2017 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 (13-12-2) vs. CLEVELAND INDIANS (13-14-3) 2017 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Sunday, March 26, 2017 ♦ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ♦ Scottsdale, Ariz. ♦ 1:10 p.m. WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER ATT. Game No. 28 ♦ Home Game No. 14 ♦ Home Record: 8-4-1 ♦ Road Record: 5-8-1 LHP Robbie Ray (3-0, 2.70) vs. RHP (2-0, 4.58) 2/22 GCU W, 9-1 - Banda Hansen 5,176 2/25 COL L, 4-8 0-1 Carasiti Bradley 9,795 FOX Sports Arizona, ESPN Phoenix 620 AM 2/26 @ COL L, 1-6 0-2 Rusin Shipley 8,062 2/27 CIN W, 6-1 1-2 Corbin Feldman 5,114 DIAMOND-FACTS BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS? 2/28 @ TEX W, 8-4 2-2 Bracho Jurado 2,556 ♦Arizona is in its 20th Cactus League season and ♦For the second straight year, BallparkDigest.com 3/1 @ CWS L, 2-3 2-3 Holmberg Fleck 2,896 seventh at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- is holding a special March Madness tournament 3/2 SD (ss) L, 6-9 2-4 Lockett Díaz 5,754 CHC (ss) W, 3-1 3-4 Miller Buchanan *13,309 son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. to determine the best Spring Training site in the 3/3 LAD W, 15-3 4-4 Greinke McCarthy *11,079 ♦The D-backs are 336-300-24 all-time in Spring Cactus League. 3/4 @ SD L, 5-6 4-5 Stammen Godley 6,653 Training. ♦Salt River Fields, the 2016 champion and No. 1 3/5 CWS W, 4-1 5-5 Wilhelmsen Bummer *12,794 ♦Arizona has won 4 Cactus League titles (also: seed, is facing off with Camelback Ranch (White 3/6 @ KC W, 4-1 6-5 Ray Karns 4,824 1999, 2002, '07, '16). Sox/Dodgers), the No. 5 seed, in the fi nals. 3/7 OAK L, 13-21 6-6 Dull Bradley 8,208 ♦Voting goes until the end of the day today at 3/8 MEXICO W, 10-4 - Greinke Rodriguez 6,391 YESTERDAY'S RECAP http://ballparkdigest.com/2017/03/24/best-of- 3/9 @ CWS L, 2-4 6-7 Giolito Corbin 4,082 ♦The D-backs lost @ Angels, 7-4. the-ballparks-cactus-league-fi nals-2/. 3/10 MIL W, 6-3 7-7 Walker Anderson *11,434 3/11 SF W, 5-1 8-7 Ray Blach *13,557 ♦Taijuan Walker took the loss, allowing 3 earned 3/12 @ SF L, 4-12 8-8 Moore Bradley 10,412 runs in 4.2 …Fernando Rodney (1.0 IP) CASH ME ON THE MOUND, HOW 'BOUT DAT? 3/13 - OFF DAY - and Silvino Bracho (1.0) logged scoreless out- ♦Taijuan Walker is tied for the Major League lead 3/14 TEX W, 12-0 9-8 Corbin Gonzalez *11,008 ings in relief. with 28 and ranks fi rst with a 14.00 3/15 at CHC W, 7-3 10-8 Matusz Edwards Jr. 15,404 ♦Nick Ahmed went 1-for-3 with a RBI triple, and strikeouts-to-walk ratio (2 BB) in 6 spring starts. 3/16 @ MIL L, 5-8 10-9 Chamberlain Jones 6,276 Marty Herum belted a 3-run homer. ♦Patrick Corbin ranks among NL in WHIP 3/17 @ OAK (ss) W, 3-2 11-9 Bradley Alcantara 8,210 (2nd, 0.93) and opponents average (4th, .212). SEA (ss) L, 5-9 11-10 Moore Nakaushiro *13,621 FSAZ IN THE HOUSE ♦Robbie Ray is tied for 10th in the NL in strikeouts 3/18 NETHERLANDS W, 12-5 - Greinke Cordemans 7,551 ♦FOX Sports Arizona will broadcast today's game. (18), ranks seventh in opponents average (.237), 3/19 @ CLE T, 4-4 11-10-1 - - 8,215 3/20 @ OAK W, 10-6 12-10-1 Wilhelmsen Detwiler 7,412 FSAZ will broadcast an all-time high 161 games and is 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA (5 ER in 16.2 IP) . ♦ 3/21 KC W, 4-2 13-10-1 Ray Vargas 10,131 in 2017, with the lone remaining game on FS1... ♦Shelby Miller is tied for 10th in the NL in strike- 3/22 - OFF DAY - all games are also available on the FOX Sports outs (18) in 11.0 innings over 4 spring starts. 