The Dbacks Need More From the Supporting Cast
As always, the Dbacks’ dynamic duo of Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte played out of their minds all throughout the season. Geraldo Perdomo, who we’ll touch on more in a bit, added his name to the list of stars down in the desert, but very few others stepped up when the club needed it the most.
With such a massive list of players spending extended periods of time on the injured list in 2025, there was a lot of playing time being opened up around the roster. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. missed most of September; A.J. Puk, Corbin Burnes, and Justin Martinez all went underwent Tommy John surgeries in June; and Tommy Henry, Christian Montes De Oca, and Blake Walston all also finished the year on the IL.
Point being: there were plenty of opportunities to go around, especially on the pitching staff. This is underscored even further by the trades that sent Merrill Kelly, Shelby Miller, and Jalen Beeks (not to mention position players in Josh Naylor, Eugenio Suarez, and Randal Grichuk) packing.
The Dbacks plugged holes with the likes of Juan Morillo, Kyle Backhus, Kevin Ginkel, Taylor Rashi, and Brandyn Garcia, but none of them stepped up and earned longer leashes.
On offense, Gabriel Moreno and Pavin Smith were the only two everyday players outside of the previously mentioned star-studded trio above to post a wRC+ north of 100, but the Diamondbacks’ offense was hardly their issue. As a group, they finished in the top 10 in all of baseball in home runs, runs scored, walk percentage, strikeout percentage, batting average, OPS, on-base percentage, and wRC+.
Still, players like Blaze Alexander, Adrian Del Castillo, Jordan Lawlar, Alek Thomas, and a handful of other bench bats never took their opportunities and ran with them.