Roster moves
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster move. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.
- Selected to the Major League roster and optioned to Double-A Amarillo. Appointed as the 27th man for today’s game: INF Jesus Valdez (No. 67)
Uh, yeah, I guess? I wasn’t even aware there could be a 27th man for this situation: I knew teams could add a man when there was a double-header, but that isn’t the case here. However, Nick Piecoro explains, “The teams were allowed to have a 27th man for these games, but it had to be a position player. Since the Diamondbacks did not have a healthy, optionable position player on their 40-man, they were fine
going with 26 players. But Perdomo’s injury and potential unavailability for today prompted them to add Valdez.” He could end up being a “ghost Diamondback” since it seems he has already been sent back down to Double-A.
The good news about Perdomo, despite his absence from the line-up (also via Nick), is “Torey Lovullo said he feels strongly that Geraldo Perdomo was going to be able to avoid the IL based on how his ankle feels this morning.” Hopefully that is indeed the case. Though to be honest, it feels like the D-backs medical staff have a bit of a track record of underestimating injuries. I’ll be happier when Gerry is running around the infield again. Until then, I will be expecting someone to be going into the D-backs clubhouse with a bone saw and a plastic bag, and Perdomo to require the new nickname of “Pegleg.”
As noted yesterday, it’s an interesting discussion to pitch the heavily fly-ball oriented Ryne Nelson at an altitude of over seven thousand feet. Here are the GB/FB ratios of the various pitchers to have started for the D-backs this year (for context, league average is 0.76):
- Brandon Pfaadt: 1.14
- Zac Gallen: 0.86
- Eduardo Rodriguez: 0.84
- Michael Soroka: 0.63
- Ryne Nelson: 0.47
- Merrill Kelly: 0.36
And if you wonder why watching Paul Sewald pitch has been an adventure, his GB/FB is all the way down at 0.15. That’s the lowest of anyone in the majors with 10+ innings of work. And 18.8% of those fly balls have left the park. That is much higher than you’d expect – MLB average there is about half that – so let’s hope for some regression. I probably do not want to see Sewald coming in to Mexico City to protect a one-run lead this afternoon…
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