The Diamondbacks announced that outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list. Infielder Luis Guillorme has been designated for assignment in a corresponding move.
Gurriel landed on the 10-day IL at the start of the month due to a strained left calf. Prior to landing on the shelf, he had been producing at a rate a bit above league average. He has 17 home runs on the year, a batting line of .274/.316/.428 and a 104 wRC+. He also has seven stolen bases and solid defensive metrics, leading to a tally of 1.8 wins above replacement on the year, per FanGraphs.
Getting that kind of production back is nice for the Snakes, assuming he can pick up where he left off, though manager Torey Lovullo might have to make some tough decisions in setting his lineup every day. Pavin Smith has been covering left field with Gurriel out and has a massive .296/.378/.591 line and 161 wRC+ on the year. Moving either to right field isn’t really an option as Corbin Carroll has picked things up after a weak start to the year. He was hitting .197/.282/.291 through the end of May but .254/.344/.520 since, the latter line leading to a 135 wRC+.
Joc Pederson is hitting well out of the designated hitter slot. Jake McCarthy is playing well in center and the same goes for Christian Walker at first base. Solid players like Josh Bell and Randal Grichuk are already getting little playing time and the return of Gurriel will further crowd things, though that’s a good problem for the Snakes to have as they look to lock down a playoff spot in the final days of the season. They are currently 85-68, tied with the Mets for the second and third Wild Card spots. The Padres are two games up on that pair while Atlanta is two games back.
Guillorme was signed to the roster a month ago while Ketel Marte was injured. Since then, he has appeared in 18 games and hit .162/.347/.216. Marte was reinstated from the IL September 6 and served as the designated hitter for a couple of games but has since retaken his spot at the keystone, cutting into Guillorme’s playing time. Guillorme has over five years of big league service time and can’t be optioned without his consent, so he has now been bumped off the roster entirely.
He’ll be placed on waivers in the coming days. He won’t be playoff eligible with any other club at this point, which limits any appeal of claiming him. He had a solid run as a utility guy for the Mets not too long ago, hitting a combined .278/.367/.344 over the 2020-22 seasons. But he hit just .224/.288/.327 last year and got himself non-tendered. This year, he has bounced between Atlanta, Anaheim and Arizona with a line of .205/.301/.273 in 79 games. If he passes through waivers unclaimed, he has more than enough service time to reject an outright assignment and elect free agency, though perhaps he would consider accepting just in case Marte suffers an injury again and some postseason playing time opens up.
As expected, he’s not good! :>
that doesn’t mean he’s good, he’s a below average player at best
@Femboy, google “facetious” right now.
What does “:>” mean? Am I possibly missing something here?
smiley face :>
dbacks getting healthy at the right time. Mets and padres are the dangerous ones. I think the padres are the team to beat. Dodgers can hit but not pitch. Padres can do both. Cease, darvish, musgrove and a great pen.
Yeah, Padres could theoretically take the lead in their series against the Dodgers, which in turn would be a worse outcome for our last series against them.
Even if Ohtani could be eligible to pitch they still wouldn’t have a good pitching staff. Yes they have Glasnow but there are pitchers with negative WAR more than pitchers with with 1+ WAR.
The A’s should pick him up to complete his run of A-related teams this season.
Dbacks offense is fully healthy with a quality catcher (Del Castillo), quality infielder (Lawler) and a quality outfielder (Thomas) available in case of a late season injury. Offense will have to carry the Dbacks the rest of the way, because like the Dodgers, the Dbacks can hit but can’t pitch.
Did you miss the last 2 games?
Suffer
Did you miss the last 153 games?
Dbacks starters have a combined ERA of 4.79. They rank 27th out of 30 teams.
Dbacks relievers have a combined ERA of 4.42. They rank 24th out of 30 teams.
Dodgers pitchers rank middle of the league, around 13th.
2 well pitched games a season does Not erase those numbers. I’m a huge Dbacks fan, but I’m realistic and I can research stats.
Guillorme will most likely accept the assignment. He cannot play in the postseason for any other club. It’s similar to Pablo Reyes with the Mets. The Mets acquired Eddy Alvarez to provide speed and infield depth, but he wouldn’t be postseason eligible in the event of an injury. Pablo Reyes would.
The big question is can the Dbacks get hot again to make it into and for the post-season? It’s going to take at least 90-91 wins to make it into the post-season this year.
Specifically, the Dbacks pitching needs to get hot—both the starters and the bullpen. Because pitching wins in the post-season, not hitting. Again this year, the Dbacks are NOT the best team, so getting the pitching hot is the only path to a return trip to the WS.
I was wondering what happened to Jason Kelce.
Dude made some incredible defensive plays.
Guillorme’s defense was outstanding and he consistently provided quality ABs going deep into counts and getting on-base at a .347 clip for the Dbacks. All things considered, Guillorme was a great emergency pick up and platoon partner with Newman when Ketel went down.