suspected incident like this, that MLB act quickly and decisively and that any violations are adjudicated with extreme prejudice. &lt;/p&gt;
  63. &lt;p id="VEYUh7"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben: &lt;/strong&gt;This was an inevitable conclusion to the, in my opinion egregious, coupling of the sport with gambling companies. There’s simply too much money at stake for this to not happen. Ironically, increasing player salaries would be one straightforward way to mitigate the risk and temptation of throwing a game - which would be one palatable way to distribute the gambling revenue the league continues to collect. &lt;/p&gt;
  64. &lt;h4 id="7VRFUE"&gt;Any 4th of July traditions?&lt;/h4&gt;
  65. &lt;p id="vwhYH3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spencer: &lt;/strong&gt;Given my career choice and specialties associated, I’ve worked in some capacity every July 4 since 2016. I enjoy doing so. It’s a fun holiday to work and generally people are in a good mood. &lt;/p&gt;
  66. &lt;p id="Za2QOt"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wesley:&lt;/strong&gt; Trying to not die of heat stroke while making authentic hardwood charcoal fired BBQ. I’m not one of those who cheats and use a pellet smoker either, which means its 10x the work.&lt;/p&gt;
  67. &lt;p id="ekdrZN"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DBacksEurope: &lt;/strong&gt;I would love to have one. I have some American friends here but they don’t gather and celebrate the 4th of July. I’d love to crash their party if they’d have one, although you can’t just launch fireworks here that day. On Thanksgiving day I celebrate with you and make a green bean casserole. I try to do my part!&lt;/p&gt;
  68. &lt;p id="KihtVc"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISH95: &lt;/strong&gt;That’s awesome DBE! Like Spencer, but for drastically different career choices, I usually work on the 4th too, but this year I got to go to Denver FanExpo and watch Denver’s firework show from my hotel room!&lt;/p&gt;
  69. &lt;p id="8DhUVT"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin&lt;/strong&gt;: That is pretty awesome DBE, I was kind of wondering what you and Theicon (I think that is the guy from UK?) do, if anything. &lt;/p&gt;
  70. &lt;p id="WezEzp"&gt;I wouldn’t necessarily call it a tradition, but my apartment is the last building in my complex overlooking a wash. For as long as I have lived here, over 10 years, I sit on my bed and watch the two fireworks displays I can see in the distance. One is the Marana fireworks show (5 miles away) and the other at a local high school (a little closer). I can also see the houses on the other side of the wash doing their own stuff. &lt;/p&gt;
  71. &lt;p id="CrTsv8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Makakilo:&lt;/strong&gt;  Cook either grilled pizza or veggie burgers.&lt;/p&gt;
  72. &lt;p id="MkGu7d"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James:&lt;/strong&gt; The holiday traditions have largely fallen by the wayside since I moved out of the Valley of the Sun. This year, I went to bed early, then had the temerity to be annoyed when fireworks woke me up just before 11:00. I guess about the only “tradition” left is that I still do burgers, brats, and dogs, complete with a massive collection of various accouterments (including copious amounts of bacon) to pair them with. &lt;/p&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="906OBu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben: &lt;/strong&gt;My parents and I didn’t have a ton of traditions when I was growing up besides going to the local parade and maybe watching the fireworks from their deck if the weather was clear. Now that I’m married, we go to my in-laws and go to a family friend’s house that’s right on the parade route for some drinks, food, and great conversation. &lt;/p&gt;
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  92.  
  93.  &lt;p&gt;The D-backs end up with three representatives in Atlanta &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="dlXfkV"&gt;As previously discussed, Ketel Marte was voters by fans as the National League's starting second baseman for the 2025 All-Star Game, that will take place on July 15 at  Atlanta’s Truist Park. There was some suspicion that might be it for representatives from the D-backs this year. But when the rest of the rosters were announced this afternoon, both outfielder Corbin Carroll and third baseman Eugenio Suarez were also part of the NL roster. &lt;/p&gt;
  94. &lt;p id="hdZAW6"&gt;Carroll only returned to the active list yesterday, having missed a couple of weeks due to a fractured wrist. But until then, he has been enjoying a stellar season. Carroll came into play today with a line of .251/.335/.564 for an OPS of .899 (OPS+ 145), having hit 20 home-runs already. Suarez has been even better in the long-ball department, leading the team with 28 HR. His line so far is .255/.322/.569, a .891 OPS (OPS+ 143). The selection represents a startling turnaround for both men on a year ago. Going into play on July 6, 2024, Carroll had an OPS of just. 557 and Suarez .607. Over the past 365 days, both have been among the best hitters in baseball, with OPS of .905 and .930 respectively. &lt;/p&gt;
  95. &lt;p id="KJHGTA"&gt;It will also be the second career appearance in the game for each. Carroll was previously selected in 2023, on his way to a unanimous choice as the NL Rookie of the Year, while Suarez went to the All-Star Game in 2018, as a member of the Cincinnati Reds. For some inexplicable reason, no member of the Diamondbacks' pitching staff was selected to take part. Though I'm sure they will be in high demand for the Home Run Derby...  &lt;/p&gt;
  96.  
  97. </content>
  98.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/2025/7/6/24462705/corbin-carroll-and-eugenio-suarez-join-ketel-marte-in-nl-all-star-team"/>
  99.    <id>https://www.azsnakepit.com/2025/7/6/24462705/corbin-carroll-and-eugenio-suarez-join-ketel-marte-in-nl-all-star-team</id>
  100.    <author>
  101.      <name>Jim McLennan</name>
  102.    </author>
  103.  </entry>
  104.  <entry>
  105.    <published>2025-07-06T15:40:53-04:00</published>
  106.    <updated>2025-07-06T15:40:53-04:00</updated>
  107.    <title>Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #90: 7/6 vs. Royals  </title>
  108.    <content type="html">  
  109.  
  110.    &lt;figure&gt;
  111.      &lt;img alt="MLB: FEB 23 Spring Training - Diamondbacks at Rockies" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JosE91SZohfY3k5FnHitdjcacg8=/0x0:3954x2636/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74165084/2026352888.0.jpg" /&gt;
  112.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  113.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  114.  
