Torey Lovullo Discusses the Practice of Re-Inserting Starters The Diamondbacks manager is a fan of that practice in Spring Training as a means to preserve starters and test young relievers. Author: Michael McDermott Mar 13, 2024 4:25 PM EDT In this story: Arizona Diamondbacks Before the Diamondbacks game against the Colorado Rockies, manager Torey Lovullo spoke to the media. Amongst a variety of topics includes the practice of pulling and re-inserting starting pitchers, Kyle Nelson's recent injury, and updates on starting pitching through tomorrow's game. Re-Entering Starting Pitchers One of the features of Spring Training is for teams to be able to pull their starting pitchers in the
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Saturday was more like it for Arizona Diamondbacks newcomer Eduardo Rodriguez, who had his longest and sharpest start of spring training against the Cincinnati Reds at Salt River Fields. Rodriguez got in 55 pitches through four innings, allowed one earned run on four hits with no walks and four punch outs. “I feel like today was 80% that I normally am in the season,” Rodriguez said. To get to 100%, Rodriguez is looking for a bit more oomph on the fastball.
No | Player | P |
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50 | P | |
65 | P | |
23 | P | |
37 | P | |
47 | P | |
99 | P | |
40 | P | |
29 | P | |
35 | P | |
30 | P | |
24 | P | |
19 | P | |
32 | P | |
57 | P | |
27 | P | |
38 | P | |
81 | P |
No | Player | P |
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11 | C | |
14 | C |
No | Player | P |
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62 | SS | |
4 | 2B | |
2 | SS | |
6 | 3B | |
13 | 3B | |
28 | 3B | |
53 | 1B |
No | Player | P |
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7 | LF | |
15 | LF | |
12 | LF | |
31 | RF | |
3 | LF | |
26 | RF | |
5 | CF |