Diamondbacks 2022 Season Player Reviews: Seth Beer

The storybook walk-off homer moment was followed by a solid 10 games. Through April 20th Beer was batting .438, having gone 14-32. He hadn't homered again, but had three doubles and eight RBI. Then the opposing teams started to find the holes in his swing. They quickly figured out not to throw it into his down and in nitro zone. Beer began to chase outside, frequently rolling over the ball on the ground, or missing altogether on pitches at the top of the zone.

Between April 21st and May 14th he went 3-49, which included an 0-34 hitless streak. He scored one run and drove in one run during that slump. Despite the Opening Day heroics and the early hot streak, the team had seen enough and demoted him to AAA Reno. Over the next two and a half months he managed to hit 12 homers while batting .249 and posting a .860 OPS. He was finally recalled on August 1st, given another shot at the majors. 

Unfortunately he was not able to capitalize on the opportunity. Playing 11 games in 16 days, he went just 4-30 with no extra base hits, no runs scored and no RBI. Sent back to AAA at the end of that stretch, he was not recalled when rosters expanded September 1st. 

The Opening Day homer would prove to be the only MLB homer he would hit in 2022. His park and league adjusted numbers at Reno were just merely average for that run environment, (101 wRC+). For a season that began so well, it was a long, frustrating down hill ride from there. 

2023 Season Outlook

Beer does not appear to be part of the Diamondbacks future. While a resurgence cannot be ruled out of course, he's already 26 years old and other prospects in the system have passed him by. Should the team decide not to remove him from the 40 man roster that would be an indication they plan to give him another chance. But his roster spot is in jeopardy as there are other prospects who will need to be protected from the Rule 5 Draft.