Snake Bytes 5/9: Fernando Rodney Experience tm?

10:10 AZ start time this morning. I don’t think I have had a SBs where the starting lineup already has been posted, but if I have I hadn’t posted it. So you you go, this mornings lineup:

Team News

Mantiply turns 90-second warmup into 11-pitch save

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/jordan-montgomery-pitches-7-strong-innings-vs-reds

Diamondbacks survive nail-biting 9th inning to earn series win over Reds

https://arizonasports.com/story/3547378/diamondbacks-survive-nail-biting-9th-inning-to-earn-series-win-over-reds/

Jordan Montgomery, Arizona Diamondbacks down Reds for third consecutive win

“He had about a minute and a half from when the call went down to there to when he said he was ready,” Lovullo said. “That’s uncommon. That’s what we do here.” Said Mantiply: “I was trying to stay ready. I had gotten hot earlier in the game. It didn’t take me long to get ready. Obviously I was hoping Gink would work through that. The phone rang and it was time for me to get ready. I felt pretty good.”

Diamondbacks’ Hazen on Corbin Carroll: ‘Good to see him start to get rolling down the other side’

“At some point, the caring so much can get in the way at times because you’re not gonna be perfect. Nobody’s gonna be perfect. This game will trash you as an offensive player if your expectation is you’re gonna go out there and hit a rocket every time you go up there. … I’ll say like Mookie (Betts), go talk to Mookie day-to-day and there’s a lot of, ‘I could be way better than I am.’ … I think Corbin has a lot of that in him and I think that’s what drives the greatest to the heights that they do.”

https://arizonasports.com/story/3547364/diamondbacks-hazen-on-corbin-carroll-good-to-see-him-start-to-get-rolling-down-the-other-side/

Diamondbacks name 1B Deyvison De Los Santos, RHP Billy Corcoran minor league players of April

De Los Santos has been on an offensive rampage since returning to the organization from the Cleveland Guardians, who selected the 20-year-old in the Rule 5 Draft but did not keep him on the roster. Arizona’s No. 14 prospect earned a 1.112 OPS with seven home runs, 18 RBIs and 18 runs scored in April with the Sod Poodles. He reached base safely in 20 of 21 games.

Corcoran, a 24-year-old right-hander, had a 2.53 ERA with 28 strikeouts 21.1 innings in April. He had a career-high nine strikeouts in a game and threw six scoreless innings the following week.

https://arizonasports.com/story/3547366/diamondbacks-name-1b-deyvison-de-los-santos-rhp-billy-corcoran-minor-league-players-of-april/

Other Baseball

Pirates To Promote Paul Skenes

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/pirates-to-promote-paul-skenes.html

Top MLB pitching prospect Skenes getting called up to Pirates

https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-called-up-by-pirates

Giants Place Jorge Soler On Injured List

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/giants-place-jorge-soler-on-injured-list.html

Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, agrees to plead guilty to 2 charges in gambling scandal

https://sports.yahoo.com/shohei-ohtanis-former-interpreter-ippei-mizuhara-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-2-charges-in-gambling-scandal-202533890.html

Ohtani’s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara to plead guilty to bank, tax fraud

“The extent of this defendant’s deception and theft is massive,” United States Attorney Martin Estrada said in a news release. “He took advantage of his position of trust to take advantage of Mr. Ohtani and fuel a dangerous gambling habit.”

Also in the statement, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher said, “Mr. Mizuhara exploited his relationship with Mr. Ohtani to bankroll his own irresponsibility.”

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40107683/shohei-ohtani-ippei-mizuhara-pleads-guilty
Dominant Cease fans 12 Cubs in return to Chicago

https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/dylan-cease-dominant-with-12-strikeouts-vs-cubs

On the eve of 50, Hinch reflects on life, baseball

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/a-j-hinch-50th-birthday-reflections

Anything Goes

This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/may-9

This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_9

Pigeon poop is property of the British royal family. Pigeon poop was used to make gunpowder in the 18th century, so King George I confirmed all the droppings as property of the crown.

No one knows how Edgar Allan Poe died. If his works were any indicator of who he was as a person, Edgar Allan Poe was a deeply disturbed man. Aside from his macabre writing, a lot of mystery surrounds Edgar Allan Poe. even his death is unclear. He was last seen in Baltimore’s streets in 1849. He was wearing someone else’s clothes and in bad shape. 4 days later, he died in a hospital. Allegedly, he kept shouting “Reynolds” before his death.