After yet another night in which the Diamondbacks’ lineup failed to produce, left fielder David Peralta summed up the situation -- and the urgency – facing a slumping hitter in an abbreviated season.
“I have to figure it out,” he said. “We’ve got no time.”
The season is one week old and the Diamondbacks are 2-5. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday by a score of 6-3, their home opener spoiled by another rough outing from Robbie Ray and another vanishing act by the offense.
A bad start – by a hitter, a pitcher, a team, whatever it may be – always creates cause for concern, but it tends to be leavened by the reality of what lies ahead: a long, slog of a year that offers nothing but time for adjustments and corrections.