The Diamondbacks will be hopping on the team bus, and whizzing on the 101 and 10, for the drive to Goodyear for today’s game. Probably a toss-up whether that or Camelback Ranch is the furthest ballpark from Salt River Fields, but either way, forty miles isn’t bad. It’s one way the Cactus League is definitely better than the Grapefruit League. Heck, even when Tucson was still in the mix, it was still less of a hike than some of the Florida parks. When the Astros play the Blue Jays, someone there is going
to have to make the 217 mile trek between Dunedin and West Palm Beach, a solid four hours each way.
Here’s today’s D-backs line-up.
Also potentially pitching: RHP Juan Morillo, RHP Juan Burgos, LHP Adonys Perez, RHP Logan Mercado, RHP Luke Albright and RHP Alec Baker
Be nice if we could get both the offense and the defense working in the same game. We’ve had one game where the pitching worked (the 3-2 win in the opener), one where the hitting was good (yesterday’s 10-9 loss), and one which was not great in either department. Taylor Clarke starts for the D-backs. I was informed by kilnborn, that he is married to another Taylor Clarke. Researching this, I discovered they had twin sons, called… Sadly, not Taylor III and Taylor IV, but Bryce and Brody. Oh, well. We’ll also get our first look at Morillo and Burgos, both contenders for spots at the back of the Arizona bullpen.
