2018 GAME NOTES dbacks.com  losdbacks.com  @Dbacks  @LosDbacks  facebook.com/D-backs Salt River Fields at Talking Stick  7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85258 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (12-12-1) vs. SAN FRANCISCO (11-14-2) 2018 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 21, 2018 ♦ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ♦ Scottsdale, Ariz. ♦ 6:40 p.m. WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER ATT. Game No. 26 ♦ Home Game No. 14 ♦ Home Record: 6-6-1 ♦ Road Record: 6-6-0 2/21 ASU W, 6-2 N/A Carpenter C. Davis 5,506 RHP Matt Koch (2-0, 1.59) vs. RHP Dereck Rodriguez (0-1, 18.00) 2/22 - OFF DAY - - dbacks.com - 2/23 @ COL W, 7-6 1-0 Payamps Pierpont 7,682 2/24 CLE L, 2-11 1-1 Morimando J. Miller 9,628 DIAMOND-FACTS ROSTER ROUNDUP & OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS 2/25 MIL L, 1-5 1-2 Chacin Greinke 8,370 ♦Arizona is in its 21st Cactus League season and ♦Arizona has 35 players left in Major League 2/26 @ CIN (ss) W, 5-2 2-2 Ray Stephenson 2,129 eighth at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- camp: 18 (5 left-handed), 4 catchers, 7 COL (ss) W, 7-4 3-2 Shipley Freeland 5,292 2/27 @ SF L, 12-14 3-3 Heston Vasquez 6,708 son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. infi elders and 6 outfi elders. 2/28 COL L, 3-9 3-4 Almonte Hirano 5,799 ♦The D-backs have won 4 Cactus League titles ♦Acquired RHP Brad Boxberger and OF Steven 3/1 MIL L, 1-6 3-5 Suter Chafin 6,763 (also: 1999, 2002, '07, '16). Souza Jr.; signed C Alex Avila, OF Jarrod Dyson 3/2 @ COL L, 6-15 3-6 Senzatela Blazek 8,876 and RHP Yoshihisa Hirano; selected RHP Albert 3/3 @ LAD L, 6-14 3-7 Ray A. Wood 13,186 YESTERDAY'S RECAP Suárez in the . 3/4 CHI W, 2-0 4-7 Walker Lester 13,782* ♦The D-backs lost @ Angels, 6-5. 3/5 @ SD W, 10-3 5-7 Koch Lamet 4,857 ♦RF Steven Souza Jr. went 1-for-3 with a 2-run POSTSEASON PROWESS 3/6 LAA W, 5-4 6-7 Feliz Pinder 7,885 3/7 - OFF DAY - (2)…CF A.J. Pollock was 1-for-3 with a ♦The D-backs have made the postseason 6 times 3/8 @ MIL W, 11-6 7-7 Bracho Wilkerson 5,231 solo homer (1)…2B was 2-for-2 with in 20 years (30.0 pct.), the second-best pct. in 3/9 @ KC W, 7-2 8-7 Bradley Stout 6,206 a walk. history, trailing only the Yankees (46.9; 3/10 KC W, 10-3 9-7 Suárez Lenik 13,511* ♦LHP Robbie Ray allowed 2 runs in 2.2 innings… 53-for-113) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]. 3/11 @ CWS L, 5-6 9-8 Lopez Corbin 7,289 RHP Colin Poché fanned 4 of the 8 hitters he 3/12 COL L, 2-4 9-9 Bettis Chafin 11,077* faced in 2.0 shutout innings…RHP Michael THE BULLPEN CART IS BACK! 3/13 - OFF DAY - Blazek struck out 2 in 1.2 scoreless innings. ♦ The D-backs will bring back a piece of baseball 3/14 CIN W, 7-3 10-9 Greinke Stephenson 12,214* lore -- the bullpen cart that has long been a part 3/15 @ CHC W, 3-2 11-9 Boxberger Perakslis 15,829 TAILS FROM THE BACKFIELD of the game’s history…the OnTrac Bullpen Cart 3/16 LAD W, 4-1 12-9 Koch Font 13,796* ♦ RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Archie Bradley, RHP Yo- will be available to transport relievers from both 3/17 SD T, 3-3 12-9-1 - - 13,669* 3/18 @ CIN L, 3-6 12-10-1 Garrett Godley 7,031 shihisa Hirano, RHP Brad Broxberger and LHP bullpens at Chase Field when they enter a game. 3/19 CWS L, 2-15 12-11-1 Fulmer Suarez 10,299 Jorge De La Rosa were scheduled to throw in 3/20 @ LAA L, 5-6 12-12-1 Alvarez Taylor 7,947 an instraquad game this afternoon at Salt River HONORING KT 3/21 SF 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com Fields. ♦ The D-backs will honor the memory of former 3/22 CWS 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com GM Kevin Towers this season and beyond: 3/23 @ CLE 6:05 p.m. PBR BULL VS. D-BACKS PLAYERS  KEVIN TOWERS PRO SCOUTING AWARD: Will be given 3/24 KC (ss) 1:10 p.m. ESPN 620 AM ♦ Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., D-backs players will annually to a D-backs Professional Scout who exem- @ LAA (ss) 1:05 p.m. weigh in against one of the bulls in PBR (Profes- plifi es the characteristics displayed by Towers. 