ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2018 SPRING TRAINING 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 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 pitchers (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 Rule 5 Draft. 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 - home run (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 Ketel Marte 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. baseball 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 Taijuan Walker (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 Joakim Soria, 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 hit 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 Carlos Torres, 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 David Peralta 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 ♦ Torey Lovullo 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 Addison Reed 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 save 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 strikeouts 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 fastball, ♦ 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 Shelby Miller (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 Domingo Leyba 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 Taylor Clarke, stein for LHP Joe Thatcher and OF Tony Campana (July INF Kevin Cron, LHP Yuhei Nakaushiro, C Michael Perez and 5, 2015). RHP Taylor Widener 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 Braden Shipley…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