The Arizona Diamondbacks face the Milwaukee Brewers today with key players like Geraldo Perdomo and Brandon Lockridge in the lineup. The game is set to showcase E. Rodriguez as the starting pitcher for the Diamondbacks against Brandon Sproat for the Brewers.
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| DIAMONDBACKS | BREWERS |
|---|---|
| Geraldo Perdomo – SS | Brandon Lockridge – LF |
| Ketel Marte – 2B | Brice Turang – 2B |
| Corbin Carroll – RF | William Contreras – C |
The starting lineups feature Geraldo Perdomo and Ketel Marte for the Diamondbacks, while the Brewers have Brandon Lockridge and Brice Turang.
E. Rodriguez is the starting pitcher for the Diamondbacks, and Brandon Sproat is starting for the Brewers.
The game is being played at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:10 PM local time.
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| Adrian Del Castillo – C |
| Jake Bauers – 1B |
| Ildemaro Vargas – 1B | Gary Sanchez – DH |
| Lourdes Gurriel – LF | Luis Rengifo – 3B |
| Nolan Arenado – 3B | Greg Jones – RF |
| Jose Fernandez – DH | Blake Perkins – CF |
| Alek Thomas – CF | Joey Ortiz – SS |
| E. Rodriguez – LHP | Brandon Sproat – RHP |
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.
Probably a necessary move, simply for an extra arm. Though the chart above doesn’t necessarily show it, the D-backs bullpen has been wheezing. Jack went into more detail about that earlier today, due to a combination of short outings by starters and close contests. But it is interesting to note that Arizona are below MLB average, both in terms of bullpen innings, and batters faced. They are above the median in relief outings – but at 101, only five percent above it (96). So why is it a problem for Arizona? Part of the reason might, oddly, be the stability of the D-backs bullpen.
This is only the second “true” change to the bullpen since Opening Day, over a month ago. The first was DFA’ing Joe Ross, who was replaced by Taylor Rashi. When he was optioned to Reno to make way for the return of Merrill Kelly, Brandon Pfaadt got bumped to the bullpen. But that has been it. Consequently, Arizona has used only 11 relievers all year, and that includes James McCann. The teams atop the bullpen usage by innings, the White Sox and Nationals have also used the most relievers – a startling twenty-one already in Chicago’s case, almost twice as many as the D-backs. Arizona has been leaning heavily on the same arms since the beginning of the season.
We can see this if we look at the average number of outings per reliever. Take the total number of relief appearances, and divide by the number of relievers used. For Arizona that comes out to 9.2 games per reliever, well above the median (around 7.5). The real problem is the lack of reliable bullpen arms for Arizona. We don’t have many credible alternatives in Reno who can be rostered in and out to give others a blow. Not helping matters: as Jack notes, only Hoffman and Juan Morillo have options, so can be sent to the minors. Well, technically, Pfaadt does too, but I’d not expect him to be enjoying buffet food anytime soon.
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