3/23 CHC T, 5-5 13-10-2 - - *#14,002 GO app. 3/24 @ LAD L, 6-13 13-11-2 Geltz Jepsen 12,519 ♦Additionally, 25 games will be broadcast in THIS IS A NOTE ABOUT FOOD 3/25 @ LAA L, 4-7 13-12-2 Skaggs Walker 9,590 Spanish on FOX Sports Arizona Plus. ♦The D-backs and Levy Restaurants have expand- 3/26 CLE 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/ESPN 620 AM ed the menu at Chase Field in 2017: 3/27 LAA 1:10 p.m. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BIG CAT BACON-WRAPPED PRETZEL BAGUETTE: 12-inch, bacon- 3/28 @ SEA 1:10 p.m. 3/29 - OFF DAY - ♦Happy birthday to D-backs clubhouse extraor- wrapped pretzel baguette stuff ed with black forest ham and Swiss cheese and served with honey mus- 3/30 CLE - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. ESPN 620 AM/FSAZ+/KHOV 105.1 FM dinaire Jimmy Garrett, who is presumably cel- 3/31 CLE - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. AS 98.7 FM/FSAZ+/KHOV 105.1 FM ebrating his 21st birthday today. tard and roasted jalapeño ranch. CHICKEN ENCHILADA DOG: 18-inch chicken enchilada #SRF Record (3/17) *Sellout All Times Local ON THE MEND sausage, queso blanco, enchilada sauce, pico de MISCELLANEOUS 2017 ATTENDANCE gallo, black olives, sour cream and tortilla strips on Record: 13-12-2 Day: 10-12-2 HOME ROAD ♦Yasmany Tomás (left abdomen) played in a Mi- a talera hot dog roll. nor League camp game yesterday with Triple-A Home: 8-4-1 Night: 3-0 Total: 139,806 Total: 107,111 CHURRO DOG 2.0: White iced long john donut, churro Reno vs. Double-A Jackson and went 1-for-4 Away: 5-8-1 vs. AL: 7-5-1 Avg: 10,754 (13 G) Avg: 7,651 (14 G) rolled in Oreo crumbs, frozen yogurt, whipped Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 6-7-1 Largest: 14,007 (3/23) Largest: 15,404 (3/15) with a RBI. cream and topped with strawberry topping, choco- late sauce and Oreo cookie crumbs. UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES FAB 5 FUNNEL CAKE CHICKEN SANDWICH: Crispy chicken fi l- ♦D-backs manager announced let, garlic black pepper Cheddar, house strawberry SUN., MARCH 26 VS. CLEVELAND - 1:10 P.M. ESPN 620 | FSAZ RHP Zack Greinke, LHP Patrick Corbin, RHP jam, powdered sugar and maple syrup, served on LHP Robbie Ray (3-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (2-0, 4.58) Shelby Miller, RHP Taijuan Walker and LHP two funnel cakes. ARI: RHP Archie Bradley, LHP T.J. McFarland Robbie Ray will make up the starting rotation to SONORAN VEGAN BURGER: Vegan burger, vegan pep- CLE: RHP Dan Otero, RHP Carlos Frias, RHP Nick Goody start the season. per jack, soy chorizo, chipotle veganaise, cowboy caviar and guacamole on a wheat bun. MON., MARCH 27 VS. LOS ANGELES- AL - 1:10 P.M. ♦RHP Archie Bradley will break