  115.  &lt;p&gt;Two more roster moves&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div id="dcrwke"&gt;
  116. &lt;div class="pane sports_data_widget lineup clearfix"&gt;
  117. &lt;h3&gt;Today's Lineups&lt;/h3&gt;
  118. &lt;div class="lineup"&gt;
  119. &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" class="zebra"&gt;
  120. &lt;thead&gt;
  121. &lt;tr&gt;
  122. &lt;th align="left"&gt;ROYALS&lt;/th&gt;
  123. &lt;th align="left"&gt;DIAMONDBACKS&lt;/th&gt;
  124. &lt;/tr&gt;
  125. &lt;/thead&gt;
  126. &lt;tbody&gt;
  127. &lt;tr&gt;
  128. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Jonathan India - 2B&lt;/td&gt;
  129. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Corbin Carroll - RF&lt;/td&gt;
  130. &lt;/tr&gt;
  131. &lt;tr&gt;
  132. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Bobby Witt - SS&lt;/td&gt;
  133. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Ketel Marte - 2B&lt;/td&gt;
  134. &lt;/tr&gt;
  135. &lt;tr&gt;
  136. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Vinnie Pasquantino - 1B&lt;/td&gt;
  137. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Geraldo Perdomo - SS&lt;/td&gt;
  138. &lt;/tr&gt;
  139. &lt;tr&gt;
  140. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Salvador Perez - DH&lt;/td&gt;
  141. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Josh Naylor - 1B&lt;/td&gt;
  142. &lt;/tr&gt;
  143. &lt;tr&gt;
  144. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Freddy Fermin - C&lt;/td&gt;
  145. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Eugenio Suarez - 3B&lt;/td&gt;
  146. &lt;/tr&gt;
  147. &lt;tr&gt;
  148. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Jac Caglianone - RF&lt;/td&gt;
  149. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Jake McCarthy - LF&lt;/td&gt;
  150. &lt;/tr&gt;
  151. &lt;tr&gt;
  152. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Nick Loftin - 3B&lt;/td&gt;
  153. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Randal Grichuk - DH&lt;/td&gt;
  154. &lt;/tr&gt;
  155. &lt;tr&gt;
  156. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;John Rave - LF&lt;/td&gt;
  157. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Alek Thomas - CF&lt;/td&gt;
  158. &lt;/tr&gt;
  159. &lt;tr&gt;
  160. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Kyle Isbel - CF&lt;/td&gt;
  161. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Jose Herrera - C&lt;/td&gt;
  162. &lt;/tr&gt;
  163. &lt;tr&gt;
  164. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  165. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  166. &lt;/tr&gt;
  167. &lt;tr&gt;
  168. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Michael Lorenzen - RHP&lt;/td&gt;
  169. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;A. DeSclafani - RHP&lt;/td&gt;
  170. &lt;/tr&gt;
  171. &lt;/tbody&gt;
  172. &lt;/table&gt;
  173. &lt;/div&gt;
  174. &lt;/div&gt;
  175. &lt;/div&gt;
  176. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  177.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GWZfkKIF12LmTI4xvRp1rC4rzzs=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26048623/Capture.JPG"&gt;
  178.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  179. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="9TQ1Dg"&gt;
  180. &lt;h4 id="FzMlqr"&gt;Roster moves&lt;/h4&gt;
  181. &lt;p id="7z24fo"&gt;The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.&lt;/p&gt;
  182. &lt;ul&gt;
  183. &lt;li id="XJvQrR"&gt;
  184. &lt;strong&gt;Recalled from Triple-A Reno: &lt;/strong&gt;RHP Bryce Jarvis&lt;/li&gt;
  185. &lt;li id="SJoNkJ"&gt;
  186. &lt;strong&gt;Selected from Triple-A Reno: &lt;/strong&gt;INF Tristin English&lt;/li&gt;
  187. &lt;li id="yxEz7P"&gt;
  188. &lt;strong&gt;Placed on the 15-day injured list: &lt;/strong&gt;RHP Ryan Thompson (strained scapular, retro. to 7/5)&lt;/li&gt;
  189. &lt;li id="INsvoV"&gt;
  190. &lt;strong&gt;Placed on the 10-day injured list: &lt;/strong&gt;INF Pavin Smith (strained right oblique)&lt;/li&gt;
  191. &lt;li id="mBsM2C"&gt;
  192. &lt;strong&gt;Recalled to Major League roster and placed on 60-day injured list: &lt;/strong&gt;LHP Tommy Henry (left ulnar collateral ligament surgery)&lt;/li&gt;
  193. &lt;/ul&gt;
  194. &lt;p id="mA4LoJ"&gt;Both of these injury moves were unexpected, as there had been no particular incidents or health concerns expressed about either player. It does mean that, in the bullpen, we only have two players - Shelby Miller and Jalen Beeks - who have been there constantly since Opening Day. We have lost at various points since then: Joe Mantiply (DFA), A.J. Puk, Justin Martinez, Thompaon (all on the injured list), Jarvis (optioned) and Ryne Nelson (moved to the rotation). We’re not yet at the All-Star break. The churn has been real. It’s interesting that we seem to have &lt;em&gt;three&lt;/em&gt; long relievers down there now, in Jarvis, Jake Woodford and today’s “starter”, Anthony DeScafani. We’ll see today whether disco is dead or not...&lt;/p&gt;
  195. &lt;p id="uOm3J9"&gt;The Smith move is even more of a surprise. He was lifted from yesterday’s game but that was a typical move to replace his bat with Randall Grichuk, in order to get the platoon advantage. 28 of Pavin’s starts this year have seen him replaced before the game’s end, so there was no reason for concern about yesterday’s early departure. In other injury news, manager Torey Lovullo announced that relief pitcher Kendall Gravemen will start a rehab stint in the ACL on Tuesday, and catcher Gabriel Moreno is running the bases and catching. but hasn’t been cleared to use his right hand as yet. So his return would appear to be some way off.&lt;/p&gt;
  196. &lt;p id="tndJJb"&gt;Making his major-league debut will be Tristin English. who has hit .338/.388/.549 for a .937 OPS in Triple-A [usual &lt;em&gt;caveat&lt;/em&gt;: it’s Reno] He has been quite the utility guy for the Aces, starting games at both corner infield AND both corner outfield positions for them. However, we could also see him in action on the mound. He was a pitcher in college, and famously, actually WON a game for the Aces last year, pitching two innings in extras. Sadly, his 100% record as a professional was blown earlier this year, but he still has a 2.70 ERA in the minors, allowing just one hit and one walk to the twelve batters he has faced. I’m almost hoping for a blowout today!&lt;/p&gt;
  197.  
