{"id":86154,"date":"2024-09-20T20:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=86154"},"modified":"2024-09-20T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:37:38","slug":"diamondbacks-activate-lourdes-gurriel-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/20\/diamondbacks-activate-lourdes-gurriel-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Activate All-Star Outfielder from Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that outfielder <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gurrilo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lourdes Gurriel Jr.<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been activated from the 10-day injured list. Arizona designated infielder <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/guilllu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Guillorme<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for assignment in a corresponding move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gurriel has been sidelined since September 2nd with a strained left calf. With 17 homers, a .274\/.316\/.428 slash line, and a 104 wRC+, the 30-year-old has been crucial to Arizona\u2019s second-best offense in the majors. Gurriel has posted solid defensive metrics this season, with four defensive runs saved and 1.8 wins above replacement. Getting that kind of production back is crucial for the Diamondbacks as they battle for the National League Wild Card.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guillorme was signed by the Diamondbacks in August to take over at second base while <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marteke01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ketel Marte<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was sidelined with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/06\/diamondbacks-activate-ketel-marte\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">an ankle injury<\/a>. The 29-year-old infielder has batted .205\/.301\/.273 in 77 games between Arizona and the Los Angeles Angels.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today\u2019s <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dbacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dbacks<\/a> roster moves. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RcH67XfdGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RcH67XfdGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dbacks\/status\/1837204655870287886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Diamondbacks&#8217; Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Activated from 10-Day Injured List<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assuming Gurriel can pick up where he left off, Diamondbacks manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/lovulto01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torey Lovullo<\/a> will have some tough decisions to make. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithpa04.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavin Smith<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has filled in for Gurriel in left field, posting a .296\/.378\/.591 slash line and 161 wRC+. Moving either to right field is not an option now that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carroco02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corbin Carroll<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has found his groove at the plate. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grichra01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Randal Grichuk<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has had an exceptional September and should continue to platoon with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pederjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joc Pederson<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the Diamondbacks&#8217; designated hitter. Gurriel will surely draw the most starts against left-hand pitching, but Pederson will limit his opportunities against right-handed pitching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Gurriel\u2019s return will complicate a crowded Arizona lineup, it is a good problem for the Snakes to have. Gurriel is back in the lineup and starting in left field on Friday. His return marks the first time since July that the DBacks&#8217; core position players are healthy at the same time. At 85-68, the Diamondbacks are looking to secure their spot in the postseason in the final days of the season. Arizona sits four games back in the division and is tied with the New York Mets for the last two Wild Card spots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Joe Rondone\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been activated from the 10-day injured list. Arizona designated infielder Luis Guillorme for assignment in a corresponding move. Gurriel has been sidelined since September 2nd with a strained left calf. With 17 homers, a .274\/.316\/.428 slash line, and a 104 wRC+, the 30-year-old has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":86172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1071,35],"tags":[3414,4595,172],"class_list":["post-86154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamondbacks","category-mlb","category-news","tag-lourdes-gurriel-jr","tag-luis-guillorme","tag-nl-wild-card"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}