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Moreno

Moreno has been bitten by the injury bug in consecutive seasons, but he did take a clear step forward offensively by hitting .285/.353/.433 last year. He seems well on his way to establishing himself as a top-notch catcher if the durability is there.

Moreno led off the second inning with a single and scored the Diamondbacks first run on an RBI single off the bat of Blaze Alexander. He then delivered an RBI double off of Brayan Bello in the sixth inning that increased their lead to 3-1. With his two-hit attack, the 25-year-old backstop is now slashing .277/.331/.432 with seven homers, 32 RBI and one stolen base on the season.

The 25-year-old backstop got the Diamondbacks on the board and trimmed their deficit to three runs with a 406-foot (100.9 mph EV) three-run shot off of Brewers’ phenom Jacob Misiorowski in the fourth inning. He also singled in the eighth inning and scored the tying run on Geraldo Perdomo’s two-out RBI double. He’s having a very solid season at the plate for the D’Backs, slashing .279/.332/.447 with seven homers and 27 RBI in his first 205 plate appearances.

Welcome back. Moreno had been out since the middle of June with a hairline fracture in his right hand, and looked plenty healthy while taking Zack Littell deep. The 25-year-old has six homers on the season with a slash of .275/.328/.433. He should see time behind the plate and DH over the final 30-plus games of the year, and is worthy of fantasy consideration from those who need help behind the plate.

The 25-year-old backstop had been shelved since mid-June due to a hairline fracture in his right hand. He looked good on a recent minor league rehab assignment though and is ready to provide a boost to the Diamondbacks’ lineup. Jose Herrera was designated for assignment in a corresponding move on Friday.

Moreno has been out since mid-June recovering from a fractured right index finger. He’ll stabilize Arizona’s catching situation, but he’s been a significant disappointment from a pure fantasy perspective this season with a .738 OPS and five homers in 53 games.

Moreno, returning from a fractured finger, is 7-for-17 with four extra-base hits on his rehab assignment. He’ll probably be activated this weekend, at which point the D-backs will need to decide whether to expose Jose Herrera or James McCann to waivers.

Moreno will be joined by Pavin Smith (oblique) and Ildemaro Vargas (foot) as they also kick off rehab assignments early next week. The 25-year-old backstop has been out since mid-June recovering from a fractured right index finger. He’ll need some time to get back up to speed, but should make it back to Arizona by the late stages of August.

Lovullo added that Moreno’s recent CT scan showed the fracture in his right index finger hasn’t completely healed yet. The 25-year-old backstop figures to be cleared for baseball activities at some point in August. It doesn’t qualify as a setback, but it certainly pushes back his potential return timeline until the late stages of the season.

Nothing has changed with the 25-year-old backstop’s status — he’s still shelved with a hairline fracture in his right index finger — this was done as a procedural move to free up a spot on the team’s 40-man roster to accommodate their flurry of roster moves on Friday.