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Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #6: 4/1 vs. Tigers

Today’s Lineups TIGERS DIAMONDBACKS Colt Keith – 1B Ketel Marte – DH Kevin McGonigle – 3B Corbin Carroll – RF Gleyber Torres – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Riley Greene – DH Gabriel Moreno – C Dillon Dingler – C Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Kerry Carpenter – RF Nolan Arenado – 3B Matt Vierling – […]

Snake Bytes 4/1: No Way Jose!!!

Diamondbacks News Jose Fernandez Hits Go-Ahead Homer to Save Snakes in MLB DebutDiamondbacks prospect Jose Fernandez not only hit his first career home run in his major league debut on Tuesday, but he homered a second time to give Arizona the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning off Detroit Tigers closer Kenley Jansen. […]

Where does Jose Fernandez’s debut rank?

Despite the strong spring enjoyed by Jose Fernandez, it’s safe to say that nobody saw last night coming. Fernandez barely made it onto MLB Pipeline’s list of Arizona prospects, coming in at #27. His promotion to the big league roster, came after just a single game at Triple-A. And it was as much because Jose […]

Hip Hip, JOSE! The Rookie Makes History! Dbacks 7, Tigers 5

Jose Fernandez. That is it. That’s the recap. Give the guy his flowers. From a pitching standpoint, Brandon Pfaadt had a very Brandon Pfaadt outing. He rolled through 5 innings, but was so bad in the 3rd the announcers on the broadcast thought he was tipping his pitches. Pfaadt was atleast able to give the […]

What personal milestones could be reached by the Diamondbacks this season?

Introduction For the past couple of years, I have tried to compile lists of individual player milestones that might be reached during the season. Those lists have included Eugenio Suarez successfully reaching 300 career home runs and Torey Lovullo’s elusive attempts to return to a winning record as a manager. I find it fascinating to […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #5: 3/31 vs. Tigers

Today’s Lineups TIGERS DIAMONDBACKS Colt Keith – 3B Ketel Marte – 2B Kevin McGonigle – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Gleyber Torres – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Riley Greene – LF Gabriel Moreno – DH Kerry Carpenter – DH Alek Thomas – CF Spencer Torkelson – 1B Jose Fernandez – 3B Zach McKinstry – […]

Statistic Review After the Dodgers Series

Playing the Dodgers was a challenge.  Despite the challenge, some statistics provide insights to the remainder of the season. The Positive Statistics. The Diamondbacks were up to the challenge of playing the Dodgers.  They lost the last two games by only 1 run. In each of those games, the game-deciding run was scored in the […]

SnakeBytes 3/31: First Win! But Also Ribbon Board Loss

Game Recaps Soroka’s 10 K’s – and immaculate inning – pave way to win in home opener by Steve Gilbert [Dbacks.com] A sellout crowd greeted the Diamondbacks on a festive night that featured a triple and homer from Corbin Carroll and a stellar Arizona debut for Michael Soroka, who recorded the fourth immaculate inning in franchise history. And […]

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Arizona Diamondbacks 9, Detroit Tigers 6: Soroka Immaculate, bullpen less so

Record: 1-3. Pace: 40-122. Change on 2025: -1. If there was ever the need for a palette cleanser, after the disappointing sweep in Los Angeles, it was in tonight’s home opener at Chase. Early on, the D-backs delivered in no uncertain fashion. The offense matched the entire run production of the opening series in the […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #4: 3/30 vs. Tigers

Today’s Lineups TIGERS DIAMONDBACKS Kerry Carpenter – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Gleyber Torres – 2B Corbin Carroll – RF Colt Keith – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Riley Greene – LF Gabriel Moreno – C Spencer Torkelson – 1B Nolan Arenado – 3B Kevin McGonigle – 3B Alek Thomas – CF Dillon Dingler – […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Series Preview #2 : Diamondbacks vs Tigers

Tigers Pitching & Diamondbacks offense. Rotation: In February, Matt Snyder ranked the Tiger rotation as the third best in the Majors.  Its’ best two pitchers are Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez.  Bullpen:  “The bullpen has more experience to handle high-leverage situations now, with Finnegan brought back and Jansen brought aboard to aid Vest, Holton and […]

2026 Arizona Diamondbacks recaps

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MARCH 30: A general view of a flyover during the national anthem before the home opener between the Detroit Tigers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on March 30, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) | Getty Images Arizona Diamondbacks 9, Detroit Tigers 6: Soroka Immaculate, bullpen less so Diamondbacks 2, Billionaire Boys Club 3: The First Broom Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 5: One Mistake Too Many ...

