Earlier this evening we reported on the Diamondbacks roster moves. Due to the deadline to submit the player reserve lists being today at 6PM eastern, certain players needed to be added to the 40 man roster in order to protect them from being taken in the Rule 5 draft.
As we've previously reported here at Inside the Diamondbacks November 15th was going to be an important day. And it was. The D-backs made the following trade and roster moves: The D-backs acquired RHP Carlos Vargas from Cleveland for RHP Ross Carver.
Diamondbacks lefty Caleb Smith has been a diagnosed with a ligament tear in his left elbow, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports. However, after receiving multiple opinions on the injury, he’ll first opt for a rest-and-rehab approach rather than immediately undergoing Tommy John surgery, GM Mike Hazen tells Piecoro.
The Diamondbacks had a quietly solid second half, setting themselves up for an interesting offseason. Arizona’s 73-89 overall record is obviously far from where they want to be, but the team has seen a number of young position players begin to produce at the major league level.
For the second straight night, the Arizona Diamondbacks lost in the ninth inning. In a 6-5 defeat against the San Francisco Giants, Caleb Smith’s run allowed in the ninth inning marked the league-leading 38th loss for the D-backs bullpen, but it wasn’t fully on him.
In a trio of active roster moves, they’ve placed left-hander Caleb Smith on the 15-day IL due to a hand fracture and optioned infielder Yonny Hernández and righty Corbin Martin.
The Diamondbacks put Caleb Smith on the injured list Monday after he broke his non-pitching hand punching something in frustration following his removal from Saturday's game.
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced a plethora of roster moves on Friday before their game in St. Louis against the Cardinals. The team recalled LHP Caleb Smith and selected RHP Keynan Middleton from Triple-A Reno while optioning LHP Tyler Holton to Reno.
The Arizona Diamondbacks claimed right-handed pitcher Jacob Webb off of waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. Webb was optioned to the Triple-A Reno Aces after getting claimed by Arizona.
The Arizona Diamondbacks optioned left-handed pitcher Caleb Smith to Triple-A Reno and recalled reliever Matt Peacock from the taxi squad on Sunday. Smith opened the season in the starting rotation and tossed a 1-2-3 inning to begin his campaign against the San Diego Padres on April 10.
The Arizona Diamondbacks shuffled their starting rotation on Friday, sending Caleb Smith to the bullpen. Humberto Castellanos will take over Smith’s Sunday start against the New York Mets, manager Torey Lovullo told reporters.
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo announced the team’s starting rotation Tuesday, two days ahead of Opening Day. Madison Bumgarner will start the season opener followed by Merrill Kelly, Zach Davies, Caleb Smith and Zac Gallen.
Major League Baseball recently sent out prototypes of a pre-tacked baseball for player feedback.
Major League Baseball announced that Diamondbacks left-hander Caleb Smith has been suspended for ten games and fined an undisclosed amount “for possessing a foreign substance on his glove” during last Wednesday’s game against the Phillies.
Major League Baseball began cracking down on the use of foreign substances a couple of months into the 2021 season.
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Caleb Smith was ejected in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies after being allegedly caught with a foreign substance on his glove.
Arizona Diamondbacks southpaw Caleb Smith has struggled in 2021 and is being moved to the bullpen, manager Torey Lovullo said on Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Tuesday.
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