He goes into the spot opened when Drew Jameson was sent down Monday. Ginkel is being activated after just two rehab appearances, the first of which was pretty bad (the second was a perfect inning, at least). He could be interesting in fantasy leagues if Justin Martínez’s disturbing showing Sunday proves to be the start of a trend. First, though, it would help if he impresses in his first couple of appearances back.

Ginkel had right shoulder inflammation at the end of spring training and will likely need a bit of time to ramp back up before being called up to Arizona. With A.J. Puk (elbow) sidelined and Justin Martinez dealing with shoulder fatigue, getting Ginkel back would be a big boost for the Arizona bullpen.

No word yet on the extent of the injury, but shoulder inflammation is never a great sign. The Diamondbacks have already said they’re going to play matchups with their bullpen at the end of games, so that likely means Justin Martinez will see the vast majority of saves when right-handed hitters are up, with A.J. Puk getting save chances when left-handed hitters are up.

Ginkel seems to have done well for himself in his second season of arbitration, as he was projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn $2.3 million via arbitration. The 30-year-old hurler had another strong season out of the D’Backs’ bullpen in 2024, posting a 3.21 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and a 77/15 K/BB ratio over 70 innings of work. Barring any outside additions, he’ll fight with AJ Puk and Justin Martinez for save chances to begin the 2025 season.