3/25 @ COL 1:10 p.m. 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station sional Bull Riders) to see who the real heavy-  "KEVIN'S TOWER": The D-backs will rename the suite 3/26 CLE - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. KHOV 105.1 FM 3/27 CLE - Chase Field 12:40 p.m. FSAZ/ESPN 620 AM/KHOV 105.1 FM weight is. that Towers sat in during his tenure as "Kevin's Tower" in a dedication ceremony on April 20. ♦ PBR is in town celebrating its 25th anniversary * Denotes sell out All Times Local season and will host the 25th PBR: Unleash The  KT PATCH: Arizona will wear a "KT" patch on their MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE left chest on Aug. 2, when they celebrate the 2011 Record: 12-12-1 Day: 11-12-1 HOME ROAD Beast in Glendale this weekend. NL West Championship Team vs. Padres, who Towers Home: 6-6-1 Night: 1-0 Total: 132,085 Total: 92,971 was also a GM for from 1995-2005. ON THIS DATE - 1998 EDITION Away: 6-6 vs. AL: 3-4 Avg: 10,160 Avg: 7,748 Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 9-8-1 Largest: 13,796 (3/16) Largest: 15,829 (3/15) ♦ On March 21, 1998, the day after Chase Field's D-BACKS TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY dedication ceremony, the club began giving ♦The D-backs will celebrate their 20th anniversary UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES tours of the stadium and the price of admission all season with a series of events allowing fans to was a can of food. look back at the club's fi rst 20 years while focus- MARCH 22 VS. WHITE SOX - 6:40 P.M. ♦ The team donated 106,500 cans to local food ing on the next generation…elements include: RHP (1-0, 6.00) vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (1-0, 7.88) banks and it’s believed that somewhere around  Vote for the D-backs All-Time Team at dbacks.com/20. ARI: RHP Archie Bradley, LHP Andrew Chafi n, RHP Brad Boxberger, LHP T.J. McFarland, LHP Jorge De La Rosa 200,000 fans came to see the brand new stadium The logo (top L corner) features the team’s historic in the days leading up to Opening Day. and current colors (Purple and Sedona Red) and CWS: RHP , RHP Danny Farquhar, RHP Gregory Infante, LHP Rob- 6 stars, each representing a D-backs playoff team bie Ross Jr., RHP Juan Minaya, LHP Xavier Cedeno SNAKEBITES - AT THE PLATE (1999, 2001, '02, '07, '11 & '17); MARCH 23 @ INDIANS - 6:05 P.M. ♦ Arizona is 9-5-1 in its last 15 games. A commemorative patch, featuring the logo, will LHP Patrick Corbin (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (1-0, 4.53) ♦1B Paul Goldschmidt has safely in 9 of his adorn the team’s jerseys throughout the season and last 13 games (.333; 10-for-30). caps during the fi rst homestand; ARI: LHP Andrew Chafi n, RHP Fernando Salas, RHP Michael Blazek The “D-backs 20th Anniversary Experience,” a 2,000 CLE: RHP Evan Marshall, RHP , RHP Alexi Ogando, RHP Matt ♦OF Rey Fuentes is batting .429 (9-for-21) with 2 square-foot exhibit at Chase Field, located on the Belisle triples, 2 home runs, 6 RBI and 8 runs scored in Main Concourse in right fi eld behind the Coors Light his last 11 games. Strike Zone, will feature historic artifacts, memora- MARCH 24 @ ANGELS - 1:05 P.M. [SS] 3B Jake Lamb has gone 3-for-7 (.429) with 1 ♦ bilia and photography. TBA vs. TBA double, 1 triple and 4 RBI in his last 4 games. ARI: TBA ♦INF Ketel Marte, who has reached base in 5 SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE LAA: TBA straight plate appearances, is hitting .625 (10- ♦D-backs single-game tickets are on sale at for-16) with 2 doubles and 2 RBI in last 6 games. dbacks.com/tickets, at the Chase Field Ticket MARCH 24 VS. ROYALS - 1:10 P.M. OF has reached base safely in 9 of ♦ Offi ce or by phone at (602) 514-8400. TBA vs. TBA his last 10 games (.414, 12-for-29). ♦The D-backs' promotional calendar highlights ARI: TBA include the 20th Anniversary Game (March 31), KC: TBA SNAKEBITES - ON THE MOUND Archie Bradley Audio Bobblehead (April 21), ♦ RHP Michael Blazek is tied for the Cactus Sugar Skull T-shirt (May 5), Star Wars Paul Solo League lead with 10 appearances. (Goldschmidt) Bobblehead (June 2), Father’s ♦ RHP Fernando Salas, who has not allowed a run Day Hawaiian Shirt (June 17), Fourth of July Fire- this spring, is tied for third in the CL lead with 9 works Spectacular and Alumni Game (Aug. 4). appearances. TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS

