A reliever is sent down, an AZ Lawmaker gets frustrated with the speed of funding for Chase, and more!
Diamondbacks News
(Arizona Sports) D-backs’ Hall: ‘Utah Pika’ comment from Arizona leader was ‘coming from the heart’
A day later, Hall laughed off Seiden’s emotional quote as frustration about losing the NHL squad more than a temperature check of where the D-backs feel their proposed HB2704 bill stands at present.
“I think he’s just merely pointing to how many markets do want baseball because it’s a point of pride to have your community and the number of jobs you create and what it does for the economy and economic impact,” Hall said. “So that’s really where he was going.
(SI.com) Diamondbacks Option Reliever to Triple-A
The exact reason why Montes De Oca never saw the mound remains a mystery. With an exceptionally taxed and injury-riddled bullpen, the D-backs have struggled greatly to put games away late, and have seen many a late lead evaporate at the hands of poor bullpen pitching.
There’s no guarantee Montes De Oca wouldn’t have continued that trend, but it feels as if Arizona could have at least used him to fill some length and slightly lessen the workload of some of their other struggling relievers.
MLB News
The lawsuit was reportedly filed Thursday in the Hamilton County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas. It reportedly accuses the Reds of negligence for failing to maintain safe field conditions, specifically noting the risks presented by an unpadded metal tarp roller at Great American Ball Park.
Ruf encountered that tarp while playing first base for the Milwaukee Brewers on June 2, 2023. He tracked a foul ball toward the first-base stands and hit the tarp hard, leaving him with a deep laceration in his right knee and a non-displaced patella fracture.
His lawsuit reportedly describes the damage as “permanent and substantial deformities to his knee.”
(ESPN) Rockies fall to 8-42 after being swept in four games by Phillies
Ranger Suárez pitched into the seventh inning to outduel German Márquez, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Thursday to sweep a four-game series.
Colorado fell to 8-42 — the worst 50-game start in MLB’s modern era (since 1901). Before that, you have to go back to the 1895 Louisville Colonels (7-43) to find a worse start.
The Rockies are 5-20 at home and are on pace to lose 136 games this season, which would pass the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20-134) for the most losses by an MLB team. By contrast, the Chicago White Sox set the modern-era record for most losses last season with 121.
(MLB.com) Rockies place Dollander on IL, describe it as ‘precautionary’
The Rockies placed rookie right-hander Chase Dollander on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness on Thursday – a day before he would have been the probable starter against the Yankees at Coors Field.
The move, retroactive to Monday, was termed “precautionary” by manager Warren Schaeffer and general manager Bill Schmidt.
[Ed. Note] Ah yes, ye olde forearm tightness IL stint. Famous for being only precautionary and never the harbinger of a pitcher spending the next 18 months on the IL. What a cursed franchise