Arizona Diamondbacks Team report

Automated SABRhood research report for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
SABRhood team report

Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks ranks 20th in run generation and 17th in pitching performance, with a taxed bullpen and 3 recent risers.

League intelligence# 18 43.8 index
Run generation#20
Composite score 45.3
Pitching#17
Composite score 42.4
Recent play#8
3 recent risers
Bullpen readiness#29
Current state taxed
Roster construction

Where this club creates, and loses, WAR

Players are split by position and total WAR is calculated; the green border indicates a club is top-ten in positional WAR, the red border indicates a bottom-ten club.

Best value pocketsSecond base / ShortstopClearest upgrade lanesFirst base / Starting pitching
CStrength

Catcher

2.6WAR#8 of 30
Top valueGabriel Moreno3.0 WAR
1BNeed

First base

-1.8WAR#30 of 30
Top valueLuken Baker-0.1 WAR
2BStrength

Second base

2.7WAR#7 of 30
Top valueKetel Marte1.9 WAR
3BStrength

Third base

2.0WAR#9 of 29
Top valueNolan Arenado2.0 WAR
SSStrength

Shortstop

3.2WAR#7 of 28
Top valueGeraldo Perdomo2.7 WAR
OFMiddle

Outfield

3.5WAR#15 of 30
Top valueCorbin Carroll3.6 WAR
SPNeed

Starting pitching

2.9WAR#27 of 30
Top valueMichael Soroka2.1 WAR
RPStrength

Relief pitching

3.7WAR#10 of 30
Top valueJuan Morillo1.2 WAR
Broadcast three

Water cooler notes

Three concise, evidence-linked notes to start a broadcast conversation.

  1. 1
    team identity

    Arizona Diamondbacks’s analytical identity

    Arizona Diamondbacks ranks 20th in run generation and 17th in pitching performance, with a taxed bullpen and 3 recent risers.

  2. 2
    form driver

    Lars Nootbaar is the strongest recent hitter signal

    Recent OPS 1.169 versus 0.654 previously.

  3. 3
    matchup edge

    Jonathan Loáisiga is limiting right-handed batters more effectively

    Estimated wOBA: 0.324 vs L, 0.180 vs R.

Why it changed

Player movement with league context attached

The recent-window shift and the full-season league standing are separate, so a surge never floats free of the player’s actual level.

Hitter change profile

Tim Tawa

Arizona Diamondbacks | RHB

48.0
Season PA295OPS0.708Est. wOBA0.306Samplestrong
Biggest changestrikeout rate -2.88 z

Strikeout rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.9 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 26th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS39th
0.708
Est. wOBA36th
0.306
Strikeout rate26th
25.4%
Walk rate37th
7.8%
Hard-hit rate73rd
44.7%
Run value / PA48th
0.007
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS+0.14 z
Recent 0.720 baseline 0.705
Est. wOBA+0.20 z
Recent 0.315 baseline 0.304
Strikeout rate-2.88 z
Recent 42.0% baseline 22.0%
Walk rate+0.58 z
Recent 10.0% baseline 7.3%
Hard-hit rate-0.73 z
Recent 37.5% baseline 45.7%
Run value / PA-0.23 z
Recent -0.013 baseline 0.012
Broadcast read: Strikeout rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.9 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 26th percentile. Recent sample: 50 PA; prior sample: 245 PA.
Hitter change profile

Lars Nootbaar

Arizona Diamondbacks | LHB

37.4
Season PA273OPS0.716Est. wOBA0.315Samplestrong
Biggest changeOPS +2.40 z

OPS is the largest recent shift: improving by 2.4 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 44th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS44th
0.716
Est. wOBA48th
0.315
Strikeout rate62nd
19.8%
Walk rate93rd
13.2%
Hard-hit rate91st
49.7%
Run value / PA52nd
0.009
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS+2.40 z
Recent 1.169 baseline 0.654
Est. wOBA+2.21 z
Recent 0.478 baseline 0.292
Strikeout rate-0.24 z
Recent 21.2% baseline 19.6%
Walk rate-0.15 z
Recent 12.1% baseline 13.3%
Hard-hit rate+1.19 z
Recent 59.1% baseline 48.4%
Run value / PA+2.18 z
Recent 0.169 baseline -0.013
Broadcast read: OPS is the largest recent shift: improving by 2.4 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 44th percentile. Recent sample: 33 PA; prior sample: 240 PA.
Team highs