  198. </content>
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  200.    <id>https://www.azsnakepit.com/2025/7/6/24462617/diamondbacks-gameday-thread-90-7-6-vs-royals</id>
  201.    <author>
  202.      <name>Jim McLennan</name>
  203.    </author>
  204.  </entry>
  205.  <entry>
  206.    <published>2025-07-06T10:02:50-04:00</published>
  207.    <updated>2025-07-06T10:02:50-04:00</updated>
  208.    <title>Snake Bytes 7/6</title>
  209.    <content type="html">  
  210.  
  211.    &lt;figure&gt;
  212.      &lt;img alt="Kansas City Royals v Arizona Diamondbacks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_MqQM6j_xszTrwzk1GdKxKHt4Co=/118x0:6564x4297/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74164729/2223731796.0.jpg" /&gt;
  213.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  214.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  215.  
  216.  &lt;h2 id="shiY1s"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Team News&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  217. &lt;p id="jhlcRk"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DeSclafani Gets First Start of Season as D-backs Go For Series Win&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  218. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="PZEVor"&gt;DeSclafani will likely be on a pitch count of up to 70 maximum according to Torey Lovullo. He has not gone more than three innings in an appearance yet this season. Depending on his effectiveness, Sunday could quickly morph into a full bullpen game, however.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  219. &lt;p id="a9Bo5K"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-game-day/desclafani-gets-first-start-season-d-backs-go-for-series-win"&gt;https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-game-day/desclafani-gets-first-start-season-d-backs-go-for-series-win&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ryne Nelson’s perfect game bid broken up in 6th inning vs. Royals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  220. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  221. &lt;p id="rx4gSI"&gt;“If he was at 90 pitches or less (entering the ninth with the bid intact), he probably would’ve finished the game.”&lt;/p&gt;
  222. &lt;p id="vMBJJt"&gt;The manager said he has to be stubborn about protecting his players in those situations, but Nelson was always going to get the seventh inning so he could get deserved appreciation from the crowd afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;
  223. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  224. &lt;p id="ROrN9U"&gt;&lt;a href="https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ryne-nelson-pg/3589272/"&gt;https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ryne-nelson-pg/3589272/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ryne Nelson Mows Down Royals in Dominant D-backs Win&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  225. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="vxyshO"&gt;“Pretty lights out performance by Ryne Nelson on a day we really needed it,” Lovullo said. “Things were stretched out pretty thin last night. He comes in and just solidifies the entire game. Lets us get our footing offensively.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  226. &lt;p id="Ta16E9"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-game-day/ryne-nelson-mows-down-royals-dominant-d-backs-win"&gt;https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-game-day/ryne-nelson-mows-down-royals-dominant-d-backs-win&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carroll activated, culminating speedy return from fractured left wrist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  227. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="KleWAv"&gt;“He just wants to help the team win,” Suárez said. “And he’s hungry to play. He’s a guy who loves this game and just wants to be out on the field. It’s very impressive because with the fracture he has, they said he might be lost for like a month, but he’s back [much sooner]. It’s awesome for us. For me, I was very happy to see him back in the lineup.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  228. &lt;p id="TGYnDT"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fdbacks%2Fnews%2Fcorbin-carroll-activated-from-injured-list&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/corbin-carroll-activated-from-injured-list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arizona Diamondbacks reinstate Corbin Carroll off injured list&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  229. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="II2FU1"&gt;“It’s not really painful anymore though, so it’s not really an issue,” Carroll said. “Not something that’s gonna get worse.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  230. &lt;p id="KXFHfP"&gt;&lt;a href="https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/dbacks/3589215/"&gt;https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/dbacks/3589215/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Diamondbacks Activate Star Outfielder From Injured List&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  231. &lt;p id="v1XzLX"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/diamondbacks-activate-star-outfielder-from-injured-list"&gt;https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/diamondbacks-activate-star-outfielder-from-injured-list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former Diamondbacks Reliever Signs Deal With Astros&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  232. &lt;p id="72ALMJ"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/former-diamondbacks-reliever-signs-deal-astros-scott"&gt;https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/former-diamondbacks-reliever-signs-deal-astros-scott&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caldwell, Groover to represent D-backs at All-Star Futures Game&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  233. &lt;p id="Qieqgh"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fdbacks%2Fnews%2Fd-backs-prospects-slade-caldwell-lujames-groover-to-play-in-all-star-futures-game&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-prospects-slade-caldwell-lujames-groover-to-play-in-all-star-futures-game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19-Year-Old Infielder Tearing Up A-Ball for Diamondbacks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  234. &lt;p id="tE9LiN"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects/19-year-old-infielder-tearing-up-a-ball-diamondbacks"&gt;https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects/19-year-old-infielder-tearing-up-a-ball-diamondbacks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  235. &lt;h2 id="GMIZNa"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Baseball&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  236. &lt;p id="K7bFWt"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 worthy candidates to make their first All-Star Game&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  237. &lt;p id="tRzKQN"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fmlb-players-who-could-be-first-time-all-stars-in-2025&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-players-who-could-be-first-time-all-stars-in-2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mize twirls another gem as ‘incredible’ breakout year continues&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  238. &lt;p id="ihwwa5"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Ftigers%2Fnews%2Fcasey-mize-pitches-seven-scoreless-innings-vs-guardians&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/casey-mize-pitches-seven-scoreless-innings-vs-guardians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red Sox continue offensive onslaught against Nats to become 5th franchise to 10,000 wins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  239. &lt;p id="WCT89O"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fredsox%2Fnews%2Fred-sox-win-series-over-nationals-with-second-straight-blowout&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-sox-win-series-over-nationals-with-second-straight-blowout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ageless Springer’s surge continues as Blue Jays win 7th straight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  240. &lt;p id="rQGyB3"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fbluejays%2Fnews%2Fgeorge-springer-homers-blue-jays-win-seventh-straight&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/george-springer-homers-blue-jays-win-seventh-straight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks dies at 44&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  241. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="QGWvx6"&gt;“We have lost an iconic member of the White Sox family today,” White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. “None of us will ever forget that ninth inning of Game 4 in Houston, all that Bobby did for the 2005 World Series champions and for the entire Sox organization during his time in Chicago. He and his family knew cancer would be his toughest battle, and he will be missed as a husband, father, friend and teammate. He will forever hold a special place in all our hearts.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  242. &lt;p id="dEvekC"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45679042/former-chicago-white-sox-pitcher-bobby-jenks-dies-44"&gt;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45679042/former-chicago-white-sox-pitcher-bobby-jenks-dies-44&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bobby Jenks, 2-time All-Star and World Series champion, passes away at 44&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  243. &lt;p id="qIjHaK"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fbobby-jenks-passes-away-at-44-years-old&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F6%2F24462279%2Fsnake-bytes-7-6" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-jenks-passes-away-at-44-years-old&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buddy Kennedy Elects Free Agency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  244. &lt;p id="tnI0m3"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/buddy-kennedy-elects-free-agency.html"&gt;https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/buddy-kennedy-elects-free-agency.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  245. &lt;h2 id="RyenZw"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anything Goes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  246. &lt;p id="rddINx"&gt;&lt;br&gt;This day in history:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-6"&gt;https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;First MLB all star game in 1933.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This day in baseball:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/July_6"&gt;https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/July_6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  247. &lt;p id="TOPOlV"&gt;Bees are endlessly interesting creatures with a lot of amazing fun facts. One of which is that bees can fly over 29,525 feet above sea level. That’s even higher than Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Humans have jumped further than horses in the Olympics.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  248. &lt;p id="OREKL1"&gt;The Olympics has been a good measure for humanity’s physical limits and capabilities. You’d be surprised that the world record for the longest human long jump is even greater than the record for longest long jump done by a horse. When Mike Powell jumped 8.95 meters, he beat the record of Extra Dry who jumped at 6.10 meters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  249. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  250.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/kknhMb3x1pRqBK_cC3hhEOL4pgk=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26048117/516388877_1287239526299527_6048256878818928605_n.jpg"&gt;
  251.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  252.  
