Today’s Lineups

DIAMONDBACKS

DODGERS

Ketel Marte – 2B

Shohei Ohtani – DH

Corbin Carroll – RF

Kyle Tucker – RF

Geraldo Perdomo – SS

Mookie Betts – SS

Pavin Smith – DH

Will Smith – C

Nolan Arenado – 3B

Freddie Freeman – 1B

Alek Thomas – CF

Teoscar Hernandez – LF

Carlos Santana – 1B

Santiago Espinal – 3B

James McCann – C

Andy Pages – CF

Jorge Barrosa – LF

Miguel Rojas – 2B

E. Rodriguez – LHP

Tyler Glasnow – RHP

The first shake-up of the season for the line-up, with Gabriel Moreno and Jordan Lawlar each sitting this one out, replaced by James McCann and Jorge Barrosa respectively. Maybe we can become the first NL West team apart from the Dodgers to win a game? The Rockies already lost their second game, joining us, the Padres and Giants, who all came into play at 0-2. The Giants have run their scoreless streak to open the season to 20 innings against the Yankees at time of writing, while the Padres are trying to avoid being swept by the Tigers. Hopefully, this is Detroit getting it all out of the way early, since they will be joining the D-backs in flying to Arizona tonight…

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Tonight is Eduardo Rodriguez’s first start in 2025, and we’ll be hoping for an improved version of E-Rod for 2026. He comes in having made 39 starts for Arizona, with an ERA just over five (5.02). That’s an ERA+ of 85. Among those with more than twenty starts for the Diamondbacks, that puts him right in between Rodrigo Lopez and Barry Enright. It is also two points better than Brandon Pfaadt’s career figure, though the latter is not earning twenty-one million dollars this year. If Rodriguez can become the first Arizona starter to make it through five innings this year, that might be a good sign. Otherwise, we may be looking at a Joe Ross sighting.

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