And it had been going so well, too. While ground had been lost after the break in St. Louis, a pair of thumping victories in Texas were followed by a split of the first two back at Chase against the Brewers, With Zack Greinke on the mound, a win would make Arizona climb above Milwaukee, and after seven innings, the D-backs were on course to do just that. Then Andrew Chafin happened. Then Alex Young popped. And Yoan Lopez did what Yoan Lopez had already done on Thursday night. Hello, darkness, my old friend. But let’s see what this has done in numerical terms to the Diamondbacks’ chances of making the post-season this year, Here are the five systems:
That’s actually little movement in most cases: surprisingly little, it might feel, but this season has been the veritable roller-coaster of emotions.