{"id":42839,"date":"2025-07-06T07:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42839\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T07:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:47:21","slug":"desclafani-to-start-for-diamondbacks-on-sunday-vs-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42839\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSclafani to start for Diamondbacks on Sunday vs. Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony DeSclafani will start for the Diamondbacks on Sunday vs. the Royals. It will be the 35-year-old right hander\u2019s first start in almost exactly two years.<\/p>\n<p>DeSclafani has made four appearances as a long reliever for Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/anthony-desclafani-d-backs\/3586875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">since signing a major league deal<\/a> with the club on June 15, but is yet to throw more than three innings in a relief apperance.<\/p>\n<p>In four relief appearances this season, DeSclafani has tossed 9.1 innings and carries a 4.82 ERA. He has struck out nine and walked two, while allowing three home runs and five earned runs.<\/p>\n<p>Diamondbacks manager <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/corbin-carroll-7\/3589209\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Torey Lovullo said Friday<\/a> DeSclafani is stretched out enough to provide 70-75 pitches on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Diamondbacks are playing 17 games in 17 days, Lovullo wanted to get an extra day of rest for the rotation.<\/p>\n<p>When was the last time Anthony DeSclafani started?<\/p>\n<p>This will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=descla001ant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DeSclafani\u2019s first start since July 23, 2023<\/a>, when he pitched for the San Francisco Giants (2021-23). He spent time in the Minnesota Twins\u2019 organization in 2024 but did not pitch at all after suffering a right elbow strain that required flexor tendon surgery.<\/p>\n<p>DeSclafani also spent time with Miami (2014) and Cincinnati (2015-20) and has 180 games of major-league experience.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Diamondbacks signed him in June, he had been pitching for the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the New York Yankees\u2019 Triple-A affiliate, where he made five starts.<\/p>\n<p>In five Triple-A starts this season, he holds a 4.50 ERA and 1.65 WHIP with a .300 batting average against over 20 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the rubber match between the Diamondbacks and Royals at 1:10 p.m. Sunday on 98.7 or the Arizona Sports app.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/veenstra_david\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @veenstra_david<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony DeSclafani will start for the Diamondbacks on Sunday vs. the Royals. 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