Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #36: 5/6 vs. Mets

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The D-backs 40-man roster is at from Triple-A Reno: RHP Cristian MenaOptioned to Reno following last nights game: LHP Tommy HenryHenry did his job, throwing 36 pitches over 2.2 scoreless innings, and Ryne Nelson is now slated to return to his usual position of long relief. However, given his pitch count, itll be a few days before hell be able to throw again, and with Henry also needing a day or twos rest, the team has therefore called up Mena as temporary coverage. I imagine hell likely be with the team either until Corbin Burness scheduled start on Saturday Alek Thomas Jersey, or until Mena is burned up like Henry. He made his MLB debut on July 3 last year, and has made six starts for the Reno Aces Blake Walston Jersey, so should be capable of giving length if needed. Mena has a 5.76 ERA, but Reno. Thats actually better than most of the starters the Aces have used. Writing today on ESPN, Jeff Passan predicts that tonights starter Zac Gallen is still in line for a nine-figure contract on the free-agent market next winter. He says, While Gallens stuff has ticked down this season and he turns 30 in August, he has been a consistent enough innings eater with a high enough strikeout rate to warrant inclusion among the nine-figure aspirants. His elevated walk rates each of the past two seasons are of concern for a pitcher whose fastball sits at 93, so Gallen needs to pare those back if he wants to stay in this group. Me, I would frankly be surprised, given how much Gallen has struggled in general since coming back from a strained hamstring in the middle of last , he was good enough to beat these Mets with six innings of one-run ball, last Thursday in New York, and hopefully he can do so again tonight. After back-to-back recaps Brandon Pfaadt Jersey, not to mention participating in GDTs with a total of close to a thousand comments in them, I intend to take this game off, and will be icing down my typing arm from the sofa. Last thing I want is to blow out my elbow and end up needing Tommy John surgery. That two-thousand word article on the resurrection of Shelby Miller, isnt going to write itself, after all. So, have fun with tonights contest, while I lurk quietly in the corner!

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