The Diamondbacks announced they’ve selected the contract of outfielder Jake McCarthy. No additional moves were necessary, as active and 40-man roster space became available when Arizona lost veteran infielder Asdrúbal Cabrera off waivers to the Reds this afternoon. (Conor Foley of the Scranton Times-Tribune reported the news before the official announcement).
Arizona selected McCarthy in the Competitive Balance Round (39th overall) in 2018 out of the University of Virginia. The left-handed hitter remains one of the more promising prospects in the organization, checking in 22nd in the system on Baseball America’s midseason update. BA writes that McCarthy has made recent swing alterations in an attempt to incorporate more power and remains athletic enough to cover center field.
McCarthy has split the 2021 campaign between Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno. The 23-year-old hit .241/.333/.489 over 156 plate appearances in a pitcher-friendly Double-A setting before being bumped up to Reno, where he’s hit .262/.330/.508 in a far more favorable environment for hitters. The D-Backs would’ve had to add McCarthy onto the 40-man roster this offseason to keep him from selection in the Rule 5 draft. With any hope of competing this season long gone, they’ll make the move a little early and get a look at him against major league pitching over the season’s final five weeks.
Hopefully they add Robinson to the 40-man after the off-season to protect him from the Rule 5. Would hate to see the Dbacks lose him.
Your name reminded me of a joke my buddy used to tell. It was just, “Help! I put a J.J. Putz poster on my door and now it won’t close!”
On a more serious note, I don’t know that Robinson needs to be added to the 40-man necessarily. Any team would have to hold him on the active roster for some period of time if he’s grabbed in the Rule 5, which would essentially be that team wasting a 26-man spot.
Maybe some bottom dweller is willing to do that, but everybody else also has to decide who to protect.
I think they can put Robinson on the restricted list.
Yea Robinson has been in a lot of pdf the field trouble.
bet he kills us tonight
Better Jake than Joseph.
he could play 1B for us right now.
You knew I meant the senator, right?
Or Jenny.
It’s not mentioned in the article or on either players Baseball Reference page but I’m pretty sure Jake is the brother of Joe McCarthy, who is still with the Giants org but not on their 40 man roster. Joe has had a very good year at AAA Sacramento, but it is the PCL.
Joe and Jake are brothers. In the off season they work at Dunder Mifflin warehouse in their home town of Scranton PA. They love their boss Michael Scott but think Andy Bernard is a jackass.