I know our starting lineup has been decimated by injuries, and that our starting rotation has as well, while our bullpen has been decimated partly by the problems with our starters staying healthy, but more by the front office’s chronic and ongoing underinvestment in staffing it properly. Still, I was very excited to see Corbin Martin’s first MLB start (and third start at any level) since his Tommy John surgery back in 2019. He was the blue-chip get in the Zack Greinke trade with the Houston Cheaters Astros that year.
It didn’t start off all that well, with the top of the Diamondbacks order being mowed down on 12 pitches by Dodgers starter Julio Arias, followed by Dodgers CF Mookie Betts launching Martin’s second pitch of the game just over the wall in pretty much straightaway center for a solo home run.