Team News
Arizona Diamondbacks get 2 Corbin Carroll homers but can’t find a clutch hit, lose to Rays
“Just couldn’t come up with a big hit to end this game,” Lovullo said. “Sixteen baserunners and guys all over the place on the bases and like I said, we just couldn’t cash in.”
Corbin Carroll blasts 2 home runs in extra-inning loss to Rays
“It’s great to see balls over the fence, but I think part of what’s working is that’s not necessarily what I’m trying to do,” Carroll said. “Just trying to hit balls hard on a line and those those swings happen sometimes. Been really pleased with how it’s gone so far.”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/corbin-carroll-11/3581715/
Diamondbacks Bullpen Thwarts Carroll’s Two-Homer Night in Extras
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/diamondbacks-bullpen-thwarts-corbin-carroll-two-homer-night
Most HR in team’s first 24 games, Diamondbacks history:
2001 Luis Gonzalez: 13
2025 Corbin Carroll: 9
2010 Mark Reynolds: 9
2010 Kelly Johnson: 9
2004 Richie Sexson: 9
2000 Steve Finley: 9 https://t.co/yqYaL9WJn5— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 24, 2025
‘It feels like home’: Arizona Diamondbacks’ big-armed Juan Morillo throwing strikes
“I think it’s more a mentality than anything,” Morillo said. “I think the mentality that we can have, learning every day, is a big part of this. Just go out there, get ahead, first-pitch strike, no matter who is in the box. Don’t look at the name or don’t look at the hitter, just go there and throw strikes.”
Jameson’s long-awaited return to MLB was everything he hoped for
“I’m honestly glad that’s how it was, because it put pressure on me to come in and throw strikes and not beat around the bush,” Jameson said. “I didn’t want to come in and walk anyone. So that’s the best situation, and I’m glad that that’s the situation I got to put into my first outing.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/drey-jameson-records-first-career-save-in-return-to-dbacks
D-backs Manager Regrets “Burning” A.J. Puk, Says he Must Get Better
But Lovullo said several times he “burned” his pitcher. What he meant by that is a situation where a reliever is asked to start warming up, and gets lose and hot, but then doesn’t get into the game right away.
“I might have burned him [got him hot] and then got him into a game later after the burn. So, I’ve got to be better making decisions about when to get guys into games and I pride myself on that,” Lovullo said.
The ideal situation Lovullo is talking about requires timing the pitcher’s warmup to coincide right when he’ll be needed.
Other Baseball
MLB 2025: Pitchers share stories of failed new pitches
Every spring, dozens of pitchers arrive at camp with new pitches, eager to take the seedling they planted in a pitching lab and hope it blossoms against live hitters as the season beckons. A new pitch can alter the trajectory of a player’s career, turning him into, well, someone like Skubal. New-pitch success stories are now almost a rite of spring training, the upshot of a data-driven pitching world in which players A/B test their capability to replicate the pitches they admire most before bringing them to a game already tipped in their favor.
Rangers Select Nick Ahmed, Place Corey Seager On Injured List
The 35-year-old signed an offseason minor league deal with Texas. He had a big spring, batting .324 with a trio of homers over 15 games.
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He should remain a plus on defense. Statcast credited him with nine Outs Above Average across 554 1/3 innings last season.
Here’s every team’s 2025 Draft bonus pool and all pick values
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-draft-2025-bonus-pick-values?t=mlb-draft-coverage
Walk-off thriller caps perfect homestand for MLB-best Mets
https://www.mlb.com/news/starling-marte-walk-off-single-completes-mets-sweep
Nearly a month in, Judge still scorching with average over .400
https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-hits-rbi-triple-in-yankees-win-over-guardians
5 steals in 1st 5 games? Keaschall joins elite speedsters in historic start
https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-earn-series-win-over-white-sox?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Anything Goes
Arizona 2-way star Devyn Netz receives ‘golden ticket’ into pro softball draft
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-24
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/April_24
China owns all of the pandas in the world.
Each panda is rented out for a cost of $1M annually. Those who rent the pandas are often under a 10-year contract. The contract also states that if any of the pandas were to have cubs, they would need to pay an additional $400,000 fine as baby tax.
The Netherlands has the tallest population.
At an average height of 72.36” (6.03 ft), the Netherlands is home to the tallest population on Earth.
Indonesia has the shortest population.
On the flip side, the smallest population in the world are in Indonesia. It houses the world’s smallest average height at 62.2” (5.2 ft).