Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #9: 4/4 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 – C Corbin Carroll – RF Matt Olson – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Austin Riley – 3B Gabriel Moreno – C Mike Yastrzemski – LF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Ozzie Albies – 2B Nolan Arenado – 3B Michael Harris – CF Jose Fernandez – 1B Dominic Smith – DH Alek Thomas – CF Mauricio Dubon – SS Jorge Barrosa – LF Bryce Elder – RHP Michael Soroka – RHP A slightly unusual start time for a Saturday, rather than the typical 5:10 pm. That’s because today’s game is a Fox Sports national broadcast, so we must all bow to their commercial demands.
More irritatingly, that means that, a mere nine games in, this will be the fourth different subscription-based service you need to have in order to watch the Diamondbacks. In addition to dbacks. tv, we have already had Netflix on Opening Day, and Apple TV last night.
I know you’ll need to add Peacock to the list in June. I will not be engaging with this nonsense, and so will be following this game purely on Gameday, if at all. After Eduardo Rodriguez proved his first start was no fluke, with an even better one last night, we turn to Michael Soroka to see if he can reproduce his sterling debut as a Diamondback.
Right now, he has a FIP of -0. 22. Yes: that’s a negative figure.
It’s possible because FIP just goes off things like K-rate and BB-rate. Soroka fanned ten batters in only five innings last time on the mound, while walking one. The joys of small sample sizes.