  253.  
  254. </content>
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  256.    <id>https://www.azsnakepit.com/2025/7/6/24462279/snake-bytes-7-6</id>
  257.    <author>
  258.      <name>Justin Criscuolo</name>
  259.    </author>
  260.  </entry>
  261.  <entry>
  262.    <published>2025-07-05T20:07:27-04:00</published>
  263.    <updated>2025-07-05T20:07:27-04:00</updated>
  264.    <title>Diamondbacks 7, Kansas City 1: The Ryne-o and I Know</title>
  265.    <content type="html">  
  266.  
  267.    &lt;figure&gt;
  268.      &lt;img alt="Kansas City Royals v. Arizona Diamondbacks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/tYd_dnxlYNdvb7wHZLU_Rf8zn9s=/0x3:3782x2524/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74164250/2223081202.0.jpg" /&gt;
  269.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Zach Gardner/MLB Photos via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  270.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  271.  
  272.  &lt;p&gt;Someone’s looking awfully ace-like just now....&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="MEqSnv"&gt;So going into today’s game I was bracing myself for what has been seeming like the increasingly inevitable Great &lt;a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/"&gt;Diamondbacks&lt;/a&gt; Rental Sell-Off of 2025, thinking about how much of a bummer it would be to watch out the rest of the year with Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suarez playing baseball in other teams’ uniforms. After our dismal finish to the San Francisco series and the even more dismal performance of Eduardo Rodriguez and company &lt;a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/2025/7/5/24461860/diamondbacks-3-royals-9-oh-there-were-fireworks"&gt;last night&lt;/a&gt;, it’s been getting harder and harder to deny that it’s a real possibility in the coming weeks. &lt;/p&gt;
  273. &lt;p id="Z0P8GS"&gt;Happily, however, we seem to have pushed back a little bit against that outcome, and while the offense did its job admirably in providing run support, there’s really only one person we can thank for today’s respite, and that is of course Ryne Nelson. He’s been fantastic just about every time out since he’s settled back into the starting rotation, and today’s performance was his best yet.&lt;/p&gt;
  274. &lt;p id="xrTz4f"&gt;How good was he today? Well, he retired the first sixteen batters he faced, in order, and had a perfect game rolling along through five and a third innings. In fact, he only needed 55 pitches to retire those sixteen batters. He leaned on his fastball once again, and that fastball hit 99 on a couple of occasions, and he was still hitting 97 on the radar gun while he was wrapping up his seventh inning of work. He only struck out five, but he didn’t walk a batter, and while he lost the perfect game, and the shutout, thanks to three singles in the top of the sixth, he still finished up seven innings with a pitching line of &lt;strong&gt;7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 0 BB on 86 pitches thrown&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby at all.&lt;/p&gt;
  275. &lt;p id="V9hmdR"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And yes, in case you were wondering, I’ve been sitting on that recap title and Jimmy Buffett reference for a very long time now, waiting for an appropriate occasion. I think this one fits.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  276. &lt;h4 id="9uUGlm"&gt;So What Did the Offense Do?&lt;/h4&gt;
  277. &lt;p id="FxXhMw"&gt;Not much for the first two innings. The top of the order was stymied by Royals starter Michael Wacha in the first, and failed to get a run across in the second despite loading the bases on singles by Suarez and James McCann (today’s catcher) and an Alek Thomas walk. &lt;/p&gt;
  278. &lt;p id="roscSX"&gt;We broke it open a bit in the bottom of the third, thanks to Geraldo Perdomo getting hit by a pitch up and in, Pavin Smith drawing a walk, and then successive RBI singles by Naylor and Suarez. &lt;strong&gt;2-0 D-BACKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  279. &lt;p id="YBu77w"&gt;Somewhat weirdly, Wacha bounced back in the bottom of the fourth to strike out the side, but resumed his rather sloppy outing by walking Perdomo and Smith (again) to start the inning. That actually ended his day, and brought in righty John Schreiber, who quickly disposed of Naylor and Suarez. That set the stage for Lourdes Gurriel, Jr., who grounded the first pitch he saw over the third base bag, down the line, and into the corner &lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fdbacks%2Fvideo%2Fjohn-schreiber-in-play-run-s-to-lourdes-gurriel-jr%3Fq%3DLourdes%2520Gurriel%2520Jr.%26cp%3DCMS_FIRST%26qt%3DFREETEXT%26p%3D0&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F5%2F24462242%2Fdiamondbacks-7-kansas-city-1-the-ryne-o-and-i-know" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;for a bases-clearing double&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
  280. &lt;div id="qGzymz"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://streamable.com/m/john-schreiber-in-play-run-s-to-lourdes-gurriel-jr" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="encrypted-media *;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  281. &lt;p id="0t0k49"&gt;So that was fun! Yay Lourdes! &lt;strong&gt;4-0 D-BACKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  282. &lt;p id="uKGcgQ"&gt;As noted above, Ryne Nelson gave them back a run in the top of the sixth to narrow our lead, but that was okay, not only because two runs would have been sufficient for the win, but because we had a bit more piling on to do. Old friend Taylor Clarke came out of the Kansas City bullpen for the bottom of the seventh, and retired Naylor and Suarez again. Lourdes had some more extra bases in him, though, and shot a liner the other way past a diving Jac Caglianone