Much of the above, particularly at the top of the order, will be familiar from what we saw in spring training. Marte plays second-base as expected, although hitting as high as fifth is something of a surprise. He has never hit at the position in the order during his time with Arizona, with over 60% of his PAs coming in the seventh or eighth spots. I guess he has to start earning that big contract now! Avila gets to catch Corbin, probably leveraging the platoon edge over Jeff Mathis with a right-handed starter on the mound for Colorado.
Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day line-up announced
