2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season

2020 Arizona Diamondbacks
2020 Arizona Diamondbacks
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1998) Western Division (since 1998); ;
Location
	Chase Field (since 1998); Phoenix, Arizona (since 1998);
Results
Record	25–35 (.417)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ken Kendrick
General manager(s)	Mike Hazen
Manager(s)	Torey Lovullo
Local television	Fox Sports Arizona; (Steve Berthiaume, Bob Brenly, Greg Schulte)
Local radio	KMVP-FM (98.7); (Greg Schulte, Tom Candiotti, Mike Ferrin); KHOV-FM (105.1, Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 23rd season in Major League Baseball and their 23rd season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona as members of the National League West Division. They are managed by Torey Lovullo in his fourth season with the franchise.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.^[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.^[2]

On June 23, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.^[3]

The Diamondbacks finished the season 25–35, giving them their first losing season since 2016.

Offseason[]

Transactions[]

October 31, 2019	Matt Herges hired as a pitching coach
August 31, 2020	Traded LHP Robbie Ray and Cash Considerations to Toronto for LHP Travis Bergen
August 31, 2020	Traded RHP Archie Bradley and Cash Considerations to Cincinnati for OF Josh VanMeter and Stuart Fairchild
August 31, 2020	Traded OF Starling Marte to Miami for LHP Caleb Smith, RHP Humberto Mejía and a Player to be named later
August 31, 2020	Traded LHP Andrew Chafin and Cash Considerations to Chicago for a Player to be named later

Season standings[]

National League West[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	0.717	—	21–9	22–8
San Diego Padres	37	23	0.617	6	21–11	16–12
San Francisco Giants	29	31	0.483	14	19–14	10–17
Colorado Rockies	26	34	0.433	17	12–18	14–16
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	0.417	18	16–14	9–21

National League Wild Card[]

v t Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	0.717
Atlanta Braves	35	25	0.583
Chicago Cubs	34	26	0.567

v t Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
San Diego Padres	37	23	0.617
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	0.517
Miami Marlins	31	29	0.517

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	0.517	+2
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	0.483	—
San Francisco Giants	29	31	0.483	—
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	0.467	1
Washington Nationals	26	34	0.433	3
New York Mets	26	34	0.433	3
Colorado Rockies	26	34	0.433	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	0.417	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	0.317	10

Record vs. opponents[]

2020 National League Records v t Source: NL Standings Head-to-head
Team	ARI	COL	LAD	SD	SF	AL
Arizona	—	5–5	2–8	5–5	2–8	11–9
Colorado	5–5	—	3–7	3–7	6–4	9–11
Los Angeles	8–2	7–3	—	6–4	6–4	16–4
San Diego	5–5	7–3	4–6	—	8–2	13–7
San Francisco	8–2	4–6	4–6	2–8	—	11–9

Detailed records[]

Opponent	Total	Home	Away	RS	RA
National League West
Arizona Diamondbacks	–	–	–	–	–
Colorado Rockies	5–5	3–4	2–1	74	57
Los Angeles Dodgers	2–8	2–5	0–3	34	55
San Diego Padres	5–5	3–0	2–5	34	46
San Francisco Giants	2–8	1–2	1–6	27	47
Total	14–26	9–11	5–15	169	205

Opponent	Total	Home	Away	RS	RA
American League West
Houston Astros	3–3	2–1	1–2	31	28
Los Angeles Angels	2–1	–	2–1	21	21
Oakland Athletics	2–2	2–0	0–2	16	13
Seattle Mariners	1–2	1–2	–	10	17
Texas Rangers	3–1	2–0	1–1	22	11
Total	11–9	7–3	4–6	100	90

Game log[]

On April 18–19, 2020, the Diamondbacks were supposed to take on the San Diego Padres in the Mexico Series at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico City. But due to the Pandemic, on March 19, the MLB cancelled the series.

2020 Game Log 25–35 (Home: 16–14; Away: 9–21)

July: 3–5 (Home: 1–1; Away: 2–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
1	July 24	@ Padres	2–7	Paddack (1–0)	Bumgarner (0–1)	—	0–1	L1
2	July 25	@ Padres	1–5	Lamet (1–0)	Ray (0–1)	—	0–2	L2
3	July 26	@ Padres	4–3	Bradley (1–0)	Yates (0–1)	—	1–2	W1
4	July 27	@ Padres	2–6	Quantrill (1–0)	Weaver (0–1)	—	1–3	L1
5	July 28	@ Rangers	4–1	Kelly (1–0)	Gibson (0–1)	Bradley (1)	2–3	W1
6	July 29	@ Rangers	4–7	Hernández (1–0)	Chafin (0–1)	Goody (1)	2–4	L1
7	July 30	Dodgers	3–6	Stripling (2–0)	Ray (0–2)	Báez (1)	2–5	L2
8	July 31	Dodgers	5–3	Rondón (1–0)	Treinen (0–1)	Bradley (2)	3–5	W1

