The Diamondbacks introduced that outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been reinstated from the 10-day injured record. Infielder Luis Guillorme has been designated for project in a corresponding transfer.
Gurriel landed on the 10-day IL at first of the month because of a strained left calf. Previous to touchdown on the shelf, he had been producing at a charge a bit above league common. He has 17 house runs on the 12 months, a batting line of .274/.316/.428 and a 104 wRC+. He additionally has seven stolen bases and strong defensive metrics, resulting in a tally of 1.8 wins above substitute on the 12 months, per FanGraphs.
Getting that sort of manufacturing again is sweet for the Snakes, assuming he can decide up the place he left off, although supervisor Torey Lovullo might need to make some powerful choices in setting his lineup daily. Pavin Smith has been protecting left area with Gurriel out and has an enormous .296/.378/.591 line and 161 wRC+ on the 12 months. Transferring both to proper area isn’t actually an choice as Corbin Carroll has picked issues up after a weak begin to the 12 months. He was hitting .197/.282/.291 by way of the tip of Might however .254/.344/.520 since, the latter line resulting in a 135 wRC+.
Joc Pederson is hitting properly out of the designated hitter slot. Jake McCarthy is taking part in properly in heart and the identical goes for Christian Walker at first base. Stable gamers like Josh Bell and Randal Grichuk are already getting little taking part in time and the return of Gurriel will additional crowd issues, although that’s a very good drawback for the Snakes to have as they appear to lock down a playoff spot within the closing days of the season. They’re at present 85-68, tied with the Mets for the second and third Wild Card spots. The Padres are two video games up on that pair whereas Atlanta is 2 video games again.
Guillorme was signed to the roster a month in the past whereas Ketel Marte was injured. Since then, he has appeared in 18 video games and hit .162/.347/.216. Marte was reinstated from the IL September 6 and served because the designated hitter for a few video games however has since retaken his spot on the keystone, chopping into Guillorme’s taking part in time. Guillorme has over 5 years of huge league service time and might’t be optioned with out his consent, so he has now been got rid of the roster totally.
He’ll be positioned on waivers within the coming days. He gained’t be playoff eligible with another membership at this level, which limits any attraction of claiming him. He had a strong run as a utility man for the Mets not too way back, hitting a mixed .278/.367/.344 over the 2020-22 seasons. However he hit simply .224/.288/.327 final 12 months and received himself non-tendered. This 12 months, he has bounced between Atlanta, Anaheim and Arizona with a line of .205/.301/.273 in 79 video games. If he passes by way of waivers unclaimed, he has greater than sufficient service time to reject an outright project and elect free company, although maybe he would think about accepting simply in case Marte suffers an harm once more and a few postseason taking part in time opens up.
