The Diamondbacks optioned McCarthy to Triple-A Reno on Monday.
McCarthy is a dreadful 3-for-41 (.073) at the plate this season and had been displaced on the center field hierarchy by Alek Thomas. He'll head to Reno, where he will play every day and try to get back on track offensively. Thomas will now be the Diamondbacks' primary center fielder.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Back in action Friday
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McCarthy (hand) will start in center field and bat eighth in Friday's game versus the Cubs.
McCarthy has been limited this week by a sore hand as a result of a hit-by-pitch in Sunday's game versus the Brewers, but he'll give it a go in Friday's series opener. The 27-year-old is just 3-for-33 at the plate so far this season.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Logs first hit
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McCarthy started in left field and went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over Baltimore.
McCarthy snapped an 0-for-24 skid to open the season with a fifth-inning double and scored his first run in 2025. He and Alek Thomas have largely shared center field, but both were in the lineup Wednesday, when McCarthy filled in for Lourdes Gurriel in left field. Both McCarthy (.038) and Thomas (.308) have 26 at-bats.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: O-fer continues
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McCarthy went 0-for-3 in Monday's 5-1 loss to Baltimore.
McCarthy extended a hitless streak to start the season and is now 0-for-22. The results align with his underlying measures at Statcast, which include zero barrels. McCarthy's experienced lows before and has come back, but the job share in center field may tilt toward Alek Thomas if the low-wattage bat continues.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Out of lineup Saturday
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McCarthy is not in Arizona's lineup for Saturday's game against Washington.
McCarthy will take a seat against southpaw Mitchell Parker. Meanwhile, fellow left-handed-hitting Alek Thomas will start in center field and bat eighth Saturday. The pair has alternated center field duties over the Diamondbacks' past five games, suggesting that McCarthy and Thomas are slated to see about equal playing time moving forward.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Not in Arizona lineup
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McCarthy is not in the lineup for Thursday's tilt against the Yankees.
He started each of the first two games of the series but will yield to Alek Thomas in Thursday's series finale. McCarthy has now been in the lineup for four of the Diamondbacks' first seven games, matching the number of Thomas' starts.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Opens in center field
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McCarthy started in center field and went 0-for-3 with an RBI in Thursday's 10-6 loss to the Cubs.
McCarthy got the start over Alek Thomas with the Cubs sending left-hander Justin Steele to the mound in Thursday's season opener. McCarthy and Thomas will share the position and, since both bat from the left side, it won't be a true platoon. Thomas' glove, which is considered better than McCarthy's, could give him the edge for playing time in the long run.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Taking seat Friday
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McCarthy is out of the lineup for Friday's game against San Diego.
McCarthy had started 19 of the Diamondbacks' previous 20 games, but he'll be on the bench for Friday's series opener. Lourdes Gurriel, Corbin Carroll and Pavin Smith fill the outfield from left to right.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Heading to bench Friday
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McCarthy is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.
McCarthy is sitting Friday after a run of 14 consecutive starts, during which he posted a .211/.237/.211 slash line with no extra-base hits. Lourdes Gurriel (calf) is back in the lineup after being activated from the injured list while Corbin Carroll shifts to center field.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Logs another stolen base
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McCarthy went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Thursday's 5-1 win over Milwaukee.
McCarthy, who went 11 straight games this month without a successful attempted steal, stole his second bag in as many days and is up to 23 for the season. Getting on base was an issue during the drought; McCarthy batted .186 and walked once (.222 OBP) during that 11-game stretch. He could lose playing time when Lourdes Gurriel (calf) returns, which could happen this weekend. When Gurriel is activated off the injured list, the choice of a third outfielder for manager Torey Lovullo would come down to McCarthy or another left-handed bat, Pavin Smith, who has a 1.526 OPS over the last 10 games.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Steals base in win
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McCarthy went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 9-4 win over Colorado.
McCarthy stole his 22nd bag of the season and the first in 12 games. It's been a quiet month for McCarthy, who's batting .222 (14-for-63) with one double, two RBI and two steals (caught twice) over 16 games in September.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Bats second again
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McCarthy batted second and went 0-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Red Sox.
