Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers, catchers - and manager! - report

Activity was, as you’d expect, light at Salt River Fields today. For when they say, “pitchers and catchers report,” that’s exactly what they mean - players just show up, rather than energetically participating in preseason practice. There’ll be plenty of time for that beginning tomorrow... But manager Torey Lovullo was there as well, taking questions from the media, and a few interesting nuggets cropped up over the course of his first open session with the press in 2017. Here are some highlights from the briefing.

That’s the plan announced for 2017. In his debut season, Peralta saw double-digit starts at all three positions, with half the total in right. However, the following year, he…