The Diamondbacks introduced that outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been reinstated from the 10-day injured listing. Infielder Luis Guillorme has been designated for task in a corresponding transfer.
Gurriel landed on the 10-day IL at first of the month as a result of a strained left calf. Previous to touchdown on the shelf, he had been producing at a price a bit above league common. He has 17 dwelling runs on the yr, 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 alternative on the yr, per FanGraphs.
Getting that form of manufacturing again is good for the Snakes, assuming he can decide up the place he left off, although supervisor Torey Lovullo might need to make some robust choices in setting his lineup day by day. Pavin Smith has been overlaying left discipline with Gurriel out and has a large .296/.378/.591 line and 161 wRC+ on the yr. Shifting both to proper discipline isn’t actually an possibility as Corbin Carroll has picked issues up after a weak begin to the yr. He was hitting .197/.282/.291 by means of the tip of Might however .254/.344/.520 since, the latter line resulting in a 135 wRC+.
Joc Pederson is hitting effectively out of the designated hitter slot. Jake McCarthy is taking part in effectively in middle 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 great drawback for the Snakes to have as they appear to lock down a playoff spot within the last days of the season. They’re presently 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, slicing into Guillorme’s taking part in time. Guillorme has over 5 years of massive 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 every other membership at this level, which limits any enchantment 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 yr and received himself non-tendered. This yr, he has bounced between Atlanta, Anaheim and Arizona with a line of .205/.301/.273 in 79 video games. If he passes by means of waivers unclaimed, he has greater than sufficient service time to reject an outright task and elect free company, although maybe he would think about accepting simply in case Marte suffers an damage once more and a few postseason taking part in time opens up.
