ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS NEWS

Drey Jameson - Optioned to Triple-A? Jameson's locker at Chase Field has been cleared out and it appears he's been optioned to Triple-A Reno, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.

Impact It looks like he'll be the corresponding move for Tommy Henry, who will start Monday's game against the Royals. Jameson has labored in his last two starts, lasting just one inning in his most recent outing. He should join Reno's rotation to work on his efficiency. The rotation spot vacated by Jameson could potentially be filled by Brandon Pfaadt.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Max Muncy, Pete Alonso make Ben Verlander's team of the week a second time

Max Muncy, Pete Alonso and Marcus Semien's tremendous weeks earned them a spot on Ben Verlander's team of the week.

APRIL 24, 2023

MLB Power Rankings: Orioles, Pirates, Rangers ride pitching to fast starts

As the best MLB teams can attest, when you pitch well, you win more. This week's power rankings spotlight a pitching standout on each club.

APRIL 24, 2023

Pavin Smith - Starts for Walker Smith started at first base in place of Christian Walker (forearm) and went 0-for-1 with two walks in Sunday's 7-5 loss to San Diego.

Impact Walker sustained a forearm injury when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's game and given Sunday off. The X-rays on Walker's arm came back negative, so there's reason to believe this was a one-game decision, after he played 10 consecutive games. Smith, who has filled in well when called on since being called up from Triple-A Reno, would likely fill-in against Kansas City righty Brad Keller on Monday if Walker remains out.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Alek Thomas - Homers in loss Thomas went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Padres.

Impact Thomas belted the second of back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, giving him two for the season. The results are not there early on for Thomas, who is batting .188 with a .200 BABIP, despite Statcast indicating an expected average of .291.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Nick Ahmed - Belts first home run Ahmed went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 7-5 loss to San Diego.

Impact Ahmed hit the first of back-to-back blasts in the seventh inning for his first round-tripper of the season. So far, so good for Ahmed, who had shoulder surgery in 2022 and has hit well out of the gate. The 33-year-old shortstop is 14-for-36 (.304) with four extra-base hits, three steals, seven RBI and five runs scored. He's yet to take a walk -- Arizona is last in MLB with 45 walks in 23 games -- but his 17.4 K% is much down from 22.2 percent over the last three seasons.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Jake McCarthy - Breaks slump McCarthy went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Padres.

Impact McCarthy snapped an 0-for-22 skid with an eighth-inning homer, his first of the season. The outfielder, who provided surprising fantasy value in the second half of 2022, is slashing .150/.227/.250 through 21 games. During his slump, McCarthy lost at-bats to Pavin Smith and Lourdes Gurriel.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Royals visit the Diamondbacks to open 3-game series

The Arizona Diamondbacks start a three-game series at home against the Kansas City Royals on Monday

APRIL 24, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Drey Jameson - Yanked after one inning Jameson (2-1) allowed three runs on three hits and three walks in one inning Sunday, striking out one and taking a loss against the Padres.

Impact Jameson needed 43 pitches to get through a disastrous first inning and didn't even get the opportunity to go back out. The Padres batted around the lineup and most of the damage came on Matt Carpenter's two-run double. Prior to Sunday's outing, Jameson had allowed just four runs through 16 innings this season. He saw his ERA jump from 2.25 to 3.71 alongside a 16:12 K:BB. Jameson's next outing is currently scheduled to be in Colorado.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Carpenter drives in 5, Padres beat Diamondbacks 7-5

Yu Darvish pitched effectively into the sixth inning before leaving with an apparent injury, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks

APRIL 23, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Christian Walker - Held out Sunday Walker (forearm) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.

Impact The 32-year-old is dealing with a forearm issue after being hit by a pitch during Saturday's contest, though he appears to have avoided a serious injury as X-rays came back negative. Walker will receive a day to rest up after starting the previous 10 games. Pavin Smith will take over at first base and bat fifth in the series final versus the Friars.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Geraldo Perdomo - Sits after four straight starts Perdomo is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.

Impact After turning in three straight starts in which he recorded exactly two hits while scoring a run in each of those contests, Perdomo fell back to earth in Saturday's 5-3 loss, going hitless in four at-bats. Nick Ahmed will get the nod at shortstop Sunday in his stead, but Perdomo still appears entrenched as the Diamondbacks' preferred option at the position when Arizona faces right-handed pitching.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Gabriel Moreno - Resting for series finale Moreno is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.

Impact He'll be getting a breather in the series finale after starting each of the previous three games at catcher while batting 5-for-12 with three RBI and a run. Jose Herrera will step in behind the dish Sunday and will bat ninth.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. - Sitting against Padres Gurriel is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.