for a triple, and was driven in by McCann’s second hit of the day, this one a double to center. &lt;strong&gt;5-1 D-BACKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  283. &lt;p id="hbuOyL"&gt;But wait, there was even more! Yet another guy came out the Royals’ ‘pen for the eighth, promptly hit Blaze Alexander (today’s second baseman, with Ketel Marte on a scheduled day off) with a pitch, advancing him to third with a wild and ill-advised pickoff attempt, and then surrendering the Diamondbacks’ sole dinger of the day to Randal Grichuk, who’d pinch hit for Pavin Smith in the sixth. Grichuk’s home run was noteworthy in that at first it appeared that it hit off the top of the wall and took a wildly improbable bounce that rolled out into the middle of the outfield, and was scored &lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fdbacks%2Fvideo%2Frandal-grichuk-hits-an-inside-the-park-home-run-5-on-a-fly-ball-to-right%3Fq%3Drandal%2520grichuk%26cp%3DCMS_FIRST%26qt%3DFREETEXT%26p%3D0&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2025%2F7%2F5%2F24462242%2Fdiamondbacks-7-kansas-city-1-the-ryne-o-and-i-know" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;an inside-the-park home run&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
  284. &lt;div id="LOxpPu"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://streamable.com/m/randal-grichuk-hits-an-inside-the-park-home-run-5-on-a-fly-ball-to-right" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="encrypted-media *;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  285. &lt;p id="JaqawG"&gt;Upon seeing the replay, it was clear that the ball bounded as far away as it did because it had in fact gone over the fence and rebounded off a chair in the pool area. I found that a bit sad, because inside-the-parkers are always more fun, at least when we get them. But still, runs are runs. &lt;strong&gt;7-1 D-BACKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  286. &lt;p id="K3AbAB"&gt;Kevin Ginkel, meanwhile, pitched around a one-out double for a scoreless eighth (good job, Gink!) and Shelby Miller pitched a perfect ninth to end things on a happy note!&lt;/p&gt;
  287. &lt;h4 id="aFfYgf"&gt;Fun with Numbers, Large and Small&lt;/h4&gt;
  288. &lt;ul&gt;
  289. &lt;li id="aRQ37X"&gt;
  290. &lt;strong&gt;Number of pitches thrown by Ryne Nelson, by inning:&lt;/strong&gt; 9, 9, 12, 15, 9, 21, 11. &lt;em&gt;Efficiency, thy name is Nelson.&lt;/em&gt;
  291. &lt;/li&gt;
  292. &lt;li id="4zJR4g"&gt;
  293. &lt;strong&gt;Number of pitches seen by Geraldo Perdomo over his five plate appearances:&lt;/strong&gt; 35. &lt;em&gt;Between all the different pitchers the Royals used today, Diamondbacks hitters saw 168 pitches by my count. Gerry, by himself, saw more than 20% of them. I love Gerry.&lt;/em&gt;
  294. &lt;/li&gt;
  295. &lt;/ul&gt;
  296. &lt;h3 id="qBTKR3"&gt;Win Probability Added, courtesy of &lt;a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2025-07-05&amp;amp;team=Diamondbacks&amp;amp;dh=0&amp;amp;season=2025"&gt;FanGraphs&lt;/a&gt;
  297. &lt;/h3&gt;
  298. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  299.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/O50oSQMdIOtMe2bSNpV84OPnr9M=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26048068/chart_43_.png"&gt;
  300.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  301. &lt;p id="6Y3yaS"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ace of the Day: Ryne Nelson (pitching line above, +31.3% WPA)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  302. &lt;p id="M1jROM"&gt;And that’s pretty much your lot, because nobody else who appeared for the Diamondbacks rated higher than Geno’s 7.6%, which was presumably due to him driving in what was essentially the winning run in the third. The algorithm has no use for your insurance runs.&lt;/p&gt;
  303. &lt;p id="VWEwbF"&gt;It was a broadly pleasant and busy Gameday Thread today, with 274 comments at time of writing despite another weirdly early Saturday start time. Precious few comments actually went Sedona Red, though, and most of the ones that did were not really game-relevant. The top vote-getter certainly was, so I’m happy to award this afternoon’s Comment of the Game to our Fearless Leader for this appreciation of the man of the hour:&lt;/p&gt;
  304. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  305.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NG6ff69XCL6fRcraiSUYUAPe8ms=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26048074/________CotG.jpg"&gt;
  306.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  307. &lt;p id="WyZTCx"&gt;Bravo indeed. Nelson pitched a helluva game.&lt;/p&gt;
  308. &lt;p id="czGwsr"&gt;Anyway. Rubber match tomorrow, but it may be sort of an odd one for us, because apparently Torey Lovullo has decided that he wants all his starters to pitch on an extra day’s rest as we complete the final march to the All Star Break. Thus, Anthony “Disco” DeSclafani will be getting the start for us, and going up against Michael Lorenzen for Kansas City. First pitch is scheduled once again for 1:10pm AZ time, and if it’s anything like today, it will be a fun time for Sneks fans. Hope you can join us.&lt;/p&gt;
  309. &lt;p id="1H7DBy"&gt;As always, thanks so much for reading, and as always, go Diamondbacks!&lt;/p&gt;
  310. &lt;p id="bhIH58"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  311.  
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  314.    <id>https://www.azsnakepit.com/2025/7/5/24462242/diamondbacks-7-kansas-city-1-the-ryne-o-and-i-know</id>
  315.    <author>
  316.      <name>Daniel Pinney</name>
  317.    </author>
  318.  </entry>
  319.  <entry>
  320.    <published>2025-07-05T15:30:00-04:00</published>
  321.    <updated>2025-07-05T15:30:00-04:00</updated>
  322.    <title>Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #89: 7/5 vs. Royals </title>
  323.    <content type="html">  
  324.  