Arizona Diamondbacks News, 3/30: Home Sweet Home

Team news [SI] What D-backs Brutal Dodger Stadium Sweep Told Us — And What it Didn’t – Surprisingly enough, the D-backs’ bullpen has not been as poor as one might think. Outside of the blowup inning by Taylor Clarke in game one, the D-backs relief corps gave up three runs in 10 innings — certainly […]

Snakepit Roundtable: Early reactions

What are your far-too-early takeaways from the first couple games of the season? Spencer: West coast baseball is too late and needs to adopt old Wrigley standards so us Dbacks fans on the east coast can watch them. (this is sarcasm) Wesley: Love the ABS challenge system already, and I hate the new broadcasters. (Netflix […]

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Guest Recaps for April open!

Every weekend throughout the regular season, we open the doors of the ‘Pit to any member as a guest recapper, who can cover the game from their own unique perspective. You do the recap of the game in the Feed, however you want. It can be light-hearted or not; stats-heavy or not, detailed or atmospheric […]

Welcome to the SnakePit 2026

Weird, this whole “off-day on Sunday” thing. Not sure I like it, but I guess the schedule makers must all bow down to the desires of the broadcast partners. In the absence of any real baseball, I figured we might as well get to know each other a bit better, what with the season being […]

Snake Bytes 3/29

Just a reminder, there is no Dbacks game today. Team News D-backs drop series finale, look forward to home Opening Day “We won a lot of innings of baseball over the course of this three-game series,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “Yet we’re 0-3, so that’s frustrating. It’s very frustrating. This was a tough series, no […]

Diamondbacks 2, Billionaire Boys Club 3: The First Broom

Well, that was disappointing. Not only did we lose another game to the Doyers at Uniqlo Park at Dodger Stadium at Chavez Latrine at the City of Smog and Angels, we also managed to be on the business end of our first sweep of the year. And we’re only three games in. So that sucks. […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #3: 3/28 @ Dodgers

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS DODGERS Ketel Marte – 2B Shohei Ohtani – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Kyle Tucker – RF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Mookie Betts – SS Pavin Smith – DH Will Smith – C Nolan Arenado – 3B Freddie Freeman – 1B Alek Thomas – CF Teoscar Hernandez – LF Carlos Santana – […]

SB Nation Reacts Results: Around .500 for the D-backs

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Arizona Diamondbacks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Before the season opened, we asked you how the Diamondbacks would fare this year. When […]

Snake Bytes 3/28: Still Looking for a First Win

Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Fumble Game in Los AngelesCostly base running errors and the inability to capitalize late cost the Diamondbacks their second game of the season as the Dodger came from behind yet again to beat the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks Have a Baserunning ProblemIt is still only two games into the season, but early returns […]

Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 5: One Mistake Too Many

Game Summary The Diamondbacks showed a little more fight compared to their campaign opening loss last night, but still came up short at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium (ugh). Ryne Nelson started the game for the good guys against Emmet Sheehan and very-much-bad-not-good-at-all guys, and it was a bit of a mixed bag for our […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #2: 3/27 @ Dodgers

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS DODGERS Ketel Marte – 2B Shohei Ohtani – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Kyle Tucker – RF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Mookie Betts – SS Gabriel Moreno – C Freddie Freeman – 1B Pavin Smith – DH Will Smith – C Nolan Arenado – 3B Max Muncy – 3B Carlos Santana – […]

How much has the bullpen cost the Arizona Diamondbacks?

This was provoked – triggered might be a better word – by paulnh’s feed post about the D-backs’ bullpen. The key conclusion was, “Since Mike Hazen has taken over, the Diamondbacks bullpen has been the second worst position in all of baseball, better only than the Pirates shortstop. That’s an even 300 positions (30 teams […]

SnakeBytes 3/27: An unfortunate start

Diamondbacks News (SI.com) D-backs’ Biggest Weakness Exposed by Dodgers in Ugly Opening Day Loss It began with Zac Gallen. Gallen had been working efficiently and effectively through four innings, getting swing-and-miss on his secondary pitches and showcasing a 94.1 MPH average fastball velocity. Things looked to be going well. But Gallen ran into a blowup […]