It seems like the Arizona Diamondbacks have been in a constant state of turnover for the past several years. Sometimes, it has been the players, sometimes the front-office, but it feels as if there has always been a stream of suitcases sitting in the hall at Chase Field, waiting for an Uber to the airport. To see if this is indeed the case, I took a look back at the Opening Day line-up for the D-backs, every season since 2012, and compared it to the expected line-up next month. [Still pending, obviously: there’s a question-mark over Yasmany Tomas’s presence, due to a strained oblique]
D-backs Opening Day line-ups, 2012-17
| Pos | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Pos: GM | 2012: Tower | 2013: Tower | 2014: Tower | 2015: Stewart | 2016: Stewart | 2017: Hazen |
| Pos: Manager | 2012: Gibson | 2013: Gibson | 2014: Gibson | 2015: Hale | 2016: Hale | 2017: Lovullo |
| Pos: C | 2012: Montero | 2013: Montero | 2014: Montero | 2015: Gosewisch | 2016: Castillo | 2017: Mathis |
| Pos: 1B | 2012: Goldschmidt | 2013: Goldschmidt | 2014: Goldschmidt | 2015: Goldschmidt | 2016: Goldschmidt | 2017: Goldschmidt |
| Pos: 2B | 2012: Hill | 2013: Hill | 2014: Hill | 2015: Owings | 2016: Segura | 2017: Drury |
| Pos: SS | 2012: Bloomquist | 2013: Pennington | 2014: Owings | 2015: Ahmed | 2016: Ahmed | 2017: Owings |
| Pos: 3B | 2012: Roberts | 2013: Prado | 2014: Prado | 2015: Hill | 2016: Lamb | 2017: Lamb |
| Pos: LF | 2012: Kubel | 2013: Kubel | 2014: Trumbo | 2015: Inciarte | 2016: Tomas | 2017: Tomas |
| Pos: CF | 2012: Young | 2013: Pollock | 2014: Pollock | 2015: Pollock | 2016: Owings | 2017: Pollock |
| Pos: RF | 2012: Upton | 2013: Parra | 2014: Parra | 2015: Trumbo | 2016: Peralta | 2017: Peralta |
| Pos: SP | 2012: Kennedy | 2013: Kennedy | 2014: Miley | 2015: Collmenter | 2016: Greinke | 2017: Greinke |
| Pos: Closer | 2012: Putz | 2013: Putz | 2014: Reed | 2015: Reed | 2016: Ziegler | 2017: Rodney |
This confirms the situation is as suspected.