  325.    &lt;figure&gt;
  326.      &lt;img alt="San Francisco Giants v Arizona Diamondbacks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FZNu3K0yqaYTB17TWhDeZSFaEk8=/0x0:5414x3609/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74164024/2223306952.0.jpg" /&gt;
  327.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  328.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  329.  
  330.  &lt;p&gt;He’s BAAAAAAAACK... :) &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div id="j6Ex6u"&gt;
  331. &lt;div class="pane sports_data_widget lineup clearfix"&gt;
  332. &lt;h3&gt;Today's Lineups&lt;/h3&gt;
  333. &lt;div class="lineup"&gt;
  334. &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" class="zebra"&gt;
  335. &lt;thead&gt;
  336. &lt;tr&gt;
  337. &lt;th align="left"&gt;ROYALS&lt;/th&gt;
  338. &lt;th align="left"&gt;DIAMONDBACKS&lt;/th&gt;
  339. &lt;/tr&gt;
  340. &lt;/thead&gt;
  341. &lt;tbody&gt;
  342. &lt;tr&gt;
  343. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Jonathan India - 2B&lt;/td&gt;
  344. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Corbin Carroll - RF&lt;/td&gt;
  345. &lt;/tr&gt;
  346. &lt;tr&gt;
  347. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Bobby Witt - SS&lt;/td&gt;
  348. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Geraldo Perdomo - SS&lt;/td&gt;
  349. &lt;/tr&gt;
  350. &lt;tr&gt;
  351. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Vinnie Pasquantino - DH&lt;/td&gt;
  352. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Pavin Smith - DH&lt;/td&gt;
  353. &lt;/tr&gt;
  354. &lt;tr&gt;
  355. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Maikel Garcia - 3B&lt;/td&gt;
  356. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Josh Naylor - 1B&lt;/td&gt;
  357. &lt;/tr&gt;
  358. &lt;tr&gt;
  359. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Salvador Perez - 1B&lt;/td&gt;
  360. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Eugenio Suarez - 3B&lt;/td&gt;
  361. &lt;/tr&gt;
  362. &lt;tr&gt;
  363. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Jac Caglianone - RF&lt;/td&gt;
  364. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Lourdes Gurriel - LF&lt;/td&gt;
  365. &lt;/tr&gt;
  366. &lt;tr&gt;
  367. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Nick Loftin - LF&lt;/td&gt;
  368. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;James McCann - C&lt;/td&gt;
  369. &lt;/tr&gt;
  370. &lt;tr&gt;
  371. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Freddy Fermin - C&lt;/td&gt;
  372. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Alek Thomas - CF&lt;/td&gt;
  373. &lt;/tr&gt;
  374. &lt;tr&gt;
  375. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Kyle Isbel - CF&lt;/td&gt;
  376. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Blaze Alexander - 2B&lt;/td&gt;
  377. &lt;/tr&gt;
  378. &lt;tr&gt;
  379. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  380. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  381. &lt;/tr&gt;
  382. &lt;tr&gt;
  383. &lt;td class="td-last td-name"&gt;Michael Wacha - RHP&lt;/td&gt;
  384. &lt;td class="td-first td-name"&gt;Ryne Nelson - RHP&lt;/td&gt;
  385. &lt;/tr&gt;
  386. &lt;/tbody&gt;
  387. &lt;/table&gt;
  388. &lt;/div&gt;
  389. &lt;/div&gt;
  390. &lt;/div&gt;
  391. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  392.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZmBNSMl-Uvpjz87TaL-O-xWcgss=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26047866/Capture.JPG"&gt;
  393.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  394. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="VUvG6p"&gt;
  395. &lt;h4 id="fCqjqe"&gt;Roster moves&lt;/h4&gt;
  396. &lt;p id="Auuer9"&gt;The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.&lt;/p&gt;
  397. &lt;ul&gt;
  398. &lt;li id="gQwfB6"&gt;
  399. &lt;strong&gt;Reinstated from 10-day injured list: &lt;/strong&gt;OF Corbin Carroll (fractured left wrist)&lt;/li&gt;
  400. &lt;li id="f88aH3"&gt;
  401. &lt;strong&gt;Optioned to Triple-A Reno following last night’s game: &lt;/strong&gt;INF/OF Tim Tawa&lt;/li&gt;
  402. &lt;/ul&gt;
  403. &lt;p id="EH8l1i"&gt;Must admit, surprised to see Carroll back so quickly, only 17 days after his last appearance. When I heard the words “fractured left wrist”, I was expecting him to miss at least a month, then probably need some cautious rehab before being cleared to play. But one game in the Arizona Complex League was apparently good enough to get the green light. Hope it’s not a case of being rushed back. But then, the season is pretty much staring into the abyss anyway. We’re two below .500 for the first time since June 9, and if they don’t win today, will be behind the 2024 record for the first time since the opening series. And remember, last year we had a historic July + August, and STILL didn’t make the post-season.&lt;/p&gt;
  404. &lt;p id="v51ZIo"&gt;It marks the end - for now - of Tawa’s time on the roster. It was a lovely story, seeing an 11th-round pick make his way to the major league, and initially it seemed like it could be a real Cinderella story. Through his first thirty games after making his debut on April 5, he was holding his own, and had a line of .247/.327/.459 for a .785 OPS in a super-utility role - mostly at second, but also in the outfield. But the league figured out that he should be fed a steady diet of breaking pitches, and the glow went off very quickly. Across his last 29 games, the line collapsed to .143/.176/.229, a .404 OPS with a K:BB of 26:3 in 75 PAs. I hope he can figure it out in AAA, and get another chance down the road. &lt;/p&gt;
  405. &lt;p id="QoPsr2"&gt;The team certainly need a spark. They went 7-8 in Carroll’s absence, which is not terrible, but is certainly not good enough as they seek to improve their position in the wild-card standings. A three-game losing streak isn’t helpful, but the fact the D-backs have been outscored 22-10 across the defeats is more concerning. They certainly have not looked competitive in the last two games, trailing for the entire contest after one out in the top of the first on Thursday, and NO outs in the top of the first yesterday. Thet’s the very definition of uphill baseball, and outside of a brief spark of life in the bottom of the first last night, they simply have not looked like a play-off caliber club. Here’s to better tonight. &lt;/p&gt;
  406.  