The category leaders inside this clubhouse

Familiar production now sits beside tracked force: 100+ mph contact and pitches are shown as both totals and opportunity rates.

Club contact

100+ mph batted balls

Tracked-contact season total

  1. 1Corbin CarrollArizona Diamondbacks120
  2. 2Ketel MarteArizona Diamondbacks119
  3. 3Gabriel MorenoArizona Diamondbacks84
  4. 4Ildemaro VargasArizona Diamondbacks73
  5. 5Tim TawaArizona Diamondbacks56
Club contact

100+ mph contact rate

Minimum 30 tracked batted balls

  1. 1Corbin CarrollArizona Diamondbacks30.6%
  2. 2Tim TawaArizona Diamondbacks28.9%
  3. 3Ketel MarteArizona Diamondbacks28.7%
  4. 4Lars NootbaarArizona Diamondbacks26.9%
  5. 5LuJames GrooverArizona Diamondbacks25.0%
Club velocity

Pitches at 100+ mph

Across every pitch type

  1. 1Justin MartinezArizona Diamondbacks86
  2. 2Juan MorilloArizona Diamondbacks28
  3. 3Brandyn GarciaArizona Diamondbacks0
  4. 4Jonathan LoáisigaArizona Diamondbacks0
  5. 5Ryne NelsonArizona Diamondbacks0
Club velocity

100+ mph pitch rate

Minimum 100 tracked pitches

  1. 1Justin MartinezArizona Diamondbacks64.7%
  2. 2Juan MorilloArizona Diamondbacks3.0%
  3. 3Brandyn GarciaArizona Diamondbacks0.0%
  4. 4Jonathan LoáisigaArizona Diamondbacks0.0%
  5. 5Ryne NelsonArizona Diamondbacks0.0%
Club offense

Batting average

Best qualified contact results

  1. 1Gabriel MorenoArizona Diamondbacks0.297
  2. 2James McCannArizona Diamondbacks0.296
  3. 3Ryan WaldschmidtArizona Diamondbacks0.261
  4. 4Jose FernandezArizona Diamondbacks0.260
  5. 5Geraldo PerdomoArizona Diamondbacks0.252
Club offense

Home runs

The club power board

  1. 1Ketel MarteArizona Diamondbacks22
  2. 2Nolan ArenadoArizona Diamondbacks22
  3. 3Corbin CarrollArizona Diamondbacks19
  4. 4Gabriel MorenoArizona Diamondbacks12
  5. 5Tim TawaArizona Diamondbacks10
Club offense

OPS

On-base and slugging production

  1. 1Gabriel MorenoArizona Diamondbacks0.836
  2. 2Corbin CarrollArizona Diamondbacks0.800
  3. 3James McCannArizona Diamondbacks0.781
  4. 4Ketel MarteArizona Diamondbacks0.761
  5. 5Nolan ArenadoArizona Diamondbacks0.730
Club pitching

Strikeouts

Total batters finished by strikeout

  1. 1Eduardo RodriguezArizona Diamondbacks128
  2. 2Merrill KellyArizona Diamondbacks99
  3. 3Michael SorokaArizona Diamondbacks91
  4. 4Brandon PfaadtArizona Diamondbacks77
  5. 5Zack LittellArizona Diamondbacks73
Club pitching

Strikeout rate

Strikeouts per batter faced

  1. 1Brandyn GarciaArizona Diamondbacks32.5%
  2. 2Juan MorilloArizona Diamondbacks28.4%
  3. 3Gerardo CarrilloArizona Diamondbacks26.2%
  4. 4Kevin GinkelArizona Diamondbacks24.8%
  5. 5Michael SorokaArizona Diamondbacks23.0%
Club pitching

Lowest OPS allowed

Qualified opponent production

  1. 1Brandyn GarciaArizona Diamondbacks0.470
  2. 2Taylor ClarkeArizona Diamondbacks0.549
  3. 3Juan MorilloArizona Diamondbacks0.570
  4. 4Jonathan LoáisigaArizona Diamondbacks0.582
  5. 5Kevin GinkelArizona Diamondbacks0.645
Ace-in-the-Hole

The staff ace’s complete arsenal

The highest-WAR qualified starter leads the card. Every tracked offering is shown with usage, pitch traits, outcomes, and same-pitch MLB percentiles.

Staff ace · RHP

Michael Soroka

82.0 IP · 3.07 ERA · 2.1 WAR

1,519 tracked pitches
Pitch Use Velo Whiff Chase Zone Putaway Hard hit
SlurveSV · 493 pitches 32.5% 80.638th pct 32.9%100th pct 36.7%100th pct 43.6%75th pct 0.0%100th pct 30.8%75th pct
Four-Seam FastballFF · 491 pitches 32.3% 93.530th pct 11.8%14th pct 30.8%72nd pct 52.3%49th pct 0.0%100th pct 42.1%57th pct
ChangeupCH · 189 pitches 12.4% 85.843rd pct 17.0%7th pct 33.9%45th pct 39.2%61st pct 0.0%100th pct 23.4%80th pct
CutterFC · 183 pitches 12.0% 88.936th pct 17.2%32nd pct 29.8%57th pct 43.2%9th pct 0.0%100th pct 33.3%67th pct
SinkerSI · 163 pitches 10.7% 93.232nd pct 6.7%11th pct 36.1%92nd pct 62.6%91st pct 0.0%100th pct 25.0%96th pct
Percentiles compare each pitch only with the same MLB pitch type and a minimum 50-pitch peer sample. Hard-hit percentile is reversed so a higher percentile is better.
Matchup intelligence

The largest qualified handedness edges

pitcher edge79.2

Jonathan Loáisiga

Arizona Diamondbacks

Jonathan Loáisiga is limiting right-handed batters more effectively

vs L0.324
vs R0.180

Estimated wOBA: 0.324 vs L, 0.180 vs R.

pitcher edge77.4

Michael Soroka

Arizona Diamondbacks

Michael Soroka is limiting right-handed batters more effectively

vs L0.326
vs R0.224

Estimated wOBA: 0.326 vs L, 0.224 vs R.

hitter edge76.7

Corbin Carroll

Arizona Diamondbacks

Corbin Carroll is doing more damage against left-handed pitching

vs L0.399
vs R0.312

Estimated wOBA: 0.399 vs L, 0.312 vs R.

Bullpen decision board

Best available matchup for either side

The board now shows only the highest-ranked active reliever against a left-handed hitter and a right-handed hitter. Workload availability, role, season performance, and handedness all remain visible.

Left-handed batter87.5

Blake Walston

LHP · available · 7 days rest

Availability100.0%Matchup100.0%Performance50.0%
Right-handed batter81.8

Juan Morillo

RHP · available · 2 days rest

Availability82.2%Matchup70.0%Performance79.7%
Story leads

Team Headlines

Subject Reporting lead Score
Gabriel Moreno Gabriel Moreno is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 88.5
Brandyn Garcia Brandyn Garcia is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 86.4
Corbin Carroll Corbin Carroll is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 83.4
Juan Morillo Juan Morillo is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 83.3
Kevin Ginkel Kevin Ginkel’s Slider: 85.6 mph, 40.7% whiffs 76.5
James McCann James McCann is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 75.5
Research status: this automated report is a reporting foundation, not a finished scouting report. Active rosters are date-stamped; injuries, same-day transactions, probable pitchers, and opponent context still require pregame confirmation.