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Ryne Nelson or Tommy Henry? Who stays and goes for Arizona?
PHOENIX — Jordan Montgomery made his second tune-up start Saturday for Triple-A Reno as the 31-year-old is expected to join the Arizona Diamondbacks rotation later this month.
This situation begs the question, who will be switched out of the rotation for Montgomery?
“I’m not going to necessarily look at projections or what it can turn into or what we might get out of whoever it is,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “I think early on, we were staggering as a starting pitching rotation. But they figured it out.”
Zac Gallen or Merrill Kelly? Don’t even think about it. Despite his inflated 6.48 ERA, Brandon Pfaadt doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
That leaves Tommy Henry and Ryne Nelson.
“I’ve had ongoing conversations with those guys. The topic changes every once in a while, depending on what’s happening,” Lovullo said. “You guys got the baseball and anything can happen between now and the time when we have two starters that are coming back”
Henry has filled in the No. 3 rotation spot for an injured Eduardo Rodriguez, who recently saw a setback in progression from a lat injury he suffered on March 19.
Henry and Nelson were placed into a battle for the No. 5 spot before the regular season started, but because of Rodriguez’s injury, both were able to start the season in the rotation.
Both players have statistics that don’t tell the full story of their seasons thus far.
Nelson is slotted as the fifth starter in the rotation. The 26-year-old has struggled this season for the Diamondbacks, but not as badly as the stats portray.
He holds a 5.27 ERA and 1.61 WHIP through 13.2 innings of work.
In his start on April 7, he struck out seven Atlanta Braves hitters while allowing three earned runs in five innings.
His most recent start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday was his best. Nelson only allowed one earned run through six innings and complemented that with four strikeouts. A different side to the story.
Same deal with Henry. Even with a 5.79 ERA, he has only allowed two earned runs in each of his last two starts.
It’s the five runs he allowed against the Colorado Rockies on March 30 that inflates his figures.
Lovullo urged the two to block out the noise that came from their uncertainty in the rotation and applauded their recent performances.
“I was really proud of them,” Lovullo said. “I explained that to them. Congrats on the job well done, fighting hard and blocking out the noise.”
Maybe send one of them to the bullpen?
Sending one of them to the bullpen is also a possibility.
Nelson appeared in five games in relief during the 2023 season. He didn’t give up a run in his two appearances during the regular season, a pretty small sample size.
He came in during the 2023 playoffs three times, allowing four earned runs in 6.1 innings.
His final outing of the season came in Game 4 of the World Series in which he threw 5.1 innings in relief, giving up one run on three hits while striking out six.
Henry has an even smaller sample size out of the bullpen, only ever appearing in the majors as a relief pitcher once. He retired four out of five batters over 1.1 scoreless innings of relief on May 27, 2023, against the Boston Red Sox.
“I think it could be possible,” Lovullo said. “It’s where we sit right now as part of our conversation. We are thinking about the best possible team moving forward each and every day. But in five or six days from now, this thing could totally turn around. We have had those discussions.”
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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