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Overview 2025 Review It’s a given in the modern baseball game that every team will have its pitching depth tested over the course of the season. It is not a given that the depth will be tested to the extent that the D-Backs were this season. That kind of apocalyptic nightmare could even prompt a […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 29 days ago | 4 reads
To no great surprise, Shohei Ohtani repeated as National League MVP, unanimously chosen. However, there was a fair amount of down-ballot love for Arizona players, with Geraldo Perdomo (4th), Corbin Carroll (7th) and Ketel Marte (22nd) all receiving mention, backing up the trio being honored with Silver Sluggers at their positions, earlier in the week. […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 29 days ago | 3 reads
It has become an annual ritual around this time. Poke the stinking carcass of another failed Diamondbacks bullpen, and try to figure out what went wrong, and what can be done about it. I’m beginning to wonder if our relievers are collectively suffering from long COVID. Because they have basically been terrible since the pandemic. […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 30 days ago | 2 reads
Overview Voting overview 2025 review My first player review this offseason, Jeff Brigham, had a very similar path to the team as today’s subject. Connor Kaiser came to the Diamondbacks via minor league deal signed early in the 2024/25 offseason after last playing in the Major Leagues in 2023, just like Brigham. Kaiser spent the […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Overview Introduction Joe Mantiply was a familiar name on the 40-man roster for the Snakes, being with the team since 2020. In 2025 he would start in his 6th season and, eventually, it would prove to be his last. With his departure and those of Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, Kevin Ginkel is now the […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Inspiration. This AZ Snake Pit article identified four possible acquisitions for the Diamondbacks rotation. It looked at quality start percentage, ERA+, seasons with 150 innings pitched, injury risk, and their fastball’s average velocity. Let’s look further at those four players. Which pitcher would be most worth acquiring? The last article was published on 4 August. […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Diamondbacks News Jansel Luis Represents D-backs at Fall Stars Game Amid Ongoing Development by Michael McDermott [D-backs Under Review] The D-backs infield prospect hasn’t put up strong numbers in the fall league, batting .202 with a .537 OPS. However, development might not always be accurately measured by bottom-line results. Looking at his batted ball data, […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Team news [Arizona Sports] Diamondbacks offseason needs: What does the starting pitcher trade market look like? – The free agent class of starting pitchers is not chalk full of aces, but it has quality depth to it. The trade market, meanwhile, could get wild depending on whether mid-market teams decide to sell No. 1 arms. […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Rating: 2.552025 Stats: 2 G, 4 PA, 0 H, 0BB, 3 SO, -0.1 bWARDate of Birth: 1 January 19932025 Earnings: Minimum2026 Status: Signed to a minor league contract with Arizona on 8 November 2025 2025 Review You’ll be forgiven if you don’t remember Aramis Garcia for the Diamondbacks. Frankly, it’s mildly impressive that he had […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Overview 2025 review I’m somewhat impressed that Getty Images had as many as two (2) pictures of Richards in a D-backs uniform, with which to illustrate this article. After all, he only appeared in two (2) games for Arizona, over a three-day span, both against the Houston Astros. Trevor did spend a total of eight […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
At 6 am Arizona time this morning, the clock started ticking on another Japanese import. Slugger Munetaka Murakami has been posted by his NPB team, the Yakult Swallows, with the official window for him to negotiate a deal with a major-league team now open. The deadline for that is still some way off – he […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The Royals announced they have signed infielder Connor Kaiser to a minor league contract. The 28-year-old has spent 14 games in the big leagues with the Rockies and Diamondbacks and is a Kansas City-area native who graduated from Blue Valley West. Kaiser was originally drafted by the Pirates in the third round of the 2018 […]