STARTING PITCHER MINOR LEAGUE CALL-UPS 2017 SEASON RECAP SEASON NO. 20 RECAP No. 55 - RHP Matt Koch @MATTYKOCH20 No. 90 - RHP Austin Mason ♦ The D-backs went 93-69 (52-29 at home and 41-40 ♦ Combined for 12 starts with Triple-A Reno and Short- Was 2-2 with a 3.67 ERA (28 ER in 68.2 IP) in 50 appear- on the road), and won the NL Wild Card Game vs. Season A Hillsboro, going 3-2 with a 7.71 ERA in 2017. ♦ ances between Single-A Kane County and Single-A Rockies, 11-8. ♦ Entered 2017 named by Baseball America as possess- Adv. Visalia in 2017. ♦ Arizona went 45-31 vs. NL West, 17-16 vs. NL Central, ing the Best Control in the D-backs' system…also Selected by the D-backs in the 17th round of the 2015 19-14 vs. NL East and 12-8 in Interleague Play. rated by MLB.com as Arizona's No. 17 prospect. ♦ First-Year Player Daft out of The Citadel (S.C.). ♦ His 5.0-hitless innings on Sept. 27, 2016 @ Nationals LOVULLO NAMED NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR were the most by a D-backs pitcher in his fi rst Major No. - LHP Anthony Vasquez ♦ was named the NL Manager of the League start [source: Elias Sports Bureau]. ♦ First season in the D-backs organization. Year after guiding the D-backs to a second-place ♦ Traded to D-Backs from Mets with RHP Miller Diaz for ♦ Signed as a Minor League free agent on January 22. fi nish in the NL West in his fi rst season as manager... RHP on Aug. 29, 2015. ♦ In 2011, made 7 starts for the Mariners…was the Mari- he is the third Arizona manager to garner the honor, DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ners' 18th-round pick in the 2009 draft. joining Bob Melvin (2007) and Kirk Gibson (2011). 2/23 @ COL - 5.40 1-1 1.2 2 2 1 0 1 0 DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ♦ Lovullo's 93 wins were the most by an Arizona man- 2/28 COL - 4.15 1-0 2.2 3 1 1 1 0 3 2/23 @ COL - 0.00 1-0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 ager in his fi rst 162 games, 1 more than Bob Brenly’s 3/5 @ SD W 2.84 1-1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2/27 @ SF L 54.00 1-0 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3/10 KC - 2.16 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3/17 SD - 8.10 1-0 3.0 3 2 2 0 0 4 92 in 2001. 3/16 LAD W 1.59 1-1 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 0-1 8.10 3-0 3.1 6 4 4 1 0 5 TOTALS 2-0 1.59 5-3 11.1 10 3 2 1 2 5 No. - LHP Anfernee Benitez IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIN COLUMN ♦ The D-backs’ 93 wins were 24 more than their total 2017 CLUBS W-L ERA G-GS SV IP ER BB SO In 2017, was 0-2 with a 3.54 ERA and 1 in 24 total ♦ of 69 in 2016…the 24-win diff erence from last sea- Reno (AAA) 2-2 8.40 10-10 0 45.0 42 15 25 relief appearances with Short-Season A Hillsboro (10 Hillsboro (A-Short) 1-0 4.91 2-2 0 11.0 6 1 9 son was the second largest in the Majors, behind G), Single-A Kane County (11), Single-A Adv. Visalia (2) ARIZONA 0-0 - 1-0 0 0.0 3 1 0 the Twins (26), and fourth-best increase in a single- and Triple-A Reno (1). MINORS 30-26 4.60 122-81 1 499.0 255 97 319 season in franchise history. MAJORS 1-1 3.50 8-2 0 18.0 7 5 10 ♦ 2017 Northwest League postseason All-Star. Signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Panama in ♦ NEW D-BACKS ERA RECORD ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH 2012. ♦ The D-backs’ 3.66 ERA was a franchise best, 0.11 bet- No. 64 - LHP Yuhei Nakaushiro No. - RHP Mason McCullough ter than the previous mark of 3.77 in 1999, and 1.43 In 2017, went 5-0 with a 2.17 ERA with 4 saves in 50 ♦ Reassigned to Minor Leage camp on March 10. ♦ lower than 2016 (5.09). relief appearances