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Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Player Review: Joe Mantiply
This article is part of a series chronicling the individual seasons of players who appeared for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2024.
Reviews for players who still have rookie eligibility for 2025 will appear in our prospect season reviews. Players are presented in the reverse order of their aWAR, an average of Baseball Reference and FanGraphs WAR.
2024 Contract status: Arbitration, one year, $925,000.
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ bullpen had its moments of greatness, along with its inconsistency. But left-hander Joe Mantiply put forward one of the more consistent seasons from a D-backs reliever. He might not have put out the flashiest numbers – as he rarely does – but the former All-Star served his role admirably, and as a whole, pitched better than the box score might show.
As relief numbers can be volatile, Mantiply’s season began on a somewhat low note, giving up three hits and two runs against the Colorado Rockies. That set his ERA at a lofty 18.00 after just one appearance.
After that, he put out five scoreless showings, allowing just two hits in that span. He allowed a run in just three of his 14 April appearances, good for a 3.09 monthly ERA.
In May, he collected his first save of the season, and also made his first start of 2024, serving as a one-inning opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers, doing so in scoreless, hitless fashion..
A poor outing against the Tigers in a blowout loss on May 18 saw his ERA spike again, when he gave up three runs without recording an out. But he allowed just three hits and one run in his other 10 May appearances.
He maintained an effective middle relief pace, tending to surrender runs in the middle of months, but pitching well for the most part. He never allowed more than five earned runs in a month’s worth of action, and finished with a 3.92 ERA.
But that number is bolstered by a stellar 2.51 FIP and 3.24 xERA, meaning he was often the victim of poor batted ball luck, and rarely gave up the long ball, with a sparkling 0.15 home runs per nine, with just one homer allowed in 59.2 innings.
Those 59.2 innings nearly matched his 2022 total (60.0), and the former All-Star pitched nearly as well as he did in his 2022 campaign, despite being the only effective left-hander in Arizona’s bullpen for the majority of the season until A.J. Puk was added at the Trade Deadline.
Mantiply had to face some of the game’s best hitters, and wasn’t limited to just left-handed batters. Of course, he found some success against MLB’s top superstar in Shohei Ohtani, limiting the Japanese sensation to just one hit and three strikeouts in nine plate appearances.
Mantiply’s ability to deliver against some of the best of the best, while pitching to an overall excellent season despite some occasionally poor results, made him a valuable asset to the D-backs’ relief corp, maintaining a consistent stability in the heart of close games.
2025 Contract status: Arbitration 2
Mantiply will be arbitration-eligible again in 2025. While he is 34 years old, he’s only pitched significant innings in the majors in his last four seasons. He made $925,000 in his first year of arbitration in 2024, and will be a likely return for the D-backs in 2025.
Spotrac estimates Mantiply’s second year of arbitration will land him a deal worth $1,580,000 in 2025, and he won’t be a free agent until 2027.
With the steady, consistent nature of his play, and the premium that effective left-hand relievers are considered to be, it will be a surprise if Mantiply is not pitching significant innings for Arizona again for the 2025 season, barring injury or severe underperformance.
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ARIZONA — The Arizona Cardinals will be one of the first teams to hit training camp this summer.
Arizona’s July 22 report date is among the earliest in the league thanks to their participation in the NFL’s Hall of Fame Game to begin preseason festivities.
Eyes and ears are curious to see what Mike LaFleur’s first training camp in the desert looks and sounds like. With four preseason games and numerous camp practices, Arizona will begin the process of trimming their roster down to 53 players ahead of the regular season.
These four Cardinals could find themselves on the chopping block:
RB Trey Benson
Benson’s had arguably the worst offseason of any returning veteran in Arizona, as numerous faces have arrived to his position room to ultimately push him down the depth chart.
Benson’s play in the prior two seasons leading up to the 2026 offseason was shaky at best. Injuries and erratic play in the backfield offset any flashes of potential the Florida State product has had.
Many thought Benson may have been the potential lead back this season, though after James Conner restructured his deal, Tyler Allgeier signed in free agency and Jeremiyah Love was drafted with the third overall pick — Benson’s playing time has been massively dwindled.
If the Cardinals keep four running backs, Benson is in line to compete with Bam Knight for the final spot.
CB Kei’Trel Clark
I’ve often included Max Melton’s name in similar lists, and while there’s no doubting the pressure facing Arizona’s former second-round pick, Melton’s spot on the roster feels safe.
Kei’Trel Clark, on the other hand, is a different discussion.
Clark started seven games his rookie season but has combined for just two starts in the last two years after. The Cardinals have continuously poured resources into the cornerback room, and Clark’s hung around.
Injuries to Starling Thomas and Sean Murphy-Bunting helped solidify Clark’s roster spot last season, yet with both working their way back to full health (on top of Garrett Williams potentially being ready for Week 1), the Cardinals will have a crowded depth chart.
Clark will need to have a big training camp and leapfrog somebody ahead of him to retain his roster spot.
QB Kedon Slovis
This is more circumstantial than regarding talent.
Slovis moves into training camp as the heavy favorite to get the axe with Jacoby Brissett, Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck over him on the projected depth chart.
Brissett has (reportedly) been told by Arizona he’s the starter. Minshew has more guaranteed money than Brissett on his contract and Beck is a third-round pick.
None of the three quarterbacks are going to be cut, leaving Slovis with two options: Turn into the greatest quarterback we’ve seen or be an unfortunate cut candidate.
Slovis probably won’t make his way back to the desert on the practice squad, either — especially if Arizona indeed keeps three active quarterbacks on the roster.
Was Slovis ever going to start for the Cardinals? No. However, he’s on the chopping block merely because of the new faces added this offseason.
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