From Royals Review | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Overview Voting Overview 2025 Review Garrett Hampson was signed to a Minor League Deal, with an invitation to spring training at the end of January 2025. Hampson made good on that spring training invite, hitting 283/393/.348, which was good enough to make the Opening Day roster. Unfortunately, Garrett just couldn’t get it done in the […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Overview Voting overview 2025 review Jeff Brigham came to the Snakes via a minor league deal signed in December 2024. He had last pitched in the major leagues in 2023 with the New York Mets, but after a largely ineffective season with them, he was non-tendered. The Twins signed him to a minor league deal […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Meet the Mets Juan Soto and Pete Aloso won National League Silver Slugger Awards at their respective positions, while Francisco Lindor saw Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo take home the silverware at shortstop. In news that came as no surprise, the Mets tendered a qualifying offer to Edwin Díaz. The Mets claimed José Castillo, the left-handed […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Overall, the D-backs offense took a step back in 2025. They scored 95 fewer runs than the previous season, and the team OPS+ dropped six points, from 114 to 108. But on an individual level, there were still some standout performances. These were recognized today, with the announcement that three D-backs won the Silver Slugger […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It may have seemed doubtful at certain points during the season, but in the end, the obvious decision was, indeed, obvious. Opening Day starting pitcher Zac Gallen was tendered a qualifying offer by the team today. This is basically a one-year contract, at a fixed price, determined by the average salary of the top 125 […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Qualifying offers were tendered to thirteen MLB players today, per multiple reports. The thirteen are: Bo Bichette, SS, Toronto Blue Jays Dylan Cease, SP, San Diego Padres Edwin Diaz, RP, New York Mets Zac Gallen, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks Trent Grisham, OF, New York Yankees Shota Imanaga, SP, Chicago Cubs Michael King, SP, San Diego Padres […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Today was the deadline to extend Qualifying Offers to outgoing free agents, and the following 13 free agents got the offer from their respective teams: Houston Astros LHP Framber Valdez San Diego Padres RHP Dylan Cease San Diego Padres RHP Michael King Philadelphia Phillies LHP Ranger Suarez Philadelphia Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber New York Mets RHP Edwin Diaz Detroit Tigers 2B Gleyber Torres Milwaukee Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen Chicago Cubs OF Kyle Tu...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
When we last checked in, just before the end of the regular season, the Diamondbacks had 39 players on the 40-man roster. But as had been discussed, there was significant work to be done to free up spots, both for the 60-day injured list going away, and to protect eligible prospects from the upcoming Rule […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Overview Introduction Hey…coincidence is my middle name. Let me explain. These end-of-season-player-reviews are normally my kind of articles. I sign myself up for a bunch load of players we hardly knew and who, normally, are not given much love by most of us. Except for me. I love writing about the nobodies, and try to […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Diamondbacks News Catcher Kenny Castillo Embraces ABS, Modern Stance TrendsDiamondbacks catching prospect Kenny Castillo talks about the incoming ABS system and the trend towards one-knee stances. Torey Lovullo Discusses Coaching ChangeTorey Lovullo discusses the somewhat surprise hire of J.R. House to coach the catching crew after it seemed the staff was already settled. Diamondbacks Decline […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
In his recap/warning to Blue Jays fans following their quasi-singularly traumatic World Series Game 7 experience, Defector’s Barry Petchesky, referencing the Yankees loss against the Diamondbacks in 2001, put it thusly: So let’s have a little heart-to-heart chat, you, the grieving and traumatized Jays fan, me, a fan who was on the wrong side of what […]
From Over the Monster | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
2025 Diamondbacks Reviews: #63 Jeff Brigham 2025 Arizona Diamondback Player Review #64: J. P. Feyereisen 2025 Arizona Diamondbacks Player Reviews: #66 Casey Kelly 2025 Diamondbacks Player Reviews #67: Scott McGough 2025 Diamondbacks Player Reviews #68: Jordan Montgomery
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Overview Rating: 2.38 2025 stats: Casey Kellly appeared in 2 games in early August he had a total of 1.2 IP. He walked a batter and gave up a hit in his other appearance. For Reno he pitched in 24 games, 20 starts, and had a record of 3-7 with an ERA of 5.63. He gave up […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 2 reads