Game Thread: D-Backs at White Sox

Last Spring Training Sunday!

Happy Sunday! Just two games left until the team heads home for Opening Day! The Arizona Diamondbacks will face off against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch this afternoon in Glendale. The D-Backs will have a split squad against our full squad, and Ryne Nelson and Brandon Eisert will start on the mound,

Prior to the game today, the team made some moves.

Mike Vasil is a 25-year-old pitching prospect, initially drafted in the 8th round by the New York Mets in 2021.

The Rule 5 pick cannot be sent back to the minor leagues this season, so he will likely make the Opening Day roster after the recent surge of pitching injuries.

Some say his windup is even Gerrit Cole-esque, but let’s not get that far yet. Either way he was a promising young prospect at one point, so let’s see what he can do on the South Side.

The injury bug has hit hard on just March 23. Here is the second-to-last spring lineup, as Miguel Vargas leads it off. Luis Robert Jr. is in the 2-hole, and Andrew Benintendi third. Andrew Vaughn, Lenyn Sosa, and Austin Slater will occupy the middle of the lineup. Chase Meidroth, Omar Narváez, and Michael A. Taylor will close it out.

Eisert has appeared in eight games this spring, with a 7.36 ERA in 7 1⁄3 IP. The lefty has seven strikeouts, and was also claimed off of waivers from the Rays in early February. He spent last season within the Toronto minors, ending the season up with the Blue Jays.

Also, another Tommy John surgery, this one for Mason Adams, as the team all but announced this afternoon.

Anyways, after all that information, this game will be on both CHSN and ESPN1000 to watch and listen. Game time is 3:05 p.m. CT.