Snake Bytes 5/25

Team News

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Justin Martinez can’t hold lead as Cardinals rally late for 6-5 win

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2025/05/24/arizona-diamondbacks-st-louis-cardinals-matchups-game-time/83542047007/

D-backs find offensive identity in 8th-inning rally before late collapse

“I missed my location with Walker, trying to go in with that pitch and it missed right down the middle,” Martinez said. “And that’s what happens when you miss right down the middle in the show, you get hit.”

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-eighth-inning-comeback-falls-short-in-loss-to-cardinals

Diamondbacks’ 4-run 8th inning not enough in loss vs. Cardinals

https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/diamondbacks-9/3584981/

D-backs Lose Another 1-Run Game as Justin Martinez Blows Late Lead

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis/can-justin-martinez-stabilize-diamondbacks-bullpen

Diamondbacks Move Diaz to Complex, Amendt to Injured List

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects/diamondbacks-move-diaz-complex-amendt-injured-list

Groover Continues Hot Streak, Organizational Pitching Stays Dominant

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects/groover-continues-hot-streak-organizational-pitching-stays-dominant

Other Baseball

Guardians Promote Nic Enright

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/guardians-promote-nic-enright.html

From March, but linked in the mlbtraderumors article.
In ‘22, a cancer diagnosis. In ‘24, a lat injury. In ‘25? Enright seeks MLB debut

https://www.mlb.com/news/nic-enright-one-step-from-guardians-debut-after-overcoming-cancer-and-injury

How Skubal has gotten even better after Cy Young season

https://www.mlb.com/news/tarik-skubal-improving-in-2025-after-cy-young-season

Cubs Making Push To Host 2027 All-Star Game

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/cubs-making-push-to-host-2027-all-star-game.html

‘It’s worse than I thought’: Bregman (right quad) placed on IL

https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-bregman-right-quad-injury

Fantasy baseball: What to expect from Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer

https://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/id/45301994/fantasy-baseball-boston-red-sox-marcelo-mayer

Dbacks connection

ex Dbacks on the move:
Cooper Hummel Granted Release By Yankees

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/cooper-hummel-triggers-release-clause-in-deal-with-yankees.html

Anything Goes

Stumbled across this on Facebook, and since it is Memorial Day weekend…

This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-25

This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_25

18 newborns can be switched at birth daily.

If you’ve ever worried whether you were switched at birth, it may be likely. On average, 18 babies can be sent to the wrong delivery rooms. However, cases of being switched at birth are usually identified immediately.

Humans have farted 17 quadrillion times since the beginning of time.

If you want a picture of how far the human race has come, you can measure it in farts. The average person farts 14 times a day.

One kiss transfers more than 80 million germs.

When Dua Lipa said, “One kiss is all it takes,” she meant more than just falling in love. In one 10-second French kiss, over 80 million microbes are transferred between partners. Sounds pretty icky, but scientists actually think kissing may boost the immune system through shared bacteria. Similarly, people in long term relationships were found to have the same bacteria in their mouths. How sweet!