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Jul 15, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Pittsburgh Pirates |Steven Kwan |Torey Lovullo
About 5 minutes reading time. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Skenes looked like a summer intern reporting for duty in a light gray suit, white shirt and cream-colored tie, teenage acne on his face and wonder in his voice. In a ballpark filled with six dozen All-Stars, the 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher with 11 major league appearances was the center of attention. “Pretty dang cool,” he said.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Torey Lovullo
About 2 minutes reading time. PHOENIX (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes will start the All-Star Game for the National League on Tuesday night, becoming the fifth rookie pitcher given the honor. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo, who will lead the NL team, made the announcement Friday on the SiriusXM MLB Network Radio. “It’s such a well-deserved honor for him,” Lovullo said. A 21-year-old right-hander, Skenes was selected by Pittsburgh with the top pick in last year’s amateur draft.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Kevin Ginkel |Torey Lovullo
About 2 minutes reading time. NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona reliever Kevin Ginkel escaped with only a bruise when hit on the inside of his left knee by a 98.3 mph comebacker off the bat of the New York Mets’ Brandon Nimmo in the sixth inning of a 10-5 win on Saturday. The 30-year-old right-hander fell to the ground and was down for about two minutes as manager Torey Lovullo came to the mound along with an athletic trainer. Ginkel was able to walk off the field, and X-rays were negative.
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May 30, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | DJ Stewart |Torey Lovullo |Zac Gallen
About 1 minute reading time. NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen strained his right hamstring and left Thursday night’s start against the New York Mets after six pitches. The 28-year-old right-hander, who finished among the top five in NL Cy Young Award voting in each of the last two seasons, hopped when releasing a fastball to DJ Stewart, his second batter. Manager Torey Lovullo and an athletic trainer went to the mound, and Gallen limped as he walked to the dugout.
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May 1, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Dave Roberts |Torey Lovullo
About 2 minutes reading time. PHOENIX (AP) — A swarm of bees created quite a baseball buzzkill in the desert. The start of Tuesday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks was delayed nearly two hours after a bee colony swarmed the top of the protective netting directly behind home plate.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julio Rodriguez |Julio Rodríguez |Torey Lovullo |Zac Gallen
About 2 minutes reading time. SEATTLE (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen left his start against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night after feeling tightness in his right hamstring. Gallen walked Mariners third baseman Josh Rojas leading off the sixth inning and then was removed by Arizona manager Torey Lovullo in the middle of an at-bat against Julio Rodríguez.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Merrill Kelly |Ryne Nelson |San Francisco Giants |Torey Lovullo
About 2 minutes reading time. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly, a standout performer during the 2023 postseason, was scratched from his scheduled start against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday with an injury to his pitching shoulder. Kelly underwent an MRI in San Francisco but is expected to have another on Monday in Phoenix. Kelly said he has a strain of the teres major.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Jordan Montgomery |Jorge Soler |San Francisco Giants |Torey Lovullo
About 3 minutes reading time. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Montgomery’s debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks went better than is tune-up starts in Triple-A. The 31-year-old left-hander cruised through six innings against the San Francisco Giants, allowing one run and four hits with three strikeouts on 78 pitches on Friday night.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Paul Sewald |Torey Lovullo |Kevin Ginkel
About 1 minute reading time. PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald will start the season on the injured list because of a strained left oblique. Manager Torey Lovullo said the strain was a Grade 2, meaning the right-hander could miss several weeks. The 33-year-old reliever is in his second season with the Diamondbacks after coming to the franchise in a trade-deadline deal with the Mariners last summer. “He’s going to miss some time,” Lovullo told reporters on Monday.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Detroit Tigers |Eduardo Rodriguez |Eduardo Rodríguez |Torey Lovullo
About 1 minute reading time. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Eduardo Rodríguez will have to wait to make his Arizona Diamondbacks debut. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Friday that Rodríguez has a lat strain, which means the left-hander will open the season on the injured list. “He’s going to be shut down from throwing until he’s asymptomatic,” Lovullo said. “I know you guys want to know lengths of time, all the common questions that I want to know, but we don’t know that.
