Torey Lovullo Encouraged by Diamondbacks’ Recent Performance

After a magical run to the World Series, the Diamondbacks’ 2024 season has gotten off to a rocky start, hampered by injuries and offensive inconsistencies.

However, over the past 7 games or so, things have started to trend in the right direction, with the Diamondbacks now just three-games below .500 and just two games out of a Wild Card spot in the National League.

Recently, Arizona embarked on a four-game winning streak, their longest of the season. This included a sweep over the Cincinnati Reds and a big win over the San Diego Padres.

While the Diamondbacks did have their win streak snapped by a pair of losses against the Baltimore Orioles, who hold the 2nd best record in Major League Baseball, Arizona managed to salvage a win to end the series. They exited Baltimore with a +4 run differential as both of their losses against the O’s were by two runs or fewer.

Ahead of the D-backs series against the Reds, which started on Monday back at Chase Field, Torey Lovullo spoke on what he has seen from his ballclub over the past week. More particularly, what he has been encouraged by.

Lovullo noted, ” I see a focused baseball team. I see a team that’s out there playing fast, smart baseball.” Lovullo also acknowledged his pitchers attacking the zone. The Diamondbacks were once in the bottom-five in terms of walks allowed, they are now 20th.

Expanding on the D-backs pair of losses against the Orioles, Lovullo, after pointing out that of course, he hates losing, emphasized that it wasn’t self-inflicted errors but the sheer performance of the opposition:

“We lost a baseball game, and it stinks, I hate losing a baseball game, but the other team beat us, the D-backs did not beat us.”

Lovullo ended with, “I think we are trending in a very positive direction.”