SCOTTSDALE -- Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo is looking to exhale in 2025.
Last year the ninth-year skipper had to manage injuries for nearly all 162 regular-season games, prompting him to say at one point, “I had to hold my breath.�
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