The Diamondbacks just can't catch a break. Arizona's trade-deadline stretch keeps getting uglier, and the latest hit is a rookie who'd actually been playing well. Tommy Troy, the club's first-round pick back in 2023, went down running full speed into the center-field wall at Dodger Stadium, and now he's officially on the shelf.
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Reports out of Arizona paint the picture clearly: Troy hurt himself in the fifth inning going throwing-arm-first into the wall to rob Teoscar Hernandez of a deep fly ball, still managing to underhand the relay in before doubling over in pain. He's since been diagnosed with a sprained right AC joint and landed on the 10-day IL retroactive to July 12, meaning he can't return before July 22 at the earliest.
It's a brutal loss of momentum for a guy who'd only been up since late May. Troy was slashing .223/.299/.364 with 4 home runs, 3 doubles, a triple and 9 RBIs across 39 games since his call-up, and he'd carved out a real everyday role in the outfield after Jordan Lawlar went down. Manager Torey Lovullo reportedly isn't sounding the alarm on a long absence, pointing to improving range of motion, but any missed time stings for a rookie trying to prove he belongs.
The timing makes it worse. Arizona is dealing with injuries across the roster heading into the second half, and Troy's absence just thins out an already banged-up outfield mix. Expect a Max Kepler/Lourdes Gurriel Jr. platoon to soak up snaps alongside recently recalled prospect Ryan Waldschmidt and Corbin Carroll while Troy rehabs.
For a Diamondbacks team trying to figure out buyer-or-seller mode before the deadline, losing a productive rookie for even a couple weeks complicates the calculus. Troy's return date lines up right around when Arizona needs to have its deadline plans locked in, so how his shoulder responds over the next week matters a lot more than just his own stat line.