camp with Ari- RHP Shelby Miller (1-0, 7.36) vs. RHP Jesse Chavez (1-0, 4.32) zona as a reliever. TOREY TAKES THE REINS ARI: TBA D-BACKS GIVE BACK JERSEY PROGRAM ♦Torey Lovullo is in his fi rst season as D-backs' LAA: RHP Cam Bedrosian, RHP Andrew Bailey, RHP manager…was named the eighth manager on ♦This weekend, the D-backs had a presence at 15 Nov. 4, 2016. TUE., MARCH 28 @ SEATTLE - 1:10 P.M. diff erent Little League Opening Days, bringing RHP Zack Grienke (1-0, 4.05) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (2-0, 2.45) the March monthly total to over 40. ♦Lovullo was the Red Sox bench coach for 4 sea- sons (2013-16)…he also was interim manager ARI: TBA ♦In partnership with Fry's Food Stores, Tide and for 48 games (28-20) at the end of 2015 while SEA: LHP Dean Kiekhefer, RHP Casey Fien, RHP Dan Altavilla, RHP Jonathan Western Refi ning, the program provides high- Aro, LHP Ariel Miranda quality uniforms and caps to more than 50,000 John Farrell was on medical leave. Was the Blue Jays fi rst base coach from 2011-12. youth and softball players and their ♦ WED., MARCH 29 - OFF DAY coaches…the program features more than 94 participating youth baseball and softball "WE ARE BASEBALL" AT SRF IS OPEN FOR BIZ leagues across Arizona. ♦The Hall of Fame “We Are Baseball” tour is open at Salt River Fields through today. PITCHING PROWESS ♦Fans will learn about the game’s past, present and future in this collaboration of baseball and ♦Arizona ranks among the Major League leaders in fewest walks allowed (T-3rd, 75 - 2nd in NL), technology featuring virtual reality (VR), an origi- fewest home runs allowed (T-8th, 26 - T-7th in nal IMAX® movie and artifacts from the museum. NL), strikeouts (8th, 231 - 3rd in NL) and ERA ♦General public tickets are on sale exclusively at (11th, 4.54 - 6th in NL). HallofFameTour.com. TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS STARTING PITCHER MINOR LEAGUE CALL-UPS 2016 SEASON RECAP No. 37 - LHP Marlon Arias SEASON NO. 19 RECAP No.38 - LHP Robbie Ray The D-backs went 69-93 (33-48 @ home and 36-45 @ROBBIERAY ♦ Did not pitch in 2016…played for Oaxaca in Mexican ♦ on road)...went 33-43 vs. NL West, 13-20 vs. NL Cen- Set career highs in wins (8), starts (32), innings (174.1) League in 2015, going 2-3 with a 4.99 ERA in 12 starts. ♦ tral, 18-15 vs. NL East and 5-15 in Interleague Play. and strikeouts (218) in his second season with the D- ♦ Threw a no-hitter for Single-A Adv. Inland Empire backs, going 8-15 with a 4.90 ERA (95 ER in 174.1 IP). (Dodgers) on May 9, 2007 vs. Bakersfi eld. YOUNGEST TEAM IN BASEBALL ♦ In 2016, was the fourth pitcher in team history (10th ♦ Signed as a Minor League free agent on Jan. 10. ♦ The D-backs fi nished with the youngest team in time) to reach 200 strikeouts: Randy Johnson (5x, DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO baseball: 26 years, 313 days [source: STATS LLC]. 