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There were times early on in Geraldo Perdomo's tenure as the Arizona Diamondbacks' shortstop that Torey Lovullo was especially tough on him. In fact it even took the young shortstop by surprise.

On Wednesday, manager Torey Lovullo met with the media, including Diamondbacks On SI's Jack Sommers, and gave updates on a wide variety of topics as they near their matchup with the Colorado Rockies.

For the past few seasons, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo has made changes to the top few spots in his batting order, riding with certain guys in different spots for various amounts of time.

Diamondbacks reliever Kendall Graveman experienced more back tightness after throwing to live hitters on Tuesday, manager Torey Lovullo said.

manager Torey Lovullo said. The thinking, Lovullo said, is to ease the burden on the club’s hard-working franchise player. “He’s a very structured guy and process-oriented guy,” Lovullo said.