Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Mon 4/21/25 6:41 PM

The Diamondbacks optioned McCarthy to Triple-A Reno on Monday.
EDGE Analysis
McCarthy is a dreadful 3-for-41 (.073) at the plate this season and had been displaced on the center field hierarchy by Alek Thomas. He'll head to Reno, where he will play every day and try to get back on track offensively. Thomas will now be the Diamondbacks' primary center fielder.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Fri 4/18/25 10:52 AM

McCarthy (hand) will start in center field and bat eighth in Friday's game versus the Cubs.
EDGE Analysis
McCarthy has been limited this week by a sore hand as a result of a hit-by-pitch in Sunday's game versus the Brewers, but he'll give it a go in Friday's series opener. The 27-year-old is just 3-for-33 at the plate so far this season.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Thu 4/17/25 10:48 AM

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Thursday that McCarthy still has hand soreness as a result of a hit-by-pitch in Sunday's game versus the Brewers, Jose M. Romero of MLB.com reports.
EDGE Analysis
The injury partly explains why McCarthy is out of the lineup for a third straight game Thursday in Miami, although the 27-year-old has not been used as an everyday player so far this season. Lovullo plans to get McCarthy back into the lineup at some point during the team's weekend series against the Cubs. Alek Thomas will start in center field and bat seventh for the Diamondbacks on Thursday.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Thu 4/10/25 5:44 AM

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.
EDGE Analysis
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.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Tue 4/8/25 8:49 AM

McCarthy went 0-for-3 in Monday's 5-1 loss to Baltimore.
EDGE Analysis
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.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Sun 4/6/25 9:54 AM

McCarthy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.
EDGE Analysis
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 Diamondbacks' preferred option in center field.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Sat 4/5/25 1:38 PM

McCarthy is not in Arizona's lineup for Saturday's game against Washington.
EDGE Analysis
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 Diamondbacks' past five games, suggesting that McCarthy and Thomas are slated to see about equal playing time moving forward.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Thu 4/3/25 1:19 PM

McCarthy is not in the lineup for Thursday's tilt against the Yankees.
EDGE Analysis
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 Diamondbacks' first seven games, matching the number of Thomas' starts.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Fri 3/28/25 4:57 PM

McCarthy is not in the lineup for Friday's tilt versus the Cubs.
EDGE Analysis
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.

Jake McCarthy
OF ARI
Fri 3/28/25 8:52 AM

McCarthy started in center field and went 0-for-3 with an RBI in Thursday's 10-6 loss to the Cubs.
EDGE Analysis
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.