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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Logs first hit
Jake McCarthy started in left field and went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over Baltimore.McCarthy snapped an 0-for-24 skid to open the season with a fifth-inning double and scored his first run in 2025. He and Alek Thomas have largely shared center field, but both were in the lineup Wednesday, when McCarthy filled in for Lourdes Gurriel in left field. Both McCarthy (.038) and Thomas (.308) have 26 at-bats.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: O-fer continues
Jake McCarthy went 0-for-3 in Monday's 5-1 loss to Baltimore.McCarthy extended a hitless streak to start the season and is now 0-for-22. The results align with his underlying measures at Statcast, which include zero barrels. McCarthy's experienced lows before and has come back, but the job share in center field may tilt toward Alek Thomas if the low-wattage bat continues.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Sitting again amid slump
Jake McCarthy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.McCarthy has yet to record a hit in 18 at-bats on the season, and a Statcast-measured .124 xBA suggests he's not merely a victim of some bad luck on balls in play. The 27-year-old's struggles have begun to cost him playing time, as he'll be out of the lineup for the third time in four games. Alek Thomas has a .950 OPS through five games and may have at least temporarily overtaken McCarthy as the Arizona Diamondbacks' preferred option in center field.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Out of lineup Saturday
Jake McCarthy is not in Arizona's lineup for Saturday's game against Washington.McCarthy will take a seat against southpaw Mitchell Parker. Meanwhile, fellow left-handed-hitting Alek Thomas will start in center field and bat eighth Saturday. The pair has alternated center field duties over the Arizona Diamondbacks' past five games, suggesting that McCarthy and Thomas are slated to see about equal playing time moving forward.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Not in Arizona lineup
Jake McCarthy is not in the lineup for Thursday's tilt against the Yankees.He started each of the first two games of the series but will yield to Alek Thomas in Thursday's series finale. McCarthy has now been in the lineup for four of the Arizona Diamondbacks' first seven games, matching the number of Thomas' starts.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Absent from Friday's lineup
Jake McCarthy is not in the lineup for Friday's tilt versus the Cubs.McCarthy started in center field Opening Day, going hitless but plating a run with a sacrifice fly. He will yield to Alek Thomas in center field for the second game of the series Friday.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Opens in center field
Jake McCarthy started in center field and went 0-for-3 with an RBI in Thursday's 10-6 loss to the Cubs.McCarthy got the start over Alek Thomas with the Cubs sending left-hander Justin Steele to the mound in Thursday's season opener. McCarthy and Thomas will share the position and, since both bat from the left side, it won't be a true platoon. Thomas' glove, which is considered better than McCarthy's, could give him the edge for playing time in the long run.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Starts in right field
Jake McCarthy started in right field and went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in Sunday's spring game against the Mariners.McCarthy and Alek Thomas are involved in a competition for a starting job in the outfield. Both saw action Sunday, with Thomas patrolling center field. McCarthy enters spring training ahead of Thomas on the depth chart after a strong season at the plate in 2024, when Thomas was dogged by injury and limited to 60 games between the majors and minors.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Taking seat Friday
Jake McCarthy is out of the lineup for Friday's game against San Diego.McCarthy had started 19 of the Arizona Diamondbacks' previous 20 games, but he'll be on the bench for Friday's series opener. Lourdes Gurriel, Corbin Carroll and Pavin Smith fill the outfield from left to right.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Heading to bench Friday
Jake McCarthy is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.McCarthy is sitting Friday after a run of 14 consecutive starts, during which he posted a .211/.237/.211 slash line with no extra-base hits. Lourdes Gurriel (calf) is back in the lineup after being activated from the injured list while Corbin Carroll shifts to center field.