Comparing this against the line-up in 2016, there are three different names today: Pollock, Drury and Mathis. Last year, we had Nick Ahmed (Owings played center due to Pollock’s injury), Jean Segura and Welington Castillo. This will be Goldschmidt’s sixth Opening Day start - only Luis Gonzalez has now made more for the D-backs. It will be Pollock’s and Owing’s fourth, while Tomas, Peralta, Lamb and Greinke make their second. Mathis and Drury will be making their first Opening Day start for Arizona - Mathis had three under his belt during his time with the Los Angeles Angels, but this will be his first since 2011.
Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day line-up announced
