Service overview: Houston Astros @ arizona diamondbacks

Astros, having avoided a seattle scan, continue its Western United States swing by visiting diamonds. If nothing else, Houston is guaranteed to leave Arizona still leading Al West.

Diamondback season to date: In 2025, the Diamondbacks held strong aspirations in the playoffs. After winning the Fanion NL in 2023 and being the loser of the equality of equality to Triple threat to finish the 2024 season despite having won more games than 2023, the Diamondbacks used the 2024-25 offseason to take care of what was a competitive NL West. The biggest movements: sign the former Brewers and Ace Corbin Burnes d’O’s and o to a massive 6 -year / 210 million dollar agreement and exchange for Cleveland 1B Josh Naylor. With a mixture of younger local talents and productive veterans (even if they lost Walker), the Diamondbacks were hunting for 2025. Unfortunately, after a strong start, the team finds itself outside by looking for ambitions in 2025 for the playoffs. The injuries hit the team hard, as well as an incoherent game. Do they come, by actually pulling this season, or are they getting hot on the section, even in the brutal NL West? They should be a fun team to monitor this aspect.

Diamandbacks deections:

• 50-50 (4th NL West) 8.0 GB, 4.5 GB of final joker NL
• Home record: 25-25 (Astros: 24-23 Road Record)
• Record against Al West: 17-11 (Astros VS Nl West: 15-11)
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• 2025 record against Houston: first meeting and planned only
• Record of all time against Houston: 69-80
• Post-season matches: n / a

Leader diamondbacks

Offense:

HR: 3B Eugenio Suarez (35)

RBI: 3B Eugenio Suarez (85)

Ba: 1b Josh Naylor (.292)

OPS: 3B Eugenio Suarez (.928)

Pitching:

ERA: Merrill Kelly (3.34)

Gagnie: Brandon Pfaadt (10)

Save: Shelby Miller (10)

WHIP: Merrill Kelly (1.05)

Projected pitch claims (subject to change)

• Monday July 21 at 7:40 p.m. CDT: Colton Gordon (3-2, 4.67 ERA) against Zac Gallen (7-10, 5.40 ERA)
• Tuesday July 22 at 7:40 p.m. CDT: Framber Valley (10-4, 2.90 work) against Rodrigues Education (3-6, 5.94 ERA)
• Wednesday July 23 at 1:40 p.m. CDT: Brandon Walter (1-3, 3.66 ERA) against Brandon Pfaadt (10-6, 4.82 ERA)

Diamondbacks position on the ground (subject to change)

• C Jose Herrera
• 1b Josh Naylor
• 2b Ketel Marte
• 3b Eugenio Suarez
• SS Geraldo Perceomo
• LF Lourdes Gurriel, Jr.
• See Alek Thomas
• RF Corbin Carroll
• DH RANDAL GRICHUK

Diamondbacks offense: The strength of the team. Directed by 1b Josh Naylor and 3B Eugenio Suarez, they rank 4^th In marked race, 5^th In OPP and 4^th In slugging. They are 12 years old^th In BA, so they may not get every time, but they have a lot, and they tend to count. They led the league in the points scored last season, so that the trend is in form. Arizona is known for an aggressive base in the last two seasons, hence one of the two reasons why Houston poache its 3^RD Basic coach, Tony Perezchica, this last off -season. While the Diamondbacks had a reputation for an aggressive basic race, they are only 16 years old^th in the stolen bases.

Pitch / Defense of diamonds: Inconsistency / ineffectiveness and wounds dominate this side of the ball. They evaluate in the lower third of the MLB in the era (26th), Whip (23rd) and Baa (24th). The rotation, even at the end of June / July, showed signs of life, so that the figures can improve, at least for the players who do not shuttle on and off the IL. The enclosure of the lifts has taken its tubes, especially since the key readers are extinguished like Puk, forcing the Diamondback to use lifts in high -level situations which have not taken into account the original plans. Therefore, they bear on 26^th Lever of the lifts classified for the era and blew the 3^RD Most backups. Their field has been among the best in MLB in the past two seasons, one of the main reasons why Houston poache one of their coaches on the ground. It’s always as they are equal for 3^RD in the MLB as a commissioning percentage.

Most dangerous player: 3B Eugenio Suarez. In a team with a lot of offensive weapons, can also look at the guy with some the best global statistics. Suarez directs the diamondbacks in many offensive categories. For a team where the offense is strength, it could be the most dangerous weapon. His career statistics against Houston: .245 ba, 7 hours, 24 points produced in 44 games. In addition, he enters this series becoming thermonuclear at the plate with 6 hours and 10 points produced in his last 5 games. Since Houston is playing more and more from its AAAA range, it may not take much to put a game out of reach. Suarez is this type of player. Whether he helps the chances of Arizona in 2025 or to audition for another team is another matter.

Injuries: If there is a team that does not want to hear about all Astros injuries, it is the Arizona Diamondbacks. Consider the following butcher invoice:

• P Corbin Burnes (forearm), 60 days Il. Projected return: late 2026
• P jalen beeks (rear), 15 days he, projected return: end of July
• P Shelby Miller (forearm), 15 days Il, return scheduled: end of July
• 1b Pavin Smith (oblique), 10 days Il, projected return: TBD
• C Gabriel Moreno (hand), 60 days Il, projected return: end of August
• P Ryan Thompson (rear), 15 days Il, projected return: TBD
• P Tommy Henry (forearm), 60 days Il, projected return: end 2026
• P Justin Martinez (forearm), 60-I, projected return: 2027
• 2b Ildemaro Vargas (foot), 10 days Il, projected return: TBD
• P AJ PUK (Elbow), 60 days IL, projected return: end of 2026
• P Christian Montes de Oca (elbow / back), 60 days, projected return: end of 2026
• P Cristian Mena (shoulder), 60 days he, projected return: TBD
• P Jordan Montgomery (forearm), 60-Il, projected return: 2026
• P Blake Wilson (forearm), 60-I, projected return: 2026

Intangible / vibrations: For a team with ambitions of legitimate qualifiers, summer 2025 does not go very well. They came across the stars break, winning only 4 of their last 12 games. Although the NL West as a whole has cooled slightly from a scorching start, it is not a division to follow as many games, even with the Rockies to help win the total victories. The question of whether the team will exchange or not the key stars cannot help exactly the morale of the clubhouse. In addition, all injuries must wear a team, trying to integrate replacement players in a desperate team to stay in the playoff hunting. Managerial or GM jobs appear in danger, although the diamondbacks might want to review the MED staff after the season (index, astros index). Admittedly, they are undefeated since the break of the stars, so what it means for the front office remains to be seen. It will probably take a long sequence of defeats to modify all sales plans for the deadline for trade.

Perspectives of the series: For Diamondbacks, these first two post-All-Star Break series will do a lot to determine the strategic management of the team. A cardinal scan could offer a little hope for a push in the second half. The management of Diamondbacks has not openly tilted its hand, but if their pre-peel break takes place in these series before the deadline of trade, the telephones of the Diamondbacks front office because of the volume of calls. There is talent for taking in Arizona. For diamondbacks on the ground, this series against astros could be considered the last stand of the 2025 season. Just what Houston needs after a battle against the navy: a desperate, dangerous and talented team of Diamondbacks, with a certain momentum. A classic match of a good theoretical pitch compared to the good theoretical blow should wait for the bases of fans.