This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert’s D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo is still deciding how he is going to arrange the team's lineup in Christian Walker's absence.

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo couldn’t help but crack a joke when he learned that legendary actor Kevin Costner wanted to meet him at Salt River Fields, per MLB. His first thought? There must have been some confusion.

Torey Lovullo assumed there had been some kind of miscommunication when he was told Saturday that actor Kevin Costner was at Salt River Fields and wanted to meet him. “I'm like, ‘Does he know that I'm Torey Lovullo and not Tony La Russa?

Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers allowed 11 runs and 15 hits in a loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday in spring training.

On Wednesday, they'll take on their NL West rivals, the San Francisco Giants at Salt River Fields. Game time is 1:10 p.m. Arizona time. There will be an audio-only webcast provided on Dbacks.com for free.

The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped their Wednesday afternoon Cactus League contest at Salt River Fields against he San Francisco Giants by a score of 11 to 5 Rota

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.