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So today was Merrill Kelly’s fifth start of the season, after having his spring training cut short and then a lengthy rehab period to start the year. He entered the game carrying an unsightly 9.95 ERA, and while our broadcasters kept going on and on last Sunday about how he was “finally turning the corner,” […]
Today’s Lineups METS DIAMONDBACKS Juan Soto – LF Ketel Marte – 2B Bo Bichette – SS Corbin Carroll – RF MJ Melendez – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Mark Vientos – 1B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Carson Benge – RF Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Marcus Semien – 2B Nolan Arenado – 3B Brett Baty […]
There’s no arguing that the Diamondbacks offense has taken a step back this season. Last year, they ranked sixth overall in runs per game at 4.88. This season, after last night’s extra-innings loss, they are below league average (4.38 vs. 4.47). And if you break it down further, to the individual level, perhaps the biggest […]
Diamondbacks News Snakes Fall to Mets in ExtrasRyan Waldschmidt made his MLB debut coming off the bench for Arizona. He singled in his first Major League at-bat. However, the spark of the highly-anticipated rookie making his debut was not enough to wake the offense up. The Diamondbacks still managed only one run across ten innings, […]
Game Summary Let’s look back at another close loss for the 2026 Diamondbacks – or don’t and just skip straight to venting in the comments if you wish. For those of you still here, away we go. Ryne Nelson put together his second straight strong start in May after scuffling through the month of April. […]
Today’s Lineups METS DIAMONDBACKS Juan Soto – LF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Bo Bichette – SS Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Brett Baty – 3B Corbin Carroll – RF Mark Vientos – 1B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Carson Benge – CF Nolan Arenado – 3B Marcus Semien – 2B Lourdes Gurriel – LF MJ Melendez […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 38. The buzz about Waldschmidt has become increasingly loud of late. MLB Pipeline has listed him as the team’s best prospect, and in the top fifty overall in baseball. He’ll be making his debut less than two years after being picked […]
The Diamondbacks are struggling, to say the least. They’re coming off another losing series, this time to the Pirates, where they had one game where everything went swimmingly, then ran into the buzzsaws of Skenes and Present Day Gallen. They’ve lost seven of their last ten, and they are already 5.5 games behind the Dodgers […]
Diamondbacks News (Arizona Sports) The good and the not-so-good from Zac Gallen in Diamondbacks’ loss to Pirates Gallen drew a season-high 15 whiffs (swings-and-misses), nine with his slider and six with the curveball (none with the fastball), according to Statcast. Gallen’s arsenal has changed this year. His curveball does not drop like it used to, and he […]
The Dbacks dropped the series finale and the series on Thursday afternoon as the Dbacks offense simply did not show up to the ballpark for the second straight game. Alex D’Agostino said it best on twitter: The Diamondbacks just lost a series in which none of their starters went less than six innings and no […]
Introduction I suspect like many of you, I am a sucker for underdog stories. I think that’s why I’m such a passionate baseball fan. There are so many examples of those stories in the sport – from unlikely teams making magical runs to the World Series to players whiling away in the minors before finally […]
Today’s Lineups PIRATES DIAMONDBACKS Oneil Cruz – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Brandon Lowe – 2B Ketel Marte – 2B Bryan Reynolds – LF Corbin Carroll – RF Ryan O’Hearn – RF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Spencer Horwitz – 1B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Konnor Griffin – SS Jose Fernandez – 3B Jared Triolo […]
Team News Soroka on short end of pitchers’ duel against Skenes, Pirates“Oh, boy,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said as he sat down for his postgame press conference. “Paul Skenes showed why he’s one of the best pitchers in baseball. He went out there and executed a game plan. He wasn’t just relying on his fastball. […]
Baseball is undoubtedly a team sport. In fact, I would argue it is the most intensely team-based sport among the major North American sports. Unlike leagues like the NFL or NBA, collecting a few stars on a baseball team can only make a marginal difference. If you have any doubt, baseball history is replete with […]
Today’s Lineups PIRATES DIAMONDBACKS Oneil Cruz – CF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Brandon Lowe – 2B Ketel Marte – 2B Bryan Reynolds – LF Corbin Carroll – RF Ryan O’Hearn – RF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Nick Gonzales – 3B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Marcell Ozuna – DH Lourdes Gurriel – LF Spencer Horwitz […]
Diamondbacks News Rodriguez Ends Snakes’ Run of Poor StartsEduardo Rodriguez didn’t just turn in a quality start, the veteran left-hander tossed seven full shutout innings, making the night easy for the struggling offense who then responded by posting nine runs. Yliber Diaz, Jose Mejia Named AZ MiLB Pitcher and Player of AprilDiaz may not be […]
On the same day that manager Torey Lovullo called the entire starting rotation into his office to tell them they needed to pick up the pace, Dbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez did just that and then some. ERod put this team on his back tonight shutting down the Pirates offense taking some of the pressure off […]
Today’s Lineups PIRATES DIAMONDBACKS Oneil Cruz – CF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Nick Gonzales – 2B Ketel Marte – 2B Bryan Reynolds – RF Corbin Carroll – RF Ryan O’Hearn – 1B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Marcell Ozuna – DH Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Konnor Griffin – SS Lourdes Gurriel – LF Jake Mangum […]
Inspiration. In the game thread on 1 May, there was some doubt about the sustainability of the Diamondbacks’ performance (16 wins, 14 losses before the game started). The game was close, with the Diamondbacks losing by one run. For whatever reason, the Diamondbacks are not pitching well in the first inning. With my optimistic viewpoint, […]
Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks’ Ildemaro Vargas named NL Player of the Month by Tyler Drake [Arizona Sports] The honor comes a week after Vargas took home NL Player of the Week. Vargas, who just saw his 27-game hitting streak end over the weekend, has been on a tear this season. Over 22 games in April, Vargas slashed […]
Lovullo is an idiot. “Why don’t the diamondbacks dfa lovulululu. He’s an idiot.” Such a thoughtful phrase might have come from a nowadays philosopher. Something like Kant, but reflectioning on baseball instead of economics. But, no, it was Zekedos2 on mlbtraderumors.com, commenting on the article that Aramis García was DFAd by the Diamondbacks after reinstating […]
Well, that was a rough road-trip, Arizona going 1-5 – don’t forget, the Mexico City games officially counted as “home” ones for the D-backs. I do wonder if playing at an altitude of over seven thousand feet carried a detrimental effect forward, like playing at Coors Field on steroids. The Padres have also looked shaky […]
Recaps [AZ Central] Starting pitching tanks again, Diamondbacks swept by the Chicago Cubs – Right-hander Merrill Kelly was hit hard for the third consecutive start, allowing six runs in 4 1/3 innings, and the Diamondbacks lost, 8-4, to the Chicago Cubs, who completed a three-game sweep on Sunday, May 3, at Wrigley Field. The loss […]
This is my first guest recap on this new (well, since last summer) format. Let’s see how this goes, a bit different than how I usually do things. Today it will be Merrill Kelly against Matt Boyd. One March 30th of last year, he went 5 innings and did not give up a run, but […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS CUBS Ketel Marte – 2B Nico Hoerner – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Moises Ballesteros – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Alex Bregman – 3B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Ian Happ – LF Nolan Arenado – 3B Seiya Suzuki – RF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Michael Busch – 1B Gabriel Moreno – […]