All-Sar Mark Melancon finds silver lining in Diamondbacks' World Series loss: 'The experience is there now'

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Mark Melancon and the Arizona Diamondbacks certainly wish things had gone differently in the World Series this season, even if experts and fans believe simply making it to the Fall Classic was a momentous achievement. 

Melancon does feel there is some merit to that thinking. 

Melancon, a 14-year veteran who was not able to pitch this season due to a shoulder injury he has been rehabbing, wanted his first career World Series ring at 38 years old. He thoroughly enjoyed the run Arizona went on despite not being able to help on the field. 

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Corbin Carroll, #7 of the Arizona Diamondbacks, celebrates a 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers with Mark Melancon, #34, at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 21, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Harry How/Getty Images)

"Obviously, it’s never ideal to be injured and not be on the field," he told Fox News Digital over the phone while highlighting his work in a Fanatics' immersive business program this week. "But I was so happy to watch the guys and support the guys. I think you ask anybody that watches baseball, they didn’t expect us to be there. So it was fun to kinda be the Cinderella story, come up from behind and take down some big dogs that everybody thought was gonna be in the World Series."

While Melancon is no longer with the Diamondbacks – Arizona did not pick up his mutual option for the 2024 campaign, which was expected considering his 2023 outcome – he believes this group has taken a giant leap forward, especially with the young stars developing right before our eyes. 

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"I felt like it was going to