It has been an up-and-down month of May so far for the Diamondbacks; the team has gone 9-11 in the month so far. Despite the subpar record, Arizona was lucky to have series against even worse teams like the Braves, Yankees and an upcoming three-game slate against the Padres. In June they’re not going to be so lucky.
The Diamondbacks will play just 11 of 27 June games against teams currently below .500– with just two games coming against teams two or more games beneath the .500 threshold. So pretty much every game the Diamondbacks will play in June will come against a team at or near .