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  410.    <author>
  411.      <name>Jim McLennan</name>
  412.    </author>
  413.  </entry>
  414.  <entry>
  415.    <published>2025-07-05T10:56:39-04:00</published>
  416.    <updated>2025-07-05T10:56:39-04:00</updated>
  417.    <title>Snake Bytes 7/5: The Wrong Kind of Fireworks</title>
  418.    <content type="html">  
  419.  
  420.    &lt;figure&gt;
  421.      &lt;img alt="MLB: Kansas City Royals at Arizona Diamondbacks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DLCUd5r1wKzLCKTAxnDvnmmLHXo=/0x0:7494x4996/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74163704/usa_today_26588647.0.jpg" /&gt;
  422.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  423.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  424.  
  425.  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pasquatch and the Royals pounded Eduardo Rodriguez, putting the game away by the fourth inning.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 id="eNnL6s"&gt;Diamondbacks News&lt;/h3&gt;
  426. &lt;p id="F7Wa7W"&gt;&lt;a href="https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/e-rodriguez/3589217/"&gt;Royals Crush Rodriguez, Diamondbacks on 4th of July&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;It only took nine pitches for the Royals to take a three run lead in the top of the first in support of one of the American League’s best pitchers this season. Kris Bubic did his thing on the mound. Pasquatch launched a second homer in the fourth, giving him two home runs and a single with six RBI in the first four innings. The game was well and truly over by that point, but there were still five more grueling innings to go.&lt;/p&gt;
  427. &lt;p id="FG0g6B"&gt;&lt;a href="https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/seth-brown-as/3589204/"&gt;Diamondbacks Sign 1B/OF Seth Brown to Minor League Deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Another move for the annals of roster depth organizational filling.&lt;/p&gt;
  428. &lt;p id="05B7rx"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/corbin-carroll-return-imminent-play-series-royals"&gt;Corbin Carroll Return Imminent, May Play this Weekend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let us all hope he isn’t being rushed back too quickly. Long-time Diamondbacks fans have seen first-hand, more than once, the dangers with rushing back a star player.&lt;/p&gt;
  429. &lt;h3 id="L4o5WJ"&gt;Other Baseball News&lt;/h3&gt;
  430. &lt;p id="wPJQVt"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/top-40-trade-candidates-for-the-2025-deadline.html"&gt;Top 40 Trade Candidates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Diamondbacks have representatives on tis lost at 24, 25, and 26.&lt;/p&gt;
  431. &lt;p id="RLpwQm"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/cubs-place-jameson-taillon-on-15-day-il-with-calf-strain.html"&gt;Jameson Taillon Heads to IL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Another big pitcher goes down. At least in Taillon’s case, it is only a calf strain, meaning he could be back in 15 days.&lt;/p&gt;
  432. &lt;p id="4cnCF1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/history/cardinals-pitcher-miles-mikolas-joins-infamous-mlb-history-after-being-rocked-by-chicago-cubs"&gt;Mike Mikolas Joins Infamous MLB History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;A number of records were set in the Cubs destruction of Mike Mikolas and the Cardinals. For the first time ever, the Cubs hit eight hime runs in a game. Mikolas gave up six of those.&lt;/p&gt;
  433. &lt;p id="ke1b1o"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45672775/raleigh-ties-griffey-m-record-35-homers-break"&gt;Cal Raleigh Rewriting Mariners History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The slugging catcher has now tied Ken Griffey Jr with 35 HR before the all-star break, the most in franchise history. There are still more games left for Raleigh to set a new record.&lt;/p&gt;
  434. &lt;p id="JjTZWT"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45673870/astros-drub-dodgers-17-la-worst-loss-dodger-stadium"&gt;Dodgers Suffer Worst-Ever Dodger Stadium Loss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;This couldn’t have happened to a better team. The Evil Empire of the West was drubber, 18-1 at home in Chavez Ravine by their World Series nemesis, the Houston Astros. No trash cans were injured in the commission of this Dodger slaughter.&lt;/p&gt;
  435. &lt;p id="To937z"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just remember, as bad as things are, we aren’t the Angels who keep doing things like this.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  436. &lt;div id="RDboIu"&gt;
  437. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  438. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@BlueJays&lt;/a&gt; walk it off in wild fashion for their 6th straight win! &lt;a href="https://t.co/iBBfVzFKkE"&gt;pic.twitter.com/iBBfVzFKkE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— MLB (@MLB) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1941319959805821315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;July 5, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  439. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  447.    <author>
  448.      <name>James Attwood</name>
  449.    </author>
  450.  </entry>
  451.  <entry>
  452.    <published>2025-07-05T00:45:56-04:00</published>
  453.    <updated>2025-07-05T00:45:56-04:00</updated>
  454.    <title>Diamondbacks 3, Royals 9: Oh, There Were Fireworks</title>
  455.    <content type="html">  
  456.  
  457.    &lt;figure&gt;
  458.      &lt;img alt="MLB: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/m1qCcHLZUTdKobap4EmW65BPiPw=/0x0:6000x4000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74163264/usa_today_26583314.0.jpg" /&gt;
  459.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Arianna Grainey-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  460.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  461.  
