The off day provided little in the way of distraction from our wait for Burnes’ MRI results.
Diamondbacks News
Corbin Burnes injury latest: What to know about the Diamondbacks ace needing an MRI by Jeremy Cluff [AZ Central]
A Diamondbacks team source told The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro on June 2 that there was no immediate update expected, noting the possibility of Burnes seeking multiple opinions on how to proceed.
Burnes said June 1 he’d started to feel tightness before he motioned for a trainer with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. The Diamondbacks held on for a 3-1 win over the Nationals, to salvage a win in the series, but Burnes’ status was at the forefront of the team’s concerns after the game.
Diamondbacks Righty Named PCL Pitcher of the Week by Alex D’Agostino [SI]
The definition of domination
Bryce Jarvis has been named PCL Pitcher of the Week by @MiLB! Jarvis posted six scoreless, hitless innings on Friday while striking out nine batters ❌@Dbacks | #Aceball pic.twitter.com/VmMyfxWJ9K
— Reno Aces (@Aces) June 2, 2025
Diamondbacks are in similar spot as last year, so why does it feel different? by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports]
A major circumstantial difference is that there are no waves of reinforcements coming this time. Last year, the team was incomplete and looking to stay competitive enough to set up a run when healthier. There are fewer excuses and more regrets this time around.
“ Last year, we were fighting through some injuries,” manager Torey Lovullo said on Friday.
“I think three or four of the five starters were injured. We had our starting shortstop banged up and just about to come off the IL. We were probably overachieving and doing our absolute best to just stay around .500. This year, I think it’s a little bit different. I think we’re underachieving and we’ve gotta play better.”
Brandon Pfaadt’s Struggles Complicate D-backs’ Rotation Plans by Michael McDermott [SI]
Pfaadt’s 2025 results have been fairly controversial, depending on the lens you view them with. From a straight-line results standpoint, he’s been a solid bottom-of-the-rotation starter. He’s pitched 5.2 innings in nine of his 12 starts and allowed four runs or fewer in 10 of them. His average game score is 48, four points below the major league average of 52. While he’s been far from perfect, he’s given Arizona mostly competitive starts every fifth day.
Around the League
Glasnow, Dodgers equally frustrated at his ‘body not responding’ to shoulder rehab by Sonja Chen [MLB]
Roberts refrained from calling it a full pause for Glasnow, who is still playing catch, and specified that the issue is not shoulder-specific — “just overall body just not responding.”
“I’m not sure when he’s going to get back on a mound,” Roberts said. “Our hope is that it’ll be soon, somewhat in the same timeframe as Blake [Snell].”
Josh Bell’s BABIP Experiment by Jay Jaffe [FanGraphs]
Bell is currently running a .189 BABIP. That’s bad by Bell’s standards. He’s a big, slow, would-be power guy, but he’s never run terrible BABIPs. His career .284 mark is good for a 95 BABIP+, below average, but not disastrously so. In case you didn’t major in subtraction, that means Bell is currently 95 points below his career mark.
That’s also bad by any standard, ever. It’s the lowest BABIP among qualified players by 28 points. I pulled the BABIP of every player in AL/NL history who made at least 400 plate appearances in a season. Bell is on pace to run the second-lowest BABIP of all time, not far above second baseman Joe Gerhardt, who batted .155 with a .176 BABIP for the New York Giants in 1885. Luckily, what Gerhardt lacked as a hitter, he more than made up for with his mustache.
Braves Hire Fredi Gonzalez As Third Base Coach by Anthony Franco [MLB Trade Rumors]
The Braves have had four runners thrown out at home plate this season, including one on a particularly bad send in which Jarren Duran easily cut down Alex Verdugo on May 17. Atlanta also had a crucial ninth-inning miscue in a one-run loss to the Padres on May 23. Eli White was on second base and advanced towards third on a line drive single to center field. White misread a stop sign from Tuiasosopo and evidently believed he was signaling that the ball had been caught. He needlessly tried to scramble back to second base and was thrown out. It’s tough to fault Tuiasosopo for that one — White took responsibility postgame and called it “a bad read and misjudgment on my part” — but the situation magnified some of the team’s baserunning mistakes. The Braves will hope that González’s return helps reduce those.
Mariners to retire No. 51 for both Randy Johnson, Ichiro Suzuki [ESPN]
The No. 51 worn by Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson during his nine-plus seasons with the club will be retired during the 2026 season. The team made the announcement Monday on the 35th anniversary of the day Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Mariners history.