August: 11–16 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
9	August 1	Dodgers	2–11	Urías (1–0)	Weaver (0–2)	—	3–6	L1
10	August 2	Dodgers	0–3	Kershaw (1–0)	Kelly (1–1)	Jansen (2)	3–7	L2
11	August 4	Astros	2–8	Javier (1–0)	Bumgarner (0–2)	—	3–8	L3
12	August 5	Astros	14–7	Ray (1–2)	McCullers Jr. (1–1)	—	4–8	W1
13	August 6	Astros	5–4	Guerra (1–0)	Pressly (0–1)	—	5–8	W2
14	August 7	@ Padres	0–3	Davies (2–1)	Weaver (0–3)	Yates (2)	5–9	L1
15	August 8	@ Padres	3–2	Kelly (2–1)	Paddack (2–1)	Bradley (3)	6–9	W1
16	August 9	@ Padres	5–9	Lamet (2–0)	Bumgarner (0–3)	—	6–10	L1
17	August 10	@ Rockies	12–8	Young (1–0)	Gray (0–2)	Bradley (4)	7–10	W1
18	August 11	@ Rockies	7–8	Estévez (1–0)	Ginkel (0–1)	Bard (1)	7–11	L1
19	August 12	@ Rockies	13–7	Chafin (1–1)	Kinley (0–1)	—	8–11	W1
20	August 14	Padres	5–1	Kelly (3–1)	Lamet (2–1)	—	9–11	W2
21	August 15	Padres	7–6	Crichton (1–0)	Johnson (1–1)	Bradley (5)	10–11	W3
22	August 16	Padres	5–4	Clarke (1–0)	Pagán (0–1)	Bradley (6)	11–11	W4
23	August 17	Athletics	4–3	Crichton (2–0)	Soria (2–1)	—	12–11	W5
24	August 18	Athletics	10–1	Weaver (1–3)	Montas (2–2)	—	13–11	W6
25	August 19	@ Athletics	1–4	Luzardo (2–0)	Kelly (3–2)	Hendriks (8)	13–12	L1
26	August 20	@ Athletics	1–5	Manaea (1–2)	Young (1–1)	—	13–13	L2
27	August 21	@ Giants	2–6	Webb (2–2)	Ray (1–3)	—	13–14	L3
28	August 22	@ Giants	1–5	Anderson (1–1)	Grace (0–1)	—	13–15	L4
29	August 23	@ Giants	1–6	Baragar (3–1)	Weaver (1–4)	—	13–16	L5
30	August 24	Rockies	2–3	Castellani (1–1)	Widener (0–1)	Bard (2)	13–17	L6
31	August 25	Rockies	4–5	Díaz (1–1)	Crichton (2–1)	Bard (3)	13–18	L7
32	August 26	Rockies	7–8	Gray (2–3)	Ray (1–4)	Hoffman (1)	13–19	L8
—	August 27	Rockies	Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: September 25
33	August 28	Giants	7–4	Gallen (1–0)	Anderson (1–2)	—	14–19	W1
34	August 29	Giants	2–5	García (2–1)	Weaver (1–5)	Rogers (2)	14–20	L1
35	August 30	Giants	1–4	Watson (1–0)	Crichton (2–2)	Coonrod (1)	14–21	L2

