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Introduction Baseball writers – and fans – love to use regression as a catchall for a players performance. Is there a player having a good start to the season or month? He’s probably due for some regression. A terrible slump for a former MVP? Just you wait until that positive regression kicks in. There’s certainly […]
Game Summary The Diamondbacks kicked the weekend off right with a big win in Denver. The headline from this one is all about Merrill Kelly and his first career Complete Game. Merrill finally had a good start against the Mets last weekend and he followed it up with quite probably the best start of his […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROCKIES Ketel Marte – 2B Edouard Julien – 1B Corbin Carroll – RF Mickey Moniak – LF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Hunter Goodman – C Nolan Arenado – 3B TJ Rumfield – DH Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Troy Johnston – RF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Jake McCarthy – CF Gabriel Moreno – […]
Team News The Zac Gallen Situation is Getting More Dire By the Day https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/zac-gallen-situation-more-dire-diamondbacks 3 Diamondbacks Players Who Are On Fire This Month https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/3-diamondbacks-players-may-rodriguez-garcia-arenado Rockies Pose a Much Bigger Threat to Diamondbacks Than You’d Expect https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/rockies-pose-bigger-threat-diamondbacks-expect Other Baseball Rays, local officials reach tent...
Introduction On February 5th, 2026 Arizona Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen sent fan favorite infielder Blaze Alexander to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for relief pitcher Kade Strowd, along with two minor league prospects, RHP Wellington Aracena and infielder Jose Mejia. It definitely hasn’t been long enough to evaluate this trade fairly, and won’t be for […]
“We have to be better than this.” I don’t know if Torey said this phrase the past week. Probably not. Difference with previous seasons, in my opinion, is that this team was never bound for play-offs. The starting pitching has become worse over the years, with several big signings not living up to the money […]
In The Desert [AZSnakePit] Rangers 6, D-Backs 5: Angina in Arlington It seems as if no amount of lineup tinkering or prospect call-ups has been able to shake the Arizona offense out of its malaise and the team’s pitching (both in the bullpen and in the rotation) have significant question marks themselves. [AZCentral] Diamondbacks’ crushing, […]
For the second night in a row, the D-Backs turned to a starting pitcher looking to return to form. Last night, that strategy worked out poorly and introduced more questions than answers. Tonight, it went substantially better as Ryne Nelson worked seven strong innings of three-run ball on just four hits. Nelson was inarguably the […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS RANGERS Ketel Marte – 2B Joc Pederson – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Brandon Nimmo – RF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Corey Seager – SS Nolan Arenado – 3B Josh Jung – 3B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Evan Carter – CF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Ezequiel Duran – 2B Adrian Del Castillo […]
Last week, in the space of fewer than 24 hours, Jake McCarthy hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as the Rockies beat the Mets 6-2, and Alek Thomas was designated for assignment. In the short-sightedness of many fans (no judgment; I’m in this category sometimes as well) this meant that we had […]
Diamondbacks News Streak of Dominant Starts Ends with Gallen Loss to RangersZac Gallen surrendered seven runs, all earned, in only 4 1/3 innings. On the other side, Mackenzie Gore pitched the longest outing of his career, eight innings of dominant one-run ball. Diamondbacks Trade Alek Thomas to DodgersThe Dodgers take on all of Thomas’ $1.45 […]
Zac Gallen getting lit up, the Dbacks offense allowing an opposing pitcher to cruise through 8 innings needing only 95 pitches. I feel like I have typed this exact game recap multiple times already this season. So I will make this quick as there is not much that came from this game that is going […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS RANGERS Ketel Marte – 2B Joc Pederson – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Brandon Nimmo – RF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Corey Seager – SS Nolan Arenado – 3B Josh Jung – 3B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Evan Carter – CF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Ezequiel Duran – 2B Gabriel Moreno – […]
Inspiration. One of my favorite players was named minor league pitcher for the month of April. Two accomplishments follow: In July of 2024, I wrote about the secrets of his success. Circumstances made his future uncertain. He kept his dream alive and he worked hard (extraordinarily hard) to prepare, not knowing if he would ever […]
Game Recaps Michael Soroka continues Diamondbacks’ dominant pitching in win over Rangers by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] The Diamondbacks have won three straight games having scored eight total runs. They are back to .500 at 20-20. Arizona has allowed 10 runs over its last seven games. The last time the D-backs had a seven-game stretch […]
Record: 20-20. Pace: 81-81. Change on 2025: -1. It’s amazing to think that, not long ago, the D-backs’ rotation was going through one of the most wretched sequences in team history. On May 1st, here’s what Arizona’s starting pitchers had done over the previous two turns through the rotation:AZ rotation: 39 IP, 67 H, 48 […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS RANGERS Ketel Marte – 2B Brandon Nimmo – RF Corbin Carroll – RF Ezequiel Duran – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Corey Seager – SS Adrian Del Castillo – DH Josh Jung – 3B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Evan Carter – CF Nolan Arenado – 3B Joc Pederson – DH Lourdes Gurriel […]
Are these two teams evenly matched? Historically, yes. When these two teams met in the regular season, the Rangers won 32 games and the Diamondbacks won 31 games. Against all teams, they were nearly equal in runs scored per game (4.5 vs 4.6) and runs allowed per game (4.7 vs 4.6). Last Season, perhaps not. […]
Recaps [Arizona Sports] Eduardo Rodriguez nearly earns complete game in win vs. Mets – Torey Lovullo and starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez made a deal after the eighth inning of Rodriguez’s gem during a 5-1 win over the New York Mets on Sunday. Rodriguez had thrown 91 pitches and held the Mets to one run, so […]
In the latest episode of Dbacks Dispatch, the Diamondbacks finally offered something for us all to look forward to discussing with co-workers this Monday morning. After a long stretch of frustration since the Blue Jays visited Chase Field, the team took two of three games from the New York Mets. The atmosphere around the club […]
Another disappointing week, what are your first thoughts? Spencer: Average teams play like this. The offense is anemic. The pitching had an apocalyptic week last week. This version of the team is what I expected and why my win total projection was so low. James Attwood: This is the sort of thing that happens when […]
D-BACKS 5, FLUSHING 1: Let’s go out and beat the Mets! [Guest recap]
Today’s Lineups METS DIAMONDBACKS Juan Soto – DH Ketel Marte – 2B Bo Bichette – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Austin Slater – LF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Mark Vientos – 1B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Marcus Semien – 2B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Andy Ibanez – 3B Nolan Arenado – 3B Tyrone Taylor […]
Introduction Not too long ago, I asked the question of ‘Is it time for the D’Backs to call up these top prospects from AAA?’ On Friday, we got a partial answer to that question. Top prospect Ryan Waldschmidt was called up while struggling CF Alek Thomas was Designated For Assignment (DFA’d). It still remains to […]
Team News That’s more like it for Merrill Kelly in Diamondbacks’ win vs. Mets “You guys have seen me long enough to know that if I’m commanding the ball, I’ve got a pretty good chance,” Kelly said. “If I’m not, it’s going to be a long day for me. … I’ve been putting myself in […]