Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #8: 4/3 vs. Braves
PHOENIX, AZ - MARCH 30: A general view of the exterior of Chase field is seen prior to the game between the Detroit Tigers and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, March 30, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Today’s Lineups BRAVES DIAMONDBACKS Ronald Acuna – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Drake Baldwin – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Ozzie Albies – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Matt Olson – 1B Gabriel Moreno – DH Austin Riley – 3B Nolan Arenado – 3B Eli White – LF Alek Thomas – CF Mauricio Dubon – SS James McCann – C Michael Harris – CF Carlos Santana – 1B Jonah Heim – C Tim Tawa – LF Grant Holmes – RHP E. Rodriguez – LHP And, no – I will not be including James McCann’s interesting appearance on the mound yesterday, in the chart above.
Over the Statcast era, there have been a total of 19 pitches thrown by Diamondbacks which came in at a velocity below forty miles per hour. Fourteen of them were thrown by McCann last night: the others belonged to Josh Rojas (2), Jose Herrera (2) and Tucker Barnhart (1). McCann bottomed out at just 35.
8 mph, the slowest pitch recorded in Arizona franchise history. Mind you, that was still lickety-split compared to the 33. 6 mph lollipop delivered by Dylan Moore of the Phillies to CJ Abrams on Monday.
The all-time low? 21. 7 mph by… Garrett Crochet?
Of course, there’s a caveat … After that unfortunate pounding, it’ll be interesting to see how the D-backs bounce back, especially given the equally unfortunate loss of Jordan Lawlar. Just after he had hit his first home-run as well, and had got his numbers for the season up to 6-for-18 with a . 956 OPS.