This is your Diamondbacks Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of September 18, 2021.
A Look at Diamondbacks Pitchers’ Pitch Effectiveness
Tyler Clippard
Tyler Clippard’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered below average.
- He features a Cutter that is considered very good.
- He features a Curveball that is considered very good.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
- He features a Splitter that is considered above average.
Tyler Gilbert
Tyler Gilbert’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered very good.
- He features a Cutter that is considered above average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Noe Ramirez
Noe Ramirez’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered above average.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Joe Mantiply
Joe Mantiply’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered among the worst in MLB.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Humberto Castellanos
Humberto Castellanos’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered above average.
- He features a Slider that is considered very good.
- He features a Cutter that is considered above average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered to be quite poor.
J.B. Wendelken
J.B. Wendelken’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered below average.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered to be quite poor.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered below average.
- He features a Slider that is considered elite.
- He features a Cutter that is considered above average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered above average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered below average.
Luke Weaver
Luke Weaver’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered above average.
- He features a Cutter that is considered very good.
- He features a Curveball that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered below average.
Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered above average.
- He features a Slider that is considered to be quite poor.
- He features a Cutter that is considered below average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered below average.
Taylor Widener
Taylor Widener’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered below average.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Madison Bumgarner
Madison Bumgarner’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered below average.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered above average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered below average.
Matt Peacock
Matt Peacock’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered below average.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Changeup that is considered below average.
Humberto Mejia
Humberto Mejia’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered among the worst in MLB.
- He features a Slider that is considered below average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered to be quite poor.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke’s pitching repertoire includes:
- He features a Fastball that is considered among the worst in MLB.
- He features a Slider that is considered above average.
- He features a Curveball that is considered among the worst in MLB.
- He features a Changeup that is considered above average.
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
“Visalia would enter the 8th with a 4-3 lead, but Bryan Castillo would walk the bases loaded on 13 pitches before even more suspect pitching from ERic Mendez would result in 5 runs scoring in the inning. Kyle Backhus allowed 2 runs in 5 innings, but lost the win when Jose Santamaria would allow a run in the 7th. Back to back home runs by Tim Tawa and Deyvision De Los Santos accounted for their first inning runs. With 1 out, a pair of walks and a single would come back to haunt Jameson as he would surrender a first-pitch grand slam to the very next hitter.”
“The Astros got their first baserunner in the 4th thanks to an error by Josh Rojas on a sharply hit ball by Jose Altuve. With one out in the 6th Jose Siri drew a walk and then with two outs Jose Altuve hit a two run shot to left, the one and only hit Madison would surrender on the night. Torey said that Alvarez is a fly ball hitter and Meyers hits it on the ground 50% of the time and he was hoping to get the ground ball to get out of the inning. But with two outs Walker struck out for the 3rd straight time with a runner in scoring position.”
“”That’s something I’ve never done,” Bumgarner said of being on a team that lost 100 games. “It’s like I just bit into an onion,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. It’s just the second time in franchise history that the D-backs have dropped 100 games in a season, as they hope to not match the 2004 team which finished 51-111. The D-backs got a great pitching performance from Madison Bumgarner.”
“10-day IL 1B Seth Beer (dislocated left shoulder) Expected return: TBD Beer dislocated his left shoulder in the first inning of the Sept. 17: Placed 1B Seth Beer on 10-day injured list Beer suffered a dislocated left shoulder while diving for a ball on Sept. Sept. 17) OF Kole Calhoun (strained left hamstring) Expected return: TBD Calhoun faced live pitching on Sept.”
““I’ve been working really hard the last few weeks, the last month on trying to stay up the middle or to the right side and putting everything on a line,” Bliss said. “Oh, 100 percent,” Bliss said of whether the cycle was on his mind in the final innings. “I’m just continuing what I was doing in the spring with college ball,” Bliss said. If being able to drive the ball over the wall on the first pitch was a promising sign, an extra-base hit off a tough breaking ball all but sealed the deal, at least for Bliss.”
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| Sportsbook | Moneyline Odds | Under | Over |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mybookie.ag | Arizona Diamondbacks +225 | 8.5 -105 | 8.5 -115 |