Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #43: 5/15 @ Rockies
A general view of the Coors Field Stadium for the Major League Baseball National League West division Colorado Rockies team under construction circa June 1994 at Coors Field stadium in Denver, Colorado, United States. (Photo by Nathan Bilow/Allsport/Getty Images) | Getty Images Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROCKIES Ketel Marte – 2B Edouard Julien – 1B Corbin Carroll – RF Mickey Moniak – LF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Hunter Goodman – C Nolan Arenado – 3B TJ Rumfield – DH Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Troy Johnston – RF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Jake McCarthy – CF Gabriel Moreno – C Willi Castro – 2B Jose Fernandez – DH Ezequiel Tovar – SS Ryan Waldschmidt – CF Kyle Karros – 3B Merrill Kelly – RHP Kyle Freeland – LHP Into Coors Field for the first time this year go the Diamondbacks. Always an… interesting experience, shall we say.
No lead should ever be considered safe, and it tends to be where bullpens go to die. But the D-backs’ relief corps has, by and large, been performing quite well so far in May. And that’s putting it mildly.
I was shocked – SHOCKED! – to discover that the Diamondbacks actually have the lowest bullpen ERA for the month so far. They have allowed only seven earned runs so far in May – and three of those came in Paul Sewald’s outing in Texas on Wednesday night.
It’s worth noting the D-backs also have the fewest number of relief innings pitched for the month. This is mostly due to starters who have been pitching much deeper into games, since Torey Lovullo has his “come to Jesus” meeting with the rotation in Chicago. As a result, the D-backs have needed only about 2.
2 innings per game out of the bullpen. Compare that to the Tigers, who have taxed their bullpen for a whopping 63. 1 innings – twice as much as the Diamondbacks, using them for an average of more than five innings per game.