Today’s Lineups

I was just looking at our bullpen, and it’s worth re-stating how much it has been generated on the fly. We’ve previously pointed out how Jalen Beeks is the only one of Arizona’s current relievers who was on the Opening Day roster. When he was on the IL, there was a time we had no survivors from Opening Day in the bullpen. But beyond him, Juan Morillo is the sole other one to have pitched for the D-backs before June. Here is a full list of the eight current pitchers in the Diamondbacks bullpen, with the date of their first appearance, and what they were doing on Opening Day: • Jalen Beeks, March 27 – on D-backs roster • Juan Morillo, April 19 – on AAA Reno aces roster • Kyle Backhus, June 8 – on AAA Reno aces roster • John Curtiss, June 29 – on AAA Reno aces roster

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