Diamondbacks owner reflects on 'horrible' signing after playoff elimination, rips Mets-Braves doubleheader

The Arizona Diamondbacks recovered retired their postseason destiny aft the precise past crippled of the regular season, and they're not thrilled astir what transpired.

The Mets and Braves' doubleheader divided Monday knocked the reigning National League champs retired of postseason contention.

All 3 teams finished 89-73, but the D-Backs mislaid their play bid to some NL East squads, putting them connected the extracurricular looking in.

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Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery leaves the mound successful the 5th inning against the Colorado Rockies astatine Coors Field.  (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

Arizona was successful a pugnacious spot. It did not power its ain destiny, and the victor of the archetypal crippled of the doubleheader had thing to play for aft clinching a postseason spot.

So, the Mets utilized respective seat players successful their lineup, and Joey Lucchesi made conscionable his 2nd commencement of the season. Unsurprisingly, the Braves won, 3-0.

Arizona's owner, Ken Kendrick, called the ordeal a "debacle."

"I predicted a week ago, erstwhile this debacle — astatine aggregate levels — was occurring to person the play extremity with 2 games yet to beryllium played connected a Monday earlier the playoffs start. It was ill-advised," Kendrick told Arizona Sports Monday.

The doubleheader was scheduled erstwhile the games from past week were postponed owed to Hurricane Helene. Both teams had an disconnected time that Monday, earlier the tempest rolled.

The Atlanta Braves airs for a squad photograph aft clinching a wild-card berth successful the playoffs aft a triumph implicit the New York Mets astatine Truist Park.  (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)

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"I’m disappointed that MLB didn’t instrumentality a much assertive posture to importune connected those games being played earlier. … They played 1 crippled connected Tuesday; they could’ve played 2 games past Monday oregon 2 games past Tuesday and past not been progressive successful the mediate of getting canceled and scheduling games to beryllium played aft the season."

The Diamondbacks can't nonstop each the blasted connected MLB. They blew an 8-0 pb Sept. 22. They besides acknowledged a mistake successful signing lefty starter Jordan Montgomery to a one-year deal.

Montgomery was caller disconnected an awesome postseason tally with the Texas Rangers but remained unsigned into outpouring training. Arizona took a gamble and lost. He had a 6.23 ERA successful 25 appearances, including 21 starts.

Kendrick said the "horrible" signing was his fault.

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery pitches successful the archetypal inning against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine American Family Field.  (Benny Sieu/Imagn Images)

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"If anyone wants to blasted anyone for Jordan Montgomery being a Diamondback, you're talking to the feline that should beryllium blamed," Kendrick told Arizona Sports. "Because I brought it to [the beforehand office's] attention. I pushed for it. They agreed to it. It wasn't successful our crippled plan. 

"You cognize erstwhile helium was signed — close astatine the extremity of outpouring training. And, looking back, successful hindsight, a horrible determination to put that wealth successful a feline who performed arsenic poorly arsenic helium did. It's our biggest mistake this play from a endowment standpoint. And I'm the perpetrator of that."

Montgomery is again a escaped agent, and the Diamondbacks are cleaning retired their lockers alternatively of restocking them for October baseball.

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