The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.
Recalled from Triple-A Reno:
INF Tim Tawa (No. 13)
Placed on 10-day injured list:
INF Ketel Marte (strained left hamstring)
We wrote about Tawa as a roster dark-horse in January, and less than three months later, here he is in the big leagues. It’s unfortunate that it took an injury to last year’s MVP to give him the chance, but you can’t exactly turn the opportunity down, can you! There’s still no word on how long Marte might be out for, and it’s going to be interesting to see how playing time gets split between Tawa and Hampson, both of whom are right-handed hitters.