McCarthy worked a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning to make it a 3-0 game. He's been the primary second spot batter since Ketel Marte (ankle) first sustained an injury that eventually landed him on the 10-day injured list. In nine games batting second since Marte's injury, McCarthy is hitting .325 (13-for-40) with two home runs, 12 RBI, three walks, one steal and eight runs scored.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Goes deep in win
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McCarthy went 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and an additional run scored in Monday's 9-6 win over Miami.
McCarthy belted a two-run homer in the eighth inning, his seventh blast of the season. He's made 12 consecutive starts and helped the Diamondbacks overcome underperforming outfielders Corbin Carroll (.219) and Alek Thomas (.191). During that 12-game stretch, McCarthy is batting .388/.436/.694 with four home runs, 18 RBI, nine runs and two steals.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Stays hot Tuesday
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McCarthy went 3-for-5 with two RBI in Tuesday's win over the Rockies.
Tuesday's game was McCarthy's fourth in a row with multiple hits and multiple RBI. He came up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth with his team down a run and won the game for the Diamondbacks on a walk-off single that scored two. Over his last 17 games, McCarthy is batting .460/.477/.730 with 19 RBI. He's become one of the hottest hitters in baseball over the last couple of weeks and seems to have supplanted Alek Thomas in the Diamondbacks' outfield pecking order for now.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Two homers in rout
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McCarthy went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Saturday's 11-1 win over the Phillies.
McCarthy hit two-run blasts in the fifth and seventh innings to help the Diamondbacks pull off a blowout win. This was his fifth multi-hit effort since July 30 -- over 11 games in that span, the outfielder has gone 15-for-36 (.417) with five extra-base hits and nine RBI. McCarthy isn't known for his power, having never hit more than eight homers in a single season. He's at six homers, 32 RBI, 44 runs scored, 16 stolen bases and a .298/.371/.441 slash line through 99 contests in 2024.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: On bench for first game of twin bill
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McCarthy is out of the lineup for the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Guardians.
McCarthy had started in eight of the Diamondbacks' previous nine games, but he still looks to be the club's fourth outfielder behind Corbin Carroll, Lourdes Gurriel and Alek Thomas. Though he's a left-handed hitter, McCarthy is slashing .360/.422/.467 over 83 plate appearances against southpaws this season and should continue to be a regular part of the starting nine when the Diamondbacks face lefties. McCarthy may have to settle for more of a part-time role, however, when the Diamondbacks face righties and have all their key outfielders available.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Starts in right field
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McCarthy started in right field and went 1-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to Atlanta.
McCarthy entered the starting lineup in right field, replacing Corbin Carroll, who sat for the second straight time against a left-handed starter. Carroll had a .721 OPS against southpaws in 2023 but that's dropped to .539 in 2024. McCarthy, meanwhile, owns a career .745 OPS and is up to .897 in 2024 against southpaws.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Returns to starting lineup
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McCarthy started in right field and went 1-for-5 with a stolen base and two runs scored in Wednesday's 12-4 win over the Dodgers.
A day after being held out of the starting lineup against a right-hander in favor of Alek Thomas fresh off the injured list, the lefty-hitting McCarthy was back in there Wednesday against a righty. The presumption is that Thomas will be in lineups most nights against right-handers, and that his absence Wednesday was due to a return from a three-month absence. McCarthy's playing time takes a hit with Thomas' return, but he can still have value in a part-time role. He's second on the club with 13 steals.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Sitting against lefty
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McCarthy isn't in the Diamondbacks' lineup for Friday's game against the Athletics.
Left-hander JP Sears will toe the slab Friday for the A's, meaning the lefty-hitting McCarthy will head to the bench to begin the game. Randal Grichuk will start in right field instead and bat fifth.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Plates three, swipes bag
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McCarthy went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a stolen base during Sunday's 12-5 win over the White Sox.
McCarthy was productive despite generating only one hit. He stole second after walking in the first inning, scored Joc Pederson on a fielder's choice in the third frame and plated Pederson again in the fourth on a sacrifice fly before hitting an RBI triple in the sixth. McCarthy's pilfer was his 10th of the campaign, and his fifth of June. He's slashing .279/.365/.409 through 180 plate appearances.
