Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo revealed on Saturday that relief pitcher J.B. Bukauskas will miss considerable time to start the season due to a Grade 2 teres major strain in his right shoulder. “We’re talking in terms of months, not weeks,” Lovullo said in regards to Bukauskas’ timetable prior to their spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels. The…...
“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there’s 50 feet of crap. And then there’s us.” Those are the iconic words of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane in “Moneyball,” discussing the state of his cash-strapped franchise in the early 2000s. The Diamondbacks’ situation, granted, is less dire: Their final 2021 payroll ranked a reasonable 21st in...