The Arizona Diamondbacks have made a key determination on Torey Lovullo, retaining the supervisor on a two-year contract extension. They’re re-signing him earlier than a possible lockout, which is able to assist to remove uncertainties for the workforce within the close to future.
Lovullo helped lead Arizona to an 86-76 report this season and whereas they missed out on a ultimate NL wild-card spot it was solely by two video games. The workforce battled and received six straight earlier than dropping the ultimate two video games of the season and getting eradicated from postseason competition.
Michael Soroka’s dominant outing on Sept. 22 helped preserve the workforce’s slim postseason hopes alive through the successful streak. However his ultimate recreation of the season was subpar, following his resurgence with the workforce this season. He allowed three earned runs, together with a house run to Gavin Sheets, that led to a 9-4 loss in opposition to the San Diego Padres on Sept. 27.
However Lovullo additionally handled vital roster challenges, together with accidents to key gamers and underperformance from Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen.
