September call-ups: Diamondbacks activate Ryan Thompson, recall Jorge Barrosa
The Arizona Diamondbacks reinstated reliever Ryan Thompson from the injured list and recalled outfielder Jorge Barrosa on Monday.
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Major League Baseball teams can expand their active rosters to 28 players in September, so the Arizona Diamondbacks reinstated reliever Ryan Thompson from the injured list and recalled outfielder Jorge Barrosa on Monday.
Thompson returns from a scapular strain that kept him out since July 4, as he adds needed depth to the bullpen. Thompson made two rehab appearances in Triple-A Reno after having gone down during his best stretch of the year.
He threw seven straight scoreless outings before hitting the IL, lowering his season ERA to 4.45.
Barrosa returns for a third time this season from Triple-A Reno, providing plus defense in the outfield and speed. He has not hit well in the major leagues at 4-for-36 this season (.111).
In Triple-A, Barrosa has slashed .294/.378/.431 with seven home runs and 10 steals this year.
He is a switch-hitter, giving the D-backs a right-handed option during a week when they will face multiple left-handed starting pitchers.
Long gone are the days when clubs could bring up their entire 40-man rosters. Teams can roster up to 14 pitchers, which the Diamondbacks have done with Monday’s moves.
The Diamondbacks begin their September slate on Monday against the Texas Rangers at Chase Field.
First pitch is at 5:10 p.m. MST on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.
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What ever happened to this great "farm system" Hazen's been working on for 5+ years. This is the best we got?
First base left in the hands of Locklear and English?.
Blaze is cause for hope but then a bunch of zeros....i mean serious lack of big league hitting skills.
Between the pitching failures and the hitting, the support system looks in total need of shakeup.
I'm surprised more has not been made of this major issue.
There needs to be a cleansing of this franchise starting with lovullo and coaching staff including the minors because they aren't playing that bad but they continue with the same old call ups up and down the bullpen and position players, for example Locklear definitely needs to go down he's lost on defense and his swing is very slow and it doesn't mean he can't hit but right now he just isn't ready, this Barrosa kid just don't know why he's up here maybe it should be Tommy Troy who's actually racking up good swings down there and how Taylor Rashii very good 3 innings and gets sent down instead of burgos the moves this organization makes it's just mind bubbling sometimes that it even gets mlb network talking about it and imagine where this team would be right now if it wasn't for this bullpen and lovullo very questionable decision making.