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Brad Boxberger has the best Players Weekend uniform of the D-backs

Aug 9, 2018, 12:56 PM | Updated: Aug 10, 2018, 9:54 am

Major League Baseball’s Players Weekend is around the corner, which means the Arizona Diamondbacks will be wearing different letters on the backs of their jerseys.

Except Zack Greinke, whose nickname of “Greinke” will replicate his last name.

And then there’s D-backs closer Brad Boxberger, who opted for emojis that perfectly spell out his last name.

Leaks of MLB players’ nicknames — and the jerseys that they’ll wear — leaked on Fanatics.com’s release of their themed jerseys.

Soon after, MLB.com released a full list of nicknames that will be featured during the Aug. 24-26 Players Weekend. Archie Bradley will, like last year, pitch as “Hollywood.” Paul Goldschmidt is, quite obviously, “Goldy.”

Brad Ziegler is going as “Unicorn.”

Here’s the entire list released on Thursday.

Nick Ahmed: “SLICK NICK”

Matt Andriese: “DREEZY”

Alex Avila: “PARKMAN”

Brad Boxberger: “🎁🍔”

Archie Bradley: “HOLLYWOOD”

Clay Buchholz: “BUCK”

Andrew Chafin: “THE SHERIFF”

Patrick Corbin: “CORBY”

Daniel Descalso: “SCALS”

Jake Diekman: “GUT IT OUT”

Jarrod Dyson: “ZOOMBIYA”

Eduardo Escobar: “EL DE LA PICA”

Zack Godley: “BULL”

Paul Goldschmidt: “GOLDY”

Zack Greinke: “GREINKE”

Yoshihisa Hirano: “YOSHI SAN”

Jon Jay: “305 J”

Jake Lamb: “LAMBO”

Ketel Marte: “PIKE”

Jeff Mathis: “MATTY”

T.J. McFarland: “RETURN OF THE MAC”

Shelby Miller: “MILLZY”

John Ryan Murphy: “CHOIR BOY”

David Peralta: “FREIGHT TRAIN”

A.J. Pollock: “POLLO”

Robbie Ray: “BOB”

Steven Souza Jr.: “SOUZ”

Taijuan Walker: “TAI WEEZY”

Brad Ziegler: “UNICORN”

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