Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Exiting starting nine
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Moreno is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Rays.
It's a routine day off for Moreno, who is off to a poor .222/.323/.241 start at the plate this season. Jose Herrera is doing the catching and batting ninth for the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Not in Sunday's lineup
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Moreno is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.
Moreno went 1-for-8 with a walk, a double and a run while starting the first two games of the series, and he'll take a seat for Sunday's finale. Jose Herrera will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Merrill Kelly.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Day off Thursday
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Moreno is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Miami.
Moreno started the first two games of the series but will get a breather for Thursday's matinee. Jose Herrera will do the catching and bat ninth in the series finale.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Getting Sunday off
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Moreno is not in the Diamondbacks' starting lineup against the Brewers on Sunday.
Moreno will rest for the series finale while Jose Herrera starts behind home plate and bats ninth against Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta. Moreno has gone 1-for-12 with two walks, one run scored and three strikeouts over his last four starts.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Getting afternoon off
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Moreno is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Jose Herrera will get the nod behind the dish for the day game after Moreno started the first two contests of the series. Moreno is hitting a respectable .267 so far this season, but he hasn't supplemented the batting average with useful counting statistics (five runs, one RBI in 11 games).
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Resting Sunday
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Moreno is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.
With Sunday's contest beginning at 1:35 p.m. ET, Moreno will get a breather after he caught all eight innings of Saturday's 4-3 loss. Jose Herrera will get the nod behind the dish in the series finale in Washington.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Taking seat Thursday
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Moreno is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest against the Yankees.
Moreno was at catcher in Wednesday's night game, so he'll get some rest for Thursday's afternoon affair. Jose Herrera is starting behind the plate and batting ninth in Thursday's series finale.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: On bench Sunday
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Moreno is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.
Moreno will get a breather as the Diamondbacks close out their season-opening series versus the Cubs with a day game. Jose Herrera will step in behind the plate in place of Moreno.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Sitting out Friday
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Moreno is absent from the lineup for Friday's game against the Cubs.
Moreno started Opening Day and reached base three times while scoring a pair of runs. However, he will yield to Jose Herrera for the second game of the series as Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo looks to get one of his reserves some work early in the season.
Moreno went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Monday's Cactus League game against the Dodgers.
In a lineup predominantly made up by minor leaguers and bench players, Moreno was moved up the order and batted third. He recorded two of Arizona's five hits and launched his second Cactus League home run in the sixth inning. The 25-year-old catcher hit mostly in the bottom third of the order in 2024 and is expected to be there again this coming season. He enters 2025 as the Diamondbacks primary backstop and won't be a cipher (.280/.347/.740 career slash) for fantasy rosters.
Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Works with new pitcher
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Moreno started at catcher and went hitless in his lone plate appearance in Friday's spring opener against Colorado.
Moreno, who will be the primary catcher during the regular season, worked with Arizona's big-ticket offseason addition, Corbin Burnes, who praised the backstop's work in their first turn together. Burnes struck out the side and later told Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports that he left the pitch calling/sequencing up to Moreno. The catcher was also 2-for-2 on pitch challenges, as MLB experiments with the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) this spring.