  462.  &lt;p&gt;E-Rod got lit up like the Fourth of July. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 id="ylUMvG"&gt;Game Summary&lt;/h3&gt;
  463. &lt;p id="rmLCVE"&gt;Eduardo Rodriguez came in to this game riding a bit of a hot streak, but three batters in to the game, it was obvious that hot streak was over. Throughout E-Rod’s less than 5 innings of pitching tonight, he seemed to alternate between pitches nowhere near the zone and meatballs right down Broadway. The results of such a performance were predictable. 9 runs, 8 earned, and 3 home runs allowed. All of this came with the Royals riding a significant offensive skid, coming into Phoenix with a week long homer-less streak. Well, as was pointed out in the GDT, if your offense is having a rough go of it, Chase is a great place to ‘get right.’&lt;/p&gt;
  464. &lt;p id="Ub2lTx"&gt;The bullpen once again did an excellent job in a low leverage situation (for the year, D-Backs pitchers have a 3.07 ERA in low leverage vs a 4.73 ERA overall), not allowing a single run and never facing more than a single runner above the minimum in any inning. The offense, also did their best to keep this a low leverage affair. After getting 2 runs back in the first, the offense was silent, squandering an opportunity or two but mostly not able to string multiple hits together and build an inning. The &lt;a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/"&gt;Diamondbacks&lt;/a&gt; will have a short turnaround with the early game tomorrow, so thankfully we won’t have to dwell on this one very long.&lt;/p&gt;
  465. &lt;p id="rha0EH"&gt;The game result not being what we’d wanted, I still hope everyone enjoyed the fireworks and barbecue!&lt;/p&gt;
  466. &lt;h3 id="IRFR1T"&gt;Loss Probability and Box Score&lt;/h3&gt;
  467. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  468.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hjqgb2iLfzQbNNKF4IvdT1vbScY=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26047522/Screenshot_2025_07_04_at_9.40.01_PM.png"&gt;
  469.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  470. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  471.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-JCiURqo5W1m43u1sgy2CsTaNkg=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/26047523/Screenshot_2025_07_04_at_9.40.31_PM.png"&gt;
  472.      &lt;figcaption&gt;Courtesy FanGraphs&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  473.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  474. &lt;h3 id="4ulEtM"&gt;Outside the Box Score&lt;/h3&gt;
  475. &lt;ul&gt;
  476. &lt;li id="3UhFPv"&gt;Eduardo Rodriguez gave up a home run three batters in to the ball game. Who was to blame? The broadcasters, of course. Bert had just finished saying how the Royals had the least amount of homers in the league to date and hadn’t hit a home run in a week. The broadcaster jinx lives and I’ll never be convinced otherwise.&lt;/li&gt;
  477. &lt;li id="H4OIns"&gt;Ketel Marte got a leadoff single to start the offense for the Diamondbacks in the first, but it was about as well placed (read: lucky) as a ball could be. He popped up the first pitch about halfway down the right field line. It had an expected BA of .030 according to Baseball Savant, but it landed equally about a foot between the first baseman, right fielder and foul line. &lt;/li&gt;
  478. &lt;li id="mHQskT"&gt;The Diamondbacks played some small ball to cash in their first 2 runs of the game. After Ketel reached on a pop up, Domo walked and both runners were moved up 90 feet on a swinging bunt by Lourdes Gurriel. Domo and Ketel came home on the combo of a sac fly by Geno and groundball single through the right side of the infield by Josh Naylor (on the first pitch, of course).&lt;/li&gt;
  479. &lt;li id="BkZN41"&gt;In the second inning, the Royals loaded the bases in front of Bobby Witt on what should have been a sacrifice bunt. Blaze Alexander, starting at third for Geno tonight, fielded the ball cleanly but had to double pump on the throw when Ketel wasn’t near first trying to cover from his usual spot at second. Blaze did deliver a clean throw, but Ketel clanked it and everyone was safe. The merry-go-round continued from there as the Royals plated 3 runs in the inning.&lt;/li&gt;
  480. &lt;li id="HE9ZJf"&gt;The broadcaster jinx came back in a good way, though not as impactful as in the first inning, when Bert was recounting how Tim Tawa was grinding through an 0-for-24 stretch. Tawa promptly singled up the middle.&lt;/li&gt;
  481. &lt;li id="z22f0p"&gt;Diamondbacks squandered a scoring opportunity in the third when they had runners at the corners with no outs and the heart of the order at the plate. Geno hit a fly ball to medium right field and Domo tagged and started home before slamming on the brakes. They throw ended up about a third of the way up the third baseline, so I’d like to think that Domo would’ve been able to score on that, but Geraldo decided to wait it out and while staying at third with still less than 2 outs. Unfortunately, Naylor hit into a double play and no runs scored in the inning.&lt;/li&gt;
  482. &lt;li id="8Nifn2"&gt;E-Rod nearly had Witt retired to lead off the fourth. Witt foul tipped a pitch into Herrera’s mitt, but Jose couldn’t hang on to it. Witt singled on the next pitch, then came home on a Sasquatch dinger.&lt;/li&gt;
  483. &lt;li id="ySg0oa"&gt;Tim Tawa made a stupendous play to end the fifth and retire Bobby Witt for the first time in his first 4 at bats of the evening. A sinking line drive to straightaway center very well could have dropped in for an RBI single, but Tawa made a headlong dive and gloved the ball just inches above the turf.&lt;/li&gt;
  484. &lt;/ul&gt;
  485. &lt;h3 id="Hwq23F"&gt;Player of the Game&lt;/h3&gt;
  486. &lt;p id="iAXLbg"&gt;I’m deciding to leave this space for the player most responsible for the game’s outcome. In a win, that will continue to be the best player. In a loss? Well, tonight that person was &lt;strong&gt;Eduardo Rodriguez&lt;/strong&gt;. With a loss probability of over 50%, he was singlehandedly responsible for the loss and then some. Looking at the numbers, he was still getting Whiffs and hitters to chase at close to his season-long numbers, but the EV was much higher than is typical for him. Michael McDermott made an AI-assisted observation in the GDT that it appeared E-Rod’s struggles tonight may be mechanically based. Maybe they were, and I hope if it was it is something minor and identifiable as the Snakes can’t afford any of our remaining healthy pitchers to be pitching at less than their peak for an extended period.&lt;/p&gt;
  487. &lt;h3 id="7lZs3N"&gt;Comment of the Game&lt;/h3&gt;
  488. &lt;p id="v1Sq34"&gt;More participation in the GDT than I expected, with all the extracurricular activities happening this evening. A total of 269 comments at time of publishing. Only a couple Sedona red comments and both were introductory posts so no COTG tonight. Still, it was an enjoyable thread with some interesting sidebars (apparently India is playing a cricket series with England). Win or lose, the best place to watch a D-Backs game is right here on the Pit.&lt;/p&gt;
  489. &lt;h3 id="7wwPLH"&gt;Coming Up&lt;/h3&gt;
  490. &lt;p id="Pm4CKu"&gt;The Diamondbacks face the Royals in the second game of this interleague series tomorrow with a  1:10pm Saturday start time for the second week in a row. Ryne Nelson gets the ball for the good guys tomorrow and he’ll be opposed by right-hander Michael Wacha who is 4-8 and has a 3.62 ERA. Will we stop our losing skid?&lt;/p&gt;
  491. &lt;p id="hj6Dt3"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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