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The Arizona Diamondbacks face the Colorado Rockies today at Coors Field, with Merrill Kelly starting for the D-backs against Kyle Freeland. The D-backs have the lowest bullpen ERA in May, allowing only seven earned runs so far.
| DIAMONDBACKS | ROCKIES |
|---|---|
| Ketel Marte – 2B | Edouard Julien – 1B |
| Corbin Carroll – RF | Mickey Moniak – LF |
| Geraldo Perdomo – SS |
The Diamondbacks' lineup includes Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll, while the Rockies feature Edouard Julien and Mickey Moniak.
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| Hunter Goodman – C |
| Nolan Arenado – 3B | TJ Rumfield – DH |
| Ildemaro Vargas – 1B | Troy Johnston – RF |
| Lourdes Gurriel – LF | Jake McCarthy – CF |
| Gabriel Moreno – C | Willi Castro – 2B |
| Jose Fernandez – DH | Ezequiel Tovar – SS |
| Ryan Waldschmidt – CF | Kyle Karros – 3B |
| Merrill Kelly – RHP | Kyle Freeland – LHP |
| Into Coors Field for the first time this year go the Diamondbacks. Always an… *interesting* experience, shall we say. No lead should ever be considered safe, and it tends to be where bullpens go to die. But the D-backs’ relief corps has, by and large, been performing quite well so far in May. And that’s putting it mildly. I was shocked – *SHOCKED!* – to discover that the Diamondbacks actually have the lowest bullpen ERA for the month so far. They have allowed only seven earned runs so far in May – and three of those came in Paul Sewald’s outing in Texas on Wednesday night. |
| It’s worth noting the D-backs also have the fewest number of relief innings pitched for the month. This is mostly due to starters who have been pitching much deeper into games, since Torey Lovullo has his “come to Jesus” meeting with the rotation in Chicago. As a result, the D-backs have needed only about 2.2 innings per game out of the bullpen. Compare that to the Tigers, who have taxed their bullpen for a whopping 63.1 innings – twice as much as the Diamondbacks, using them for an average of more than five innings per game. That has helped the overwork issue Jack previously noted: things are much more under control there now. |
| We will see whether that remains the case after three days at altitude. As usual, Colorado is a tougher proposition in their home park: 8-11 vs. 9-16 on the road. Though we are only a quarter of the way through the season, that 171-point gap in win percentage is a lot more than it was in 2025, when the difference was only half as much, at 86 points. It’ll be interesting to see what reaction Nolan Arenado gets. While he played there with the Cardinals, of course, this will be his first return to Coors since being dealt to a divisional rival in the NL West. Maybe his departure cursed Colorado. Since then they have been the worst team in the majors and it isn’t close, with 27 fewer wins than anybody else. |
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