with Single-A Adv. Visalia and Dou- ♦ Spent the majority of the 2017 season with Double-A ♦ Arizona’s 1.43 diff erence in ERA from 2016 to 2017 Jackson, posting a 2.35 ERA and .203 opponent aver- ble-A Jackson…limited opponents to a .158 average was the best in baseball, ahead of Cleveland (0.54) age in 48 outings. and posted 14.1 per 9.0 inning mark (91 SO and Minnesota (0.49). in 58.0 IP). ♦ As a prospect in Japan, he was viewed as the “Japa- nese Randy Johnson” because of his mid-90’s , ♦ Drafted in the fi fth round in 2014 from Lander Univer- ARIZONA BBWAA AWARDS his sweeping slider and his low arm slot. sity…also pitched for the University of North Carolina ♦ MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Paul Goldschmidt in 2013. ♦ Signed by D-backs as a Minor League free agent on ♦ MOST VALUABLE PITCHER: Zack Greinke Feb. 19, 2016. ♦ ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jimmie Sherfy DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ♦ GOOD GUY AWARD: Archie Bradley 2/23 ASU - - 1-0 0.1 4 2 2 0 1 0 2/24 vs. COL - 0.00 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2018 SPRING TRANSACTIONS 3/2 @ COL - 12.00 1-0 1.0 5 4 4 0 0 0 FEBRUARY TOTALS 0-0 12.00 2-0 3.0 6 4 4 0 2 0 5 Outrighted OF Rey Fuentes to Triple-A Reno. 2017 CLUBS W-L ERA G-GS SV IP ER BB SO 16 Signed LHP Jorge De La Rosa to a Minor League contract. Jackson (AA) 1-2 1.35 48-0 4 65.0 17 27 63 19 Agreed to terms on a 2-year contract with OF Jarrod Dyson; Reno (AAA) 0-0 6.75 2-0 0 2.2 2 0 2 placed RHP (Tommy John surgery rehab) on MINORS 1-2 2.13 80-0 6 97.0 23 40 105 the 60-day disabled list. 20 Acquired OF Steven Souza Jr. from the Rays and RHP Taylor No. 65 - RHP Joey Krehbiel @JOEYKREHBIEL Widener from the Yankees…the D-backs traded INF Brandon ♦ Reassigned to Minor Leage camp on March 16. Drury to the Yankees and LHP Anthony Banda and 2 play- ♦ Made 44 appearances with Double-A Jackson, going ers to be named to the Rays…the Rays also acquired INF Nick 2-4 with 4 saves and a 3.27 ERA and 74 strikeouts in Solak from the Yankees. 2017…also made 2 scoreless outings with 1 save at Triple-A Reno (1.2 IP). MARCH ♦ Finished among the Top 7 in his respective leagues in 5 Signed C Anthony Recker (No. 27) to a Minor League contract appearances in 2015 (T-1st, 60; California), 2016 (2nd, with an invitation to Major League Spring Training. 52; Southern) and 2017 (T-7th, 44; Southern). 6 Optioned INF to Double-A Jackson. 10 Optioned RHP Jake Barrett and LHP Jared Miller to Triple-A ♦ Traded to D-backs from Angels with OF Zach Boren- Reno…reassigned RHP Ryan Atkinson, RHP , stein for LHP Joe Thatcher and OF Tony Campana (July INF Kevin Cron, LHP Yuhei Nakaushiro, C Michael Perez and 5, 2015). RHP to Minor League camp. DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 16 Optioned RHP Sócrates Brito, INF Jack Reinheimer and INF 2/24 CLE - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Ildemaro Vargas to Triple-A Reno…reassigned OF Ramón 2/27 SF - 0.00 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Flores and RHP Jake Buchanan to Minor League camp. 3/3 @ LAD - 2.70 1-0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 18 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Silvino Bracho, RHP 3/6 LAA - 2.25 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 …reassigned to Minor League camp: RHP 3/10 KC - 1.80 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Joey Krehbiel, OF César Puello…released: C Josh Thole. 3/12 COL - 1.50 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: OF Jeremy Hazelbaker, RHP 3/16 LAD - 1.29 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jimmie Sherfy and 1B Christian Walker…reassigned to 3/17 SD - 1.13 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Minor League camp: RHP Neftalí Feliz and C Anthony TOTALS 0-0 1.13 8-0 8.0 6 1 1 0 2 6 Recker…released: LHP Antonio Bastardo. 2017 CLUBS W-L ERA G-GS SV IP ER BB SO Jackson (AA) 2-4 3.27 44-0 4 55.0 20 27 74 Reno (AAA) 0-0 0.00 2-0 1 1.2 0 0 2 MINORS 12-18 3.33 272 25 327.1 121 134 399