The Diamondbacks have declined their side of a mutual option with veteran right-hander Mark Melancon.
Before today's game, manager Torey Lovullo gave some key health updates on some injured pitchers. Mark Melancon and Corbin Martin will not return in any capacity for the 2023 season.
We’re roughly a third of the way through the 2023 season. Players have had a couple months to build something of a performance track record that’ll play a role in their future contracts.
The Diamondbacks suffered some recent injuries to the bullpen that will greatly affect the outcome of the bullpen competition. Mark Melancon, who was considered one of the few roster locks going into camp, suffered a shoulder injury that could keep him out for months.
As the Arizona Diamondbacks head over to Mesa's Sloan Park for a Cactus League game, they are suddenly beset by a slew of injuries and ailments. A shorthanded crew will take on the Cubs at 1:05 P.M.
A shoulder injury is expected to delay the start of Mark Melancon's season.
Player Review Links Hub Status: First year of 2 year contract: $6,000,000 Career and 2022 Season Review University of Arizona alumni Mark Melancon was drafted by the Yankees all the way back in 2006.
The Diamondbacks head into the offseason looking to bolster a roster that showed some promise in the second half.
The Diamondbacks had a quietly solid second half, setting themselves up for an interesting offseason. Arizona’s 73-89 overall record is obviously far from where they want to be, but the team has seen a number of young position players begin to produce at the major league level.
Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias will turn in some final prep work in advance of next month's playoffs, while attempting to help his Cy Young Award cause, when he takes the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.
In a contest that almost mirrored game one of the three-game set, the Arizona Diamondbacks (48-59) rallied late and got a good performance from the backend of the bullpen in a 6-4 win over the Colorado Rockies (48-63) at Chase Field on Sunday afternoon to clinch the series victory.
Melancon is coming off his seventh career sub-3.00 ERA season — his second in as many years.
Melancon, 36 next month, adds a former All-Star closer to an already deep Friars bullpen. He’ll give skipper Jayce Tingler another option for ninth-inning work,
Mark Melancon did not seem to appreciate a weird question he received after his Atlanta Braves won Game 2 of the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
Mark Melancon got to partake in the Atlanta Braves’ fun before entering Game 1 of the NLCS at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on Monday night.
The most interesting team before the trade deadline is the Giants, who are loaded with pitchers other teams covet, Justin Mears writes. But San Francisco surprisingly is back in the wild-card hunt.
If there has been one overused theme so far this season, it's that 2017 is a summer of great parity in Major League Baseball. Or at least, that is the sunny side up, glass half full version angle, because it has been a season where drastic cases of inconsistency and flat-out missed expectations have forced parity to the plate.
Major League Baseball has player movement unlike any other sport mainly due to the fact there is no salary cap. That means, each and every season, there are familiar faces in new places.
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