September: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
36	September 1	@ Dodgers	3–6	Urías (3–0)	Young (1–2)	Jansen (10)	14–22	L3
37	September 2	@ Dodgers	2–3 (10)	Jansen (2–0)	Guerra (1–1)	—	14–23	L4
38	September 3	@ Dodgers	1–5	Kershaw (5–1)	Weaver (1–6)	—	14–24	L5
39	September 4	@ Giants	6–5	Bergen (1–0)	Anderson (1–3)	Ginkel (1)	15–24	W1
40	September 5	@ Giants	3–4	Barager (4–1)	Bumgarner (0–1)	Watson (1)	15–25	L1
41	September 6	@ Giants	2–4	Baragar (5–1)	Young (1–3)	Rogers (3)	15–26	L2
42	September 7	@ Giants	2–4	Gausman (3–2)	Gallen (1–1)	Coonrod (2)	15–27	L3
43	September 8	Dodgers	9–10 (10)	Jansen (3–0)	López (0–1)	—	15–28	L4
44	September 9	Dodgers	4–6 (10)	McGee (3–1)	Ginkel (0–2)	Treinen (1)	15–29	L5
45	September 10	Dodgers	5–2	Smith (1–0)	Gonsolin (0–1)	Bergen (1)	16–29	W1
46	September 11	Mariners	4–3	Young (2–3)	Kikuchi (2–3)	Crichton (1)	17–29	W2
47	September 12	Mariners	3–7	Sheffield (3–3)	Gallen (1–2)	—	17–30	L1
48	September 13	Mariners	3–7	Sadler (1–0)	Weaver (1–7)	—	17–31	L2
49	September 15	@ Angels	9–8	Mella (1–0)	Andriese (2–3)	Crichton (2)	18–31	W1
50	September 16	@ Angels	9–6	Clarke (2–0)	Bundy (5–3)	Crichton (3)	19–31	W2
51	September 17	@ Angels	3–7	Canning (1–3)	Young (2–4)	—	19–32	L1
52	September 18	@ Astros	6–3	Gallen (2–2)	García (0–1)	Crichton (4)	20–32	W1
53	September 19	@ Astros	2–3	Paredes (3–2)	Weaver (1–8)	Pressly (11)	20–33	L1
54	September 20	@ Astros	2–3	Taylor (2–1)	Guerra (1–2)	Pressly (12)	20–34	L2
55	September 22	Rangers	7–0	Smith (2–0)	Lyles (1–6)	—	21–34	W1
56	September 23	Rangers	7–3	Mella (2–0)	Goody (0–2)	—	22–34	W2
57	September 25	Rockies	4–0 (7)	Gallen (3–2)	Senzatela (5–3)	Crichton (5)	23–34	W3
58	September 25	Rockies	11–5 (7)	Clarke (3–0)	Santos (0–1)	—	24–34	W4
59	September 26	Rockies	3–10	Márquez (4–6)	Weaver (1–9)	—	24–35	L1
60	September 27	Rockies	11–3	Bumgarner (1–4)	Freeland (2–3)	—	25–35	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Diamondbacks team member

Roster[]

2020 Arizona Diamondbacks

Roster

Pitchers

59 Jeremy Beasley
47 Travis Bergen
61 Silvino Bracho
25 Archie Bradley
40 Madison Bumgarner
47 Andrew Chafin
45 Taylor Clarke
58 Stefan Crichton
23 Zac Gallen
37 Kevin Ginkel
33 Matt Grace
41 Junior Guerra
29 Merrill Kelly
54 Artie Lewicki
50 Yoan López
36 Joe Mantiply
64 Keury Mella
35 Joel Payamps
38 Robbie Ray
28 Héctor Rondón
31 Caleb Smith
46 Riley Smith
24 Luke Weaver
57 Taylor Widener
49 Alex Young

Catchers

18 Carson Kelly
21 Stephen Vogt

Infielders

13 Nick Ahmed
32 Kevin Cron
5 Eduardo Escobar
22 Jake Lamb
4 Ketel Marte
27 Wyatt Mathisen
10 Josh Rojas
26 Pavin Smith
15 Ildemaro Vargas
19 Josh VanMeter
53 Christian Walker
14 Andy Young

Outfielders

56 Kole Calhoun
9 Jon Jay
16 Tim Locastro
2 Starling Marte
6 David Peralta
12 Daulton Varsho

Manager

17 Torey Lovullo

Coaches

83 Dan Butler (bullpen catcher)
11 Darnell Coles (hitting)
43 Mike Fetters (bullpen)
7 Robby Hammock (quality control/catching)
70 Matt Herges (pitching)
77 Eric Hinske (assistant hitting)
39 Dave McKay (first base)
3 Tony Perezchica (third base)
84 Humberto Quintero (bullpen catcher)
60 Luis Urueta (bench)

Minor league affiliations[]

Level	Team	League	Location
AAA	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	Reno, Nevada
AA	Jackson Generals	Southern League	Jackson, Tennessee
Advanced A	Visalia Rawhide	California League	Visalia, California
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Geneva, Illinois
Short Season A	Hillsboro Hops	Northwest League	Hillsboro, Oregon
Rookie	Missoula PaddleHeads	Pioneer League	Missoula, Montana
	AZL D-backs	Arizona League	Scottsdale, Arizona
	DSL D-backs	Dominican Summer League	Boca Chica, Dominican Republic

References[]

^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ "MLB, Rob Manfred begin implementing return for 2020 season". Arizona Sports. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

External links[]

[1] Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[2] "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[3] "MLB, Rob Manfred begin implementing return for 2020 season". Arizona Sports. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

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2020 Arizona Diamondbacks

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998) Western Division (since 1998)
Location
Chase Field (since 1998) Phoenix, Arizona (since 1998)
Results
Record	25–35 (.417)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ken Kendrick
General manager(s)	Mike Hazen
Manager(s)	Torey Lovullo
Local television	Fox Sports Arizona (Steve Berthiaume, Bob Brenly, Greg Schulte)
Local radio	KMVP-FM (98.7) (Greg Schulte, Tom Candiotti, Mike Ferrin) KHOV-FM (105.1, Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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