1999-’02, ’04), Dan Haren (2x, 2008-’09) and Curt Schil- 3/24 @LAD ND 54.00 1-0 0.2 2 4 4 2 0 ling (2x, 2001-’02). ARIZONA BBWAA AWARDS ♦ Is 1 of 2 pitchers all-time to record 218+ strikeouts in No. 54 - RHP Bud Jeter ♦ MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jean Segura fewer than 175.0 innings in a single season, joining ♦ Fifth season in the D-backs organization. ♦ MOST VALUABLE PITCHER: Zack Greinke Kerry Wood in 1998 (233 K in 166.2 IP). ♦ Went 9-3 with a 3.08 ERA (21 ER in 61.1 IP) and 14 ♦ ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: ♦ Traded to D-backs from Tigers with INF Domingo Ley- saves in 52 games with Single-A Adv. Visalia in 2016… ♦ GOOD GUY AWARD: Daniel Hudson ba for INF (Dec. 5, 2014). named a midseason All-Star. DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO LEAD FAN COST INDEX FOR 10TH STRAIGHT YEAR 3/1 @ CWS ND 0.00 1-1 1.1 0 0 0 3 1 No. 57 - LHP Austin Wright 3/6 @ KC W (1-0) 0.00 1-1 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 ♦The D-backs had the lowest Fan Cost Index ($132.10) ♦ Combined to go 5-3 with a 3.13 ERA and 2 saves in 43 3/11 vs. SF W (2-0) 1.17 1-1 3.1 3 1 1 1 3 in MLB for the 10th straight year, via Team Market- 3/16 @ MIL ND 2.31 1-1 4.0 4 3 2 0 7 games with Single-A Adv. Visalia and Double-A Mobile ing Report…Arizona fi nished almost $88 below the 3/21 vs. KC W (3-0) 2.70 1-1 5.0 4 2 2 1 6 in 2016. industry average of $219.53. Originally drafted by Phillies in eight round of the TOTAL 3-0 2.70 5-5 16.2 14 6 5 5 18 ♦ ♦Arizona’s average ticket price of $18.53 was lowest 2011 draft…signed by D-backs as a Minor League free among all teams, nearly $13 below the average tick- 2016 CLUB W-L ERA G-GS CG IP ER BB SO agent on Sept. 29, 2015. ARIZONA 8-15 4.90 32-32 0 174.1 95 71 218 et price of $31.00. MAJORS 14-31 4.65 64-61 0 330.2 171 131 35 *The Fan Cost Index is a representative look at the costs for a No. 77 - RHP Kaleb Fleck family of 4 to attend a MLB game…it has been computed an- ♦ Sixth season in the D-backs organization. nually by Team Marketing Report since 1991 and is comprised ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH ♦ Non-roster invitee in 2016…appeared in 29 games for of 4 average tickets, 2 beers, 4 soft drinks, 4 hot dogs, parking Triple-A Reno. for 1 car and 2 adult-sized hats. No. 25 - RHP Archie Bradley ♦ Signed as a non-drafted free agent, Sept. 5, 2011. @ARCHIEBRADLEY7 DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO FINISHING IN THE TOP 3 IN AVG & SLG ♦ Went 8-9 with a 5.02 ERA (79 ER in 141.2 IP) with 143 2/26 @ CWS L (0-1) 13.50 1-0 0.2 2 1 1 2 2 ♦ The D-backs fi nished in the Top 3 in the NL in aver- strikeouts in 26 starts with the D-backs in 2016. 3/24 @ LAD ND 9.00 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 age (3rd, .261), and slugging pct. (3rd, .432) for the ♦ Limited right-handed hitters to a .235 average (66-for- TOTAL 0-1 9.00 2-0 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 second straight season…in 2015, were second in 281), the third-best mark by a Major League rookie, slugging pct. (.414) and third in average (.264). trailing Kenta Maeda (.213) and Junior Guerra (.231). No. 91 - RHP Asher Wojciechowski ♦ Did not allow a from Sept. 4-end of the sea- INCREASE IN LONGBALLS ONCE AGAIN Combined to go 5-5 with a 4.94 ERA in 20 games (17 son (34.2 IP), the fi