Team News
Diamondbacks give up 14 runs to lowly Rockies in astonishing loss
“Didn’t necessarily feel like myself, which is obviously as frustrating as I feel like we kind of took a step forward and tonight it’s two steps back,” Gallen said.
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/dbacks-rockies/3584273/
You’ve had quite a few of those games.
D-backs Pitching Staff Spoils Offensive Breakout vs Rockies
Diamondbacks Prospect Suffers Meltdown in Reno Aces Loss
Miller’s second stint with D-backs a very different story
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/shelby-miller-excelling-in-second-stint-with-diamondbacks
Diamondbacks SS Geraldo Perdomo looks more like an All-Star now
At this point in the 2023 season, Perdomo had played 32 games. So far in 2025, he’s played 44.
On May 17, 2023, he held an 11.4% walk rate and 15.2% strikeout rate. His hard-hit rate was 21%, barrel rate was 1.6% and his average exit velocity was 84.4 mph. Fast forward to the present, his hard hit rate is up to 30.9%, his barrels are up to 4.3% and he’s averaging 88.5 mph off the bat.
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/geraldo-perdomo/3583867/
Christian Montes De Oca Opens Up About Journey to the Big Leagues
Other Baseball
Hyde out as Orioles manager
https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/brandon-hyde-fired-by-orioles
Watching Juan Soto — as a Met! — with the Bleacher Creatures
“[Soto] was only here for one year,” Chalpin said. “It was a very, very good year, but it was just one year. So he’s not an all-time Yankee great or anything like that. This isn’t Paul O’Neill. He never won here. He had a great year. But there is a distinction between a guy who won here and a guy who didn’t.”
Devers, ‘comfortable’ as Red Sox DH, stays hot with walk-off HR
“I feel very comfortable right now,” Devers said. “I have my routine and go out there every day and do my routine to get ready and I feel very comfortable as a DH.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45201586/devers-comfortable-red-sox-dh-stays-hot-walk-hr
Uh huh…
Jose Alvarado Issued 80-Game PED Suspension
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/jose-alvarado-issued-80-game-ped-suspension.html
Wilmer walks it off (literally) to cap tight pitchers’ duel in extras
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/wilmer-flores-walk-off-walk-wins-it-for-giants-in-extra-innings
Cecconi (8 K’s) makes Guardians debut in style
https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/slade-cecconi-strikes-out-8-in-guardians-debut
Fernando Rodney shooting arrows for Canadian league’s Cardinals: ‘It’s about fun’
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/fernando-rodney-pitching-in-canadian-baseball-league
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-18
This day in baseball
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_18
The longest noodle in the world is over 10,000 feet long.
The longest noodle in the world measures 10,119 ft 1.92 in. It was created by Xiangnian Food Co., Ltd. in Nanyang, China, on October 28, 2017.
The most layers on a sandwich is 60.
The world record for the most layers in a sandwich is 60. It was achieved by the DiLusso Deli Company at Madison Square Park in New York, USA on October 22, 2016.
The largest scoop of ice-cream weighed over 1000 kg.
The world’s biggest ice cream scoop weighed 1365kg 312.93g. The scoop was created by Kemps LLC (USA), in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, on June 28, 2014. The strawberry-flavored scoop measured 5’ 6” tall and 6’ 2” wide and contained approximately 733 containers of ice-cream.
