Readers of a certain age may recognize a familiar name on the Guardians’ side of the line-up. After scheduled pitcher Triston McKenzie was scratched with right elbow discomfort, they called up Touki Toussaint to start for them in the opener of the series at Chase Field tonight. If that name’s vaguely familiar, it’s because he was the Diamondbacks’ first-round draft pick slightly more than nine years ago, in 2014, chosen #16 overall. [With hindsight, we should have taken Matt Chapman] Despite the pic above, he never appeared in a single game for Arizona because, in one of the most controversial moves of the Dave Stewart era, he was dealt to Atlanta in June 2015 to get them to take on Bronson Arroyo’s contract.
Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #70: 6/16 vs. Guardians
