The Diamondbacks announced a series of roster moves today. Right-handers and have been recalled from Triple-A Reno and the club has also selected the contract of right-hander . To open spots for those three, righty has been optioned to Reno while righties and have both been placed on the 15-day injured list. Martnez has a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament while Montes De Oca has right elbow inflammation. To open a 40-man spot for Scott, righty has been transferred to the 60-day IL. The news on Martnez is ominous. The righty called the training staff to the mound during last nights appearance. It was later relayed to reporters that he was experiencing elbow tightne s. A sprain, by definition, involves some stretching or tearing of the ligament. Per , manager Torey Lovullo says Martnez is now set for a second opinion on his injury. Whenever a pitchers elbow is injured, it raises alarm bells about a po sible surgery and those concerns certainly appear to be warranted here. It should be pointed out that not all sprains nece sarily lead to a operation. To pick one recent example, was diagnosed with a mild UCL sprain in May of 2023 and ultimately did not head to the surgeons table. However, it took him four months to get back on the mound, as he wasnt reinstated from the IL until September of that year. It may take a few more days to determine the prognosis with Martnez but it seems like it will be an unfortunate development regardle s. The righty seemed to break out as one of the best relievers in the sport last year. He to sed 72 2/3 innings for the Diamondbacks with a 2.48 earned run average. His 11.7% walk rate was certainly high but he struck out 29.5% of opponents and got grounders on 58.9% of balls in play. The Diamondbacks believed in that breakout enough to lock up Martnez for the long term. He and the club agreed to a five-year extension in March that guarantees him $18MM, with two club options as well. Unfortunately, the first season of that deal has been a bit of a bust so far. Martnez already mi sed about three weeks due to some shoulder inflammation and is now back on the IL again with an even scarier diagnosis. He has only been able to throw 15 1/3 innings Scott Alexander Jersey with a 4.11 ERA this year. Martnez and were supposed to be the two big weapons in the Arizona bullpen this year. Puk made just eight appearances before landing on the IL in mid-April due to elbow inflammation. He was later diagnosed with a flexor strain and transferred to the 60-day IL. His return timeline is unclear. Now it seems po sible the Snakes may have to proceed without either of those hurlers for a while. They also put on the 15-day IL yesterday due to a hip impingement. Its the latest punch in what has been a bruising season for the Diamondbacks. They have lost starters and to Tommy John surgery. Their bullpen has taken a number of hits. Some of their healthy pitchers have been underperforming. Though the Snakes came into the season with high hopes, they are now fourth in the National League West and 5.5 games back in the Wild Card race, a le s than ideal time to be hemorrhaging key players. If Martnez does have a serious injury, there would be one silver lining for the Diamondbacks in the long term. His extension has a conditional club option for 2032, valued at just $3MM. That would be triggered if he requires surgery or mi sed a certain number of days on the IL during the course of the deal. While the club awaits for information there, they have to proceed with the busine s of the games on the schedule. They have added a number of arms to the active roster, which includes adding Scott to the 40-man. The 33-year-old Scott elected free agency last month after being designated for a signment by the Astros, which led to a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks. He seemed to have a nice late-bloomer breakout with Houston last year, posting a 2.23 ERA over 68 2/3 innings. He struck out 25.2% of batters faced, though also gave out walks at a 12.4% pace. There was likely a bit of luck in that ERA, as his .230 batting average on balls in play and 84.9% strand rate were both to the fortunate side. ERA estimators like his 4.13 FIP and 4.04 SIERA pointed to some regre sion though still suggested he could be a capable big league arm. The pendulum swing ended up being quite strong. He posted a 5.40 ERA through 16 2/3 innings to start this year. His .313 BABIP and 65.2% strand rate went to the other side of average as his strikeout rate fell to 20.5% and his walk rate climbed to 15.4%. Since hes out of options, that got him bumped off the roster and to free agency. Since landing with the DBacks, he has thrown 3 1/3 scorele s innings for Reno. He may have a tenuous grasp on a roster spot, given his out-of-options status, but he, Ginkel and Jarvis will give the club three fresh arms after they used eight different pitchers to get through yesterdays 11-inning game against the Mariners. As for Mena, he just landed on the IL a few days ago with a shoulder strain. Lovullo said his absence would be measured in weeks, not days. Given todays IL transfer, he will be ineligible for reinstatement until early August. Photo courtesy of Rick Scuteri, Imagn Images Darell Hernaiz Jersey