DBacksEurope started his 2022 player review of Joe Mantiply with a game of “find the differences.” He showed two pics. The first was October 2020 when the D-backs DFA’d him and the second was July 2022 when he was selected for the All-Star game.
“In last year’s review Jack already pointed out that Mantiply would have stretches of good pitching and then some outings where he’d give up several runs. That trend continued in 2022, albeit with a rather different stretch: from the beginning of the season until the All-Star break Mantiply was the sole star on what was a rather mediocre team.