![]() “We’ll probably pull off some of those guys at some point, but our hope is that we have guys underneath there who step up and continue to play well and move forward.” J.B.’s back “Look, Tim Locastro, I know it signals the trade deadline, but he wasn’t playing for us every day,” Sawdaye said. Sawdaye said that is not something the club is likely to take into consideration, in part because he expects a healthier rotation to keep the Diamondbacks in more games in the second half. The Diamondbacks, who reached the halfway point of their season on Tuesday, entered Thursday night’s game against the Giants on pace for 119 losses, which would leave them one shy of the major league record set by the 1962 New York Mets. “There are some things to build off of and just continuing to build depth in our minor leagues with pretty good arms,” Sawdaye said. Sawdaye mentioned his “big fastball” and “pretty good slider” as attractive qualities. He features a fastball that averages 95 mph - a 2 1/2 mph jump from 2019 - as well as a slider and curveball. In 16 innings, Curtis, 25, had 27 strikeouts. In exchange for Locastro, the Diamondbacks received right-hander Keegan Curtis, who had a 3.94 ERA in 12 appearances for Double-A Somerset. Sawdaye said the club felt good about its center field depth at the major league level and about a wave of outfielders coming up through the system. That said, the club did just move a player in Locastro who will be arbitration-eligible for the first time next year. Outfielders David Peralta and Kole Calhoun, who is currently hurt, and right-hander Merrill Kelly each have one year remaining beyond this. Infielders Eduardo Escobar and Asdrubal Cabrera, catcher Stephen Vogt and reliever Joakim Soria all are in the final year of their contracts. More than likely, the club will be more open to moving players with expiring control. … I also think a full season with some of these other players and maybe some different dynamics, are we going to compete in this division? I don’t know. “Some of them are going to be here because we feel like they’re a big part of this team and we still feel like there’s upside with them. “Without going into specifics about names, you’re probably going to see a lot of the same players,” Sawdaye said. Sawdaye said the organization likely will be hesitant to trade players it considers essential to its core, including center fielder Ketel Marte, right-hander Zac Gallen and catcher Carson Kelly, though he did not mention each player by name. I do think there could be different dynamics at play in the offseason than there might be in the next three or four weeks.” ![]() “You don’t just want to push things through at the deadline just because it’s the deadline. Moreover, contenders often do not want to trade from their major league roster. The club is a clear seller, but for every player it might be willing to move, there are other sellers peddling their available players, as well. Sawdaye spelled out some of the challenges the Diamondbacks’ front office faces as it approaches the deadline. … Making trades is not an easy thing to do in the league.” “But I also think it’s much easier to kind of say, ‘Oh, just rip it apart and rebuild.’ It’s not that easy to do that. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.“I think coming into this year we certainly didn’t anticipate this team to look like this,” Sawdaye said. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Logos were compiled by the amazing .Ĭopyright © 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. We present them here for purely educational purposes. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC.
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