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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. To be honest, when I asked who should replace Merrill Kelly on Opening Day, I […]
Record 7-9. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-11-1. As documented this morning by Justin, Torey Lovullo had some harsh words for our pitching. How did they respond? Well, the score above gives you some clue. To be fair, the Arizona defense helped – or, rather, did not. The Diamondbacks were tagged for three errors, […]
A big slew of roster moves this afternoon, including some significant names. The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves and have 47 players in camp. Optioned to Triple-A Reno: Reassigned to Minor League camp: Fernandez… Oh, J. Fernan… Um, I mean Jose Fernandez and Waldschmidt are probably the two names of most significance. Many […]
Team News Arizona Diamondbacks’ Pitching Struggles vs Giantshttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/arizona-diamondbacks-news/poor-pitching-downs-diamondbacks-rough-loss-giants-01kk550y1ma2 Torey Lovullo Had Blunt Message on Poor Pitching after Loss to Giants “We’ve got to start honing in on the pitching side of things, and we’re wanting to see guys commanding the baseball, commanding their secondary stuff, attacking the zone, filling up the zone,” Lovullo said. “It’s […]
Introduction Last week we began a series of articles reviewing the offseason moves of each National League West team, starting with the worst team in the NL West (and possibly all of MLB), the Colorado Rockies. (Here’s a link to that article). Continuing our NL West offseason reviews, we’re going from worst to first with […]
Record 7-8. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-10-1. The streaking Diamondbacks continued – and not in a good way. After winning five spring games in a row, they have now dropped four on the trot. They had the lead here early, courtesy of a first-inning home-run from catcher Gabriel Moreno, and Kohl Drake made […]
Just time for the barest of Gameday Threads this afternoon. Here’s our line-up, which saw a late change with Crisantes coming in to replace Torin. There were also some shuffling of other positions, like Vargas moving over to 3B and Fernandez covering short in place of Torin: A busy day of World Baseball Classic baseball […]
Diamondbacks News Kevin Ginkel Eyeing Health, Another PostseasonKevin Ginkel’s 2025 season was ruined by injuries. Now, the Arizona reliever is back and looking to improve upon his 2025 results and help lead Arizona to a return to October baseball. Diamondbacks, Carroll Give Injury UpdateDiamondbacks star Corbin Carroll took three at-bats off live pitching at Salt […]
We finish off the infielders in this batch, which includes a pair of prospects listed in the recent MLB Pipeline update, the man with the coolest nickname in the system, and a veteran who has played more seasons for the D-backs than Tony Womack or Geraldo Perdomo. Ivan Melendez (85) We start with the nickname […]
Record 7-7. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-9-1. The D-backs found themselves swept on both sides of today’s split squad double-bill, with fairly weak line-ups in both games. Starting off at Salt River Fields, a pair of three-run homers did all the damage as the White Sox blanked the D-backs 6-0. They were allowed […]
Double your pleasure, double your fun! More taste! Less filling! And other appropriate advertising jingles of the seventies. For Arizona plays two games this afternoon. Attention will probably be focused on the White Sox game, because you can at least listen to that, through a dbacks.com livestream, hosted by Chris Garagiola alongside Jake Lamb. The […]
Record 7-5. Change on 2025: +1.5. 5-inning record: 3-8-1. Well, that five-game winning streak sure was nice while it lasted. It ended in no uncertain fashion this afternoon at Sloan Park, both sides of the game leaving room for improvement. The D-backs found themselves held to fewer than three runs for the first time this […]
A batch of cuts this morning. The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves and have 62 players in camp. Optioned to Triple-A Reno: Reassigned to Minor League camp: No real surprises there. Ray had only appeared in one spring game, pitching 1.1 innings, and allowing four runs (two earned) on two hits and two […]
Team News Brandon Pfaadt makes spring debut, Merrill Kelly taking promising step toward avoiding IL https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/brandon-pfaadt-merrill-kelly/3613468/ Diamondbacks reliever a ‘special talent,’ team wins 5th straight https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2026/03/04/arizona-diamondbacks-brandyn-garcia-bullpen-corbin-carroll-merrill-kelly-latest-news/88976379007/ The Diamondbacks Are Already Making an Impact in the WBC https://www.si.com/mlb...
While there have been other prospect rankings, from the likes of Fangraphs and 1500 Prospects, the list put out by MLB Pipeline is always seen as one of the most highly-regarded. Well, they just dropped the Diamondbacks list for the start of 2026. 30 prospects are ranked there, and here’s what they have, along with […]
Record 7-4. Change on 2025: +1.5. 5-inning record: 3-7-1. The Diamondbacks rolled their spring winning streak to five games, with a well-pitched victory over the Athletics in Hohokam. Their pitchers held the opposition to six hits, just one (a double) for extra bases, and a pair of walks. The sole run came against former (and […]
After yesterday’s excursion into international waters, normal, Cactus League service resumes this afternoon for the D-backs with a relatively short trip to Hohokam Park. The D-backs come into this game with a four-game winning streak (not including yesterday, obvs), not having lost a regular pre-season game in a week. It’s the offense who has been […]
Diamondbacks News Alek Thomas, Jordan Lawlar Among Standouts in Diamondbacks’ Loss to MexicoAlek Thomas played for the opposition in the tilt as Team Mexico downed the Diamondbacks 6-3 on Tuesday. Zac Gallen needed only 22 pitchers to clear two innings with only one hit allowed. Diamondbacks’ Waldschmidt Making Push for Opening Day RosterThe slugging left […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Diamondbacks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Maybe it made sense for Torey Lovullo to wait before announcing his Opening Day starter. He […]
The tune-up for the World Baseball Classic also gave the D-backs a chance to run out some young players, with the absence of a number of regulars, now off to play for their country. Those actually include Alek Thomas, who was in the opposition dugout here, and went 2-for-3, driving a run against his regular […]
The World Baseball Classic starts to loom, and in addition to the game here, fourteen other participant countries will also be playing exhibition games here or in Florida. Among the D-backs taking part, Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo are batting 2nd and 9th respectively, as the Dominican Republic take on the Tigers. Druw Jones is […]
While on a week-long vacation, I read a fanciful book that included lessons on life based on baseball history & stories, and Greek myths. I enjoyed that the author took his daughter to baseball games to enjoy being a fan and hoping she would learn how to think and live well. Preface. The Pregame, a […]
Diamondbacks News Nolan Arenado, Druw Jones taking on unique World Baseball Classic experiences by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] It doesn’t sound like there was too long of a conversation between Netherlands manager Andruw Jones and Diamondbacks prospect Druw Jones about teaming up in the World Baseball Classic. “We, obviously like our relationship, we just joke […]
This was originally going to be an article titled, “Why spring training is dead to me”. I was going to discuss the reasons why I’ve basically given up on attending spring training games. One of the main factors was simply the cost, and there’s the general perception that it’s no longer a cheap alternative to […]
Been a little while since the last edition: once spring training got started, between the questions, the gameday threads and the recaps, there wasn’t a lot of room on the ‘Pit! But with the calendar having turned to March, and an off-day today, I’m going to try and get the balance of these knocked out […]