Corbin

Carroll

“That’s my gut feel,” Lovullo told reporters on Saturday. Carroll is recovering from a broken hamate bone in his wrist that he suffered earlier this month. He’s going to be racing against the clock to make it back for Arizona’s season opener in late March, but it’s not out of the question. The 25-year-old fantasy superstar remains a first-round selection in all drafts this spring.

The roster move is expected to be made official once Anthony passes an intake physical. He was among several high-profile candidates to replace injured Diamondbacks franchise cornerstone Corbin Carroll on Team USA’s roster for the international showcase. The 21-year-old burgeoning fantasy star, who slashed a robust .292/.396/.463 with eight homers and four steals in 71 games as a rookie last season will become the 12th member of Boston’s active roster to take part in the forthcoming WBC. He represents an intriguing addition to a loaded roster and could wind up playing a key role in the tournament, which figures to further drive up his price tag for fantasy purposes.

We are begging good hitters to stop breaking their hamate bones. Carroll is set to undergo surgery on the hamate bone today. Gilbert says Carroll will miss “significant time” this spring. It sounds like he’s potentially in line to start the season on the injured list, and he will certainly miss the World Baseball Classic. Jorge Barrosa figures to be more involved in the early-season outfield plan if Carroll misses enough time to push his return past the start of the season. Given the D-backs’ lack of outfield depth, they team might want to consider bringing back Randal Grichuk or adding a different free agent from a group that still includes Michael Conforto, Tommy Pham, Starling Marte and Mike Tauchman.

MLB’s 2026 schedule had both teams with Friday and Monday off surrounding a two-game series in Arizona, so it was obvious something was up. Those games will be played at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú Béisbol in Mexico City. Expect a couple of high-scoring affairs; when the Padres and Giants played there in 2023, the two teams combined for 37 runs between the two games.

A pair of the most exciting young outfielders in the game will join team captain Aaron Judge along with Cal Raleigh and Paul Skenes for the upcoming international tournament next spring. Carroll notched his first Silver Slugger Award this past season when he compiled an .883 OPS with a career-high 31 homers and 32 steals in 143 games. Meanwhile, PCA blossomed into an overnight sensation for the Cubs, registering an extremely impressive 31-homer, 35-steal campaign.

The American League winners will be announced on Friday night. Here is the complete list of winners for the senior circuit: Hunter Goodman (C), Pete Alonso (1B), Ketel Marte (2B), Manny Machado (3B), Geraldo Perdomo (SS), Juan Soto (OF), Corbin Carroll (OF), Kyle Tucker (OF), Ohtani (DH) and Alec Burleson (UTIL). Ohtani has claimed the award in back-to-back seasons since joining the Dodgers and four times overall in his career. Soto takes home the honor in his Mets debut, giving him six in eight seasons. At this rate, he might need an entire room just to display them all by the time his 15-year megadeal is through. Alonso, Perdomo, Goodman, Carroll and Burleson are all first-time winners.

Carroll finishes as one of only seven players this season to record a 30-homer, 30-steal campaign. The 25-year-old fantasy superstar ends with a .259/.343/.541 slash line with a big-league leading 17 triples to go along with 107 runs scored, 31 round-trippers, 84 RBI and 32 thefts in 143 games. He’ll be a first-round selection in all fantasy drafts until further notice.

It’s a well-earned day off for both Carroll and Marte after the injury-ravaged Diamondbacks were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night with a loss to the Padres. The tandem figure to be ready to roll for Sunday’s series finale against San Diego, but it wouldn’t be a complete shock to see them get the entire weekend off to rest and recover after a long season.

Carroll joins Juan Soto, José Ramírez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. as the lone members of the 30-homer, 30-steal club thus season. He opened the scoring in the first inning as he plated Ketel Marte with a fielder’s choice before breaking this contest wide open with a gargantuan 428-foot three-run shot off of Ranger Suárez to cap off a five-run uprising in the second inning. He’s now slashing a healthy .260/.340/.546 on the season with a career-high 31 homers, 83 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 624 plate appearances.

Carroll’s homer is the 30th of the season. The 25-year-old also added his 24th steal of the campaign, and the homer and a single pushes his OPS on the year up to .893. It’d be nice to see Carroll hit for the same kind of average he did in his first taste of MLB action, but a “willingness” to strikeout and sell out for power has made that unlikely. There’s still an awful lot of fantasy upside — realized fantasy upside, to be clear — in Carroll’s left-handed stroke.