PT TOMORROW: NL West - Varsho takes center stage in ARI

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Diamondbacks faced pitchers from both sides of the rubber in their opening series of the season against San Diego. Aside from being no hit deep into the first two of those matchups, other notable trends emerged. Daulton Varsho (C/OF, ARI) will almost certainly get the majority of his starts in the outfield as opposed to catcher, as he was in the lineup as the center fielder in each of the team’s first three games. That, paired with the fact that he was the leadoff hitter with righties on the mound, is notable given his eligibility at catcher this season. Varsho did slip to sixth when Sean Manaea (LHP, SD) was the opposing pitcher Friday, though that’s still not a poor position for him consider 1) he remained in...

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