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MLB draft’s No. 2 pick Druw Jones injures shoulder in first pro practice with Diamondbacks

MLB draft’s No. 2 pick Druw Jones injures shoulder in first pro practice with Diamondbacks

Druw Jones’ MLB career is off to a tough start. The Arizona Diamondbacks rookie selected with the No. 2 pick in last week’s draft sustained a shoulder injury in Arizona on Tuesday during his first practice session as a pro. Diamondbacks farm director Josh Barfield confirmed the news to the Arizona Republic. Jones suffered the injury while taking batting practice. “He was just taking (batting practice) and took a regular round of BP and felt something in his shoulder on his second-to-last… Source link

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Analyzing the curious Arizona Diamondbacks

Analyzing the curious Arizona Diamondbacks

During draft season, I didn’t see writing an early May article about the Arizona Diamondbacks coming. After all, this is a team that had one player with a top-100 ADP (Ketel Marte), two others who barely made the top-150 (Zac Gallen, Mark Melancon) and one other team member who was tabbed inside the top-200 picks (Daulton Varsho). But there are some statistical oddities with the D-backs right now that fantasy managers need to be aware of. Let’s start with pitching. You could guess most of… Source link

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