MESA — It is becoming an annual tradition for fathers and sons to exchange lineup cards when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs play in spring training, but on Thursday at Sloan Park, the meeting was between Counsells instead of Lovullos.
Diamondbacks prospect Brady Counsell and Cubs manager Craig Counsell met at home plate ahead of Brady Counsell’s spring training debut. The D-backs took Counsell in the 10th round of the MLB Draft last summer, nine years after his father played his sixth and final season for the Diamondbacks in 2006.
“I think it’s just, obviously my dad played for them and won a World Series with them, so I think when I got the call that they’re gonna be taking me, just super exciting to be able to follow in his footsteps and hopefully eventually bring another championship back to Arizona,” Brady Counsell said.
Brady Counsell was asked to compare his game to his dad’s: “Normal stance for me.” pic.twitter.com/Y7HTMqbvmT
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Counsell let his mother know ahead of time but surprised his father on game day.
He was not in the starting lineup for Arizona but a sub, as the D-backs have needed to call on more minor league reinforcements as regulars left for the World Baseball Classic. Craig Counsell told reporters, “I’ll close my eyes and watch the video later,” in regards to his son’s first at-bat.
A Cubs-Diamondbacks spring training game over the past couple seasons has typically been preceded by a lineup card exchange between D-backs manager Torey Lovullo and Cubs minor league coach Nick Lovullo, who will be the bench coach at Triple-A Iowa this season.
“It’s probably more emotional for the parent than it is for the son or the daughter in these situations,” Torey Lovullo said. “You go crashing all the way back to them in diapers and throwing your first ball to them. I don’t care who you are. You reflect that far back and just proudly watch your son do his thing in his own element and make it his own way.”
When asked to compare his game to his father’s, Brady Counsell said they were similar but he supplied more power. He hit 12 home runs in his final collegiate season at Kansas, while Craig Counsell hit 42 over a 16-year big league career.
In terms of Craig Counsell’s famously unique batting stance, Brady Counsell said he’s tested it out but will stick to a more conventional set up.
“We both have a high baseball IQ,” Counsell said. “I think just playing the game the right way, playing hard and using the baseball IQ to kind of make a name for yourself.”
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