Are you hooked on Immaculate Grid, the daily trivia game from Baseball Reference? We sure are! We’ll warn you right now—this blog post contains spoilers. But if you’re looking for a little help with today’s grid (or you already filled it out and want to know who else qualified) read on.
To fill out today’s grid, you need to choose a player who played for both the Diamondbacks and Nationals. There were 77 players who played with both Arizona and Washington. Here are some examples:
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Carlos Baerga
Carlos Baerga was a fifteen-year MLB veteran who hit better than .300 four years in a row with the Cleveland Indians, finishing his career with a .291 batting average.
Baerga, born in Puerto Rico, was signed by San Diego Padres scout Luis Rosa in 1985. In 1986, at the age of 17, he played for the Charleston Rainbows in Single A, hitting .270. The next season, 1987, he was again at Charleston and batted .305, which earned him a promotion to the Wichita Wranglers in Double A in 1988. Hitting .273, he was moved up to Triple A with the Las Vegas Stars where he hit .275. That winter, in a big name trade, he was dealt by the Padres, with Sandy Alomar Jr. and Chris James, to the Indians for Joe Carter.
Miguel Batista
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Miguel Batista pitched professionally over four decades, logging time in MLB off and on between 1992 and 2012. His most prominent action came with the Arizona Diamondbacks, with whom he tossed a scoreless 7 2/3 innings in a World Series start, winning a ring when the D’Backs triumphed in seven games. He spent time as the closer with the Toronto Blue Jays in the mid-2000s and made his final big league appearance with the Atlanta Braves in 2012.
Stephen Drew
Stephen Drew was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2004 amateur draft. He was selected 15th overall, but would likely have gone much higher if his expectations for a big signing bonus hadn’t scared away a lot of teams. He made his big league debut with Arizona two years later, in 2006, hitting .316 and slugging .517.
He was a second-team College All-American in 2002, a third-team College All-American in 2003, and a second-team College All-American in 2004. At his first stop in the minors in 2005, he hit .427 in 19 games with the Camden RiverSharks of the Atlantic League, an independent league. He was playing there because it took him almost a year to come to an agreement on a contract with the Diamondbacks. In Single A the same year, after finally coming to an agreement, he hit .389 and was brought up to Double A briefly. The next season he spent 83 games in the Pacific Coast League, hitting 13 home runs at age 23 before being brought up to the majors. Baseball America rated him the top prospect in the PCL that year. He made the league All-Star team at shortstop. In his first taste of major league action in 2006, he played 59 games with an excellent batting line of .316/.357/.517, hitting 7 triples during his short stint.
Adam LaRoche
Adam LaRoche was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft and in the 42nd round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign either time.
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LaRoche was the Most Outstanding Player in the Junior College World Series in 2000. The Atlanta Braves took him in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft and assigned him to the Danville Braves. He was considered a better pitching prospect as an amateur, but the Braves decided to give him a chance to hit and it worked out. He hit .308/.381/.507 in 56 games for Danville and led the club in homers (7) and RBI (45).
Adam moved on to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in 2001 and went 1-0 on the hill. At the plate, he hit .251/.305/.361 with just 7 homers and 108 strikeouts, though his 31 doubles led the club. LaRoche split 2002 between Myrtle Beach (.336/.406/.512 in 69 games) and the Greenville Braves (.289/.363/.410 in 45 games). Baseball America rated him as the #12 prospect in the Carolina League.
Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round of the 2003 amateur draft, but opted for college. He was then selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2006 amateur draft. He was signed by scout Joe Robinson and made his pro debut in 2007 with the Visalia Oaks, where he went 2-0 with an 0.53 ERA before being promoted to the Mobile BayBears. With Mobile, he was 4-4 with a 3.91 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 14 starts. He began 2008 with the Tucson Sidewinders and notched a 1.17 ERA in 4 starts and struck out 38 batters in 23 innings. He was then called up by the Diamondbacks in late April and made his debut on April 29th against the Houston Astros, coming out of the bullpen to pitch 4 1/3 innings of perfect ball and strike out 7. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Scherzer’s debut was the longest debut outing in “modern major-league history” by a pitcher who retired every batter he faced (13 batters). In the previous 50 years, Jimmy Key had the most with 10 batters. He was 0-4 but with a good 3.05 ERA in 16 games for the Diamondbacks as a rookie. In 2009, he spent the entire season in the starting rotation with correct results, going 9-11, 4.12 in 30 starts, and striking 174 batters in 170 1/3 innings.
All 77 Players
You can see all 77 players who played with both Arizona and Washington on Baseball Reference. Good luck with your grid!
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