Impact Gurriel will once again take a seat for a Sunday game, as he has on three straight occasions. Ketel Marte will hit second and operate at designated hitter with Josh Rojas handling second base duties.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Jose Herrera - Returns to lineup Herrera (head) is hitting ninth and behind the plate for Sunday's game against the Padres, Theo Mackie of The Arizona Republic reports.

Impact Herrera was removed from Wednesday's game against the Cardinals after taking a foul ball off his helmet, but he's able to return to the lineup for Sunday's series finale against San Diego. Gabriel Moreno will take a seat with Herrera starting behind the plate.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Diamondbacks Daily: Drey Jameson, D-Backs aim for series split with Padres It's Drey Jameson vs. Yu Darvish Sunday as the Diamondbacks hope to draw even with the Padres in their 4-game series at Chase Field.

APRIL 23, 2023 • AZCENTRAL.COM

Druw Jones - Lands on IL Jones was placed on the minor-league 7-day injured list Saturday with a right quadriceps strain, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

Impact Jones could be out for a couple of weeks, per Diamondbacks farm director Josh Barfield, who added the injury is not considered serious and that the organization didn't want him trying to play through the injury. Jones, a 2022 second-overall draft pick that underwent shoulder surgery last season, is off to a slow start at Low-A Visalia, going 7-for-40 with a double, six walks and 14 strikeouts.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Evan Longoria - Enters as pinch hitter Longoria went 0-for-2 in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Padres.

Impact Longoria had not played the previous three games before being used as a pinch hitter and finishing out the final two innings at third base Saturday. Josh Rojas usually starts at the hot corner against right-handers, leaving Longoria on the short-side of a platoon. That's a reality for the 37-year-old Longoria, who's had fewer than 300 plate appearances the last two full seasons.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Kyle Nelson - Can't escape Kelly's jam Nelson allowed one hit and struck out two over one scoreless inning in Saturday's 5-3 loss to San Diego.

Impact Nelson was charged with a blown save, but he was presented with the challenge of getting out of starter Merrill Kelly's none-out, bases loaded jam in the sixth inning. After the first two batters he faced struck out, Ha-Seong Kim's single (.170 XBA) found its way to the outfield to plate two runs. Nelson has pitched well out of the bullpen. Even when he was tagged with a loss Thursday, it was two unearned runs, thanks to a Nick Ahmed error, that put the blemish on his record. Nelson has a 0.93 ERA and 1.24 WHIP with 15 strikeouts and three walks over 9.2 innings.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Christian Walker - Dons ice wrap following HBP Walker was hit by a pitch on the left forearm Saturday and was wearing an ice wrap following the game, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

Impact Walker, who remained in the game after getting plunked in the eighth inning, told reporters that X-rays on the arm came back negative. He's played the last 10 games, and the Diamondbacks could use the HBP to give him a day off Sunday, the series finale with the Padres.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Padres face the Diamondbacks leading series 2-1

The San Diego Padres lead 2-1 in a four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks

APRIL 23, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Christian Walker - Homers, steals base in loss Walker went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's loss to the Padres.

Impact Walkers accounted for all of Arizona's runs in the contest, singling to drive in Ketel Marte in the first inning and launching a two-run homer to left field in the third. The first baseman was batting .163 on April 14, but he's driven his average up to .241 by going 11-for-30 in eight games since. Walker's homer Saturday was his third of the campaign and his first since going deep April 10 against Milwaukee.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Merrill Kelly - Struggles to find strike zone Kelly (1-3) took the loss against San Diego on Saturday, pitching five innings and allowing four runs on three hits and five walks while striking out seven batters over five inning...

Impact The headlines may highlight Fernando Tatis hitting his first homer of the year off Kelly in the first inning, but the hurler's lack of control was just as critical to his subpar performance. Kelly threw only 54 of 94 pitches for strikes and issued a season-high five free passes after walking four batters in each of his first three starts. The right-hander's previous trip to the mound was promising in that he earned his first win of the campaign and didn't walk any batters, but Kelly was right back to his wild ways Saturday. He's still posting a respectable 3.42 ERA on the season, but Kelly is tied for the league lead with 17 walks across 26.1 frames.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Madison Bumgarner to Dodgers? Should LA Sign MadBum? Does LA Need More Pitching? Dodgers fans react to the MadBum news and idea of bringing him to LA.

APRIL 23, 2023 • SACBEE.COM

Tatis homers, Padres rally for 5-3 win over Diamondbacks

Fernando Tatis Jr. connected for his first homer since 2021, Ha-Seong Kim had a crucial two RBI single and the San Diego Padres rallied for a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks...

APRIL 23, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS