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Diamondbacks Coach Praises Starters’ Work Ethic



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Spring training ended abruptly for the Diamondbacks in March, canceling the back half of planned preparation for the upcoming season and putting the teams’ players in limbo.

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But some starting pitchers stayed in Arizona and continued to work out at the team’s facility at Salt River Fields, something pitching coach Matt Herges said paid dividends as they now prepare for a rapidly approaching shortened season.

“They were diligent in what they did in the meantime, right between the first spring training and this spring training,” Herges said.

He singled out top-of-the-rotation left-hander Robbie Ray.

“Robbie was in there,” Herges said. “I mean this guy was a maniac with this in the quarantine time.”

Herges also praised manager Torey Lovullo for communicating a sense of urgency before the restart.

“Torey was great about communicating, “Listen, when this happens, it could happen abruptly, right?” Herges said. “Like we could be told ‘Hey, it’s go time, you need to get here, and we need to go.’ And when they step foot on camp, they put their two feet at Chase Field or wherever we’re going to have this spring training 2.0, be ready to throw two innings. And I mean shoot, Robbie was ready to throw four innings the first day he got in here.”

The club’s intrasquad game at 6:00 pm Monday will be live-streamed on dbacks.com.

 

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