fth-longest streak in team history by ♦ ♦ Arizona hit 190 homers, a 36-home run increase a rookie starter. starts) with Triple-A Fresno (Astros) and 2 teams in the which tied for the third-biggest jump in club history. Marlins' system. ♦ Signed by D-backs as a fi rst-round selection (7th over- ♦ The D-backs’ 190 homers were the fourth most in ♦ Pitched in 5 games (3 starts) with Houston in 2015. all) in 2001 First-Year Player Draft. club history [1999 (216), 2001 (208) and 2005 (191)]. DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 vs. COL L (0-1) 33.75 1-0 1.1 5 5 5 2 1 GOLDY NAMED AN ALL-STAR 3/2 vs. SD ND 10.38 1-1 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 ♦ Paul Goldschmidt was named to his fourth straight 3/7 vs. OAK L (0-2) 17.47 1-0 1.1 6 6 6 2 2 NL All-Star Team, joining Randy Johnson (1999-2002) 3/12 @ SF L (0-3) 11.17 1-1 4.0 5 3 1 0 2 3/17 @ OAK W (1-3) 7.98 1-1 5.0 5 1 1 0 2 as the only D-backs to receive the honor 4 seasons in TOTAL 1-3 7.98 5-3 14.2 23 15 13 4 11 a row while his 4 All-Star nods are third most, trailing Luis Gonzalez and Johnson (5 each). 2016 CLUBS W-L ERA G-GS CG IP ER BB SO Reno (AAA) 5-1 1.99 7-7 0 40.2 9 18 47 ARIZONA 8-9 5.02 26-26 0 141.2 79 67 143 2017 SPRING TRANSACTIONS MINORS 35-19 3.01 86-85 3 443.0 148 230 472 March MAJORS 10-12 5.18 34-34 0 177.1 102 89 166 5 Reassigned to Minor League camp: RHP Miller Díaz, RHP Joey Krehbiel, LHP Yuhei Nakaushiro, LHP Josh Taylor. No. 77 - LHP T.J. McFarland 14 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: LHP Anthony Banda, RHP Jimmie Sherfy; Optioned to Double-A Jackson: INF Dawel Lugo; Reas- ♦ Appeared in 16 games with Baltimore in 2016, going signed to Minor League camp: RHP Frank Duncan, LHP Daniel 2-2 with a 6.93 ERA…was on the disabled list twice Gibson, LHP Jared Miller. with left knee infl ammation. 17 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Enrique Burgos, INF Ildemaro ♦ Signed by Arizona as a Minor League free agent on Vargas and INF Jack Reinheimer; Optioned to Double-A Jack- March 2. son: INF . ♦ Made 121 appearances over 4 seasons with the Ori- 20 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Matt Koch, Braden Shipley; oles (2013-16). Reassigned to Minor League camp: RHP Keyvius Sampso, INF/ DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO OF Jason Pridie. 3/17 vs. SEA BS, 1 9.00 1-0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 21 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Evan Marshall 3/20 @ OAK ND 4.50 1-0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 24 Reassigned to Minor League Camp: OF Oswaldo Arcia, RHP 3/24 vs. CHC ND 6.00 1-0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 Erik Davis, LHP Brian Matusz, C Josh Thole; outrighted and re- TOTAL 0-0 6.00 3-0 3.0 8 2 2 1 0 turned to Yankees: Tyler Jones. 25 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Zack Godley; Released: RHP 2016 CLUBS W-L ERA G-GS SV IP ER BB SO Kevin Jepsen. BALTIMORE 2-2 6.93 16-0 0 24.2 19 10 7 4 MiLB (BAL) 1-2 4.93 13-8 0 34.2 19 9 19 MINORS 52-37 3.80 151-129 2 731.0 309 227 508 MAJORS 12-7 4.27 121-2 0 198.1 94 69 125