Posts by: Jeff Wiser
*Note: this post will be broken up into two parts. Today we’ll examine the power hitters available to the Diamondbacks in depth and check back later this week to see why the “need” to acquire one of the players below is overstated.
Here we are again, discussing Kevin Towers’ rumblings and what it means for the Diamondbacks. Last week …
Continue Reading →By now, you’ve likely read or heard Kevin Towers’ comments regarding what’s on the Diamondbacks’ shopping list. If you’ve been reading Inside The Zona, you’re probably well aware of what those purported needs are, as we’ve been covering them for a couple of months. In short, Towers feels that the team needs a clear-cut leader of the pitching staff …
Continue Reading →Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a trend. Analysts have made a habit of highlighting and advocating smart, buy-low moves where teams with low payrolls can extract value at a potentially below-market-value rate. And this should come as no surprise, because who doesn’t like finding a perfectly good sweater or pair jeans for half off? Baseball teams are no …
Continue Reading →Kevin Towers was quoted as saying, multiple times, that he his seeking a corner outfield power bat this offseason. In principle, this is a great idea as Arizona was mostly devoid of corner outfield production at the plate in 2013. But the organization doesn’t have much money to spend and there aren’t many options on the trading block that match …
Continue Reading →*Note: this post was written prior to the twitter-shattering trade between Texas and Detroit last night. Keep in mind that the Tigers now most definitely have the resources to retain Max Scherzer for the foreseeable future if they want. Whether or not they want to, however, is still unclear.
As you’ve probably noticed in our Offseason Plan, Ryan and …
Continue Reading →The Diamondbacks were an average club in 2013. Literally, they were average as their winning percentage was exactly .500. Figuratively, they were pretty average, too. They seemed to balance out fits of poor offense with great pitching and when the bats came around, the staff couldn’t make outs. Arizona had Paul Goldschmidt, an NL MVP finalist, but balanced …
Continue Reading →In baseball, nothing speaks more than the almighty dollar. Don’t believe me? Run a correlation between dollars and wins. In the long term, the money almost always wins out. The Diamondbacks don’t have a lot of money, but they do have another form of currency: prospects.
While working on our offseason plan for the team, which will be released early …
Continue Reading →There’s no debate about the fact that Patrick Corbin had a fantastic year in 2013. He was clearly the anchor of a Diamondbacks staff that was otherwise tough to figure out. And not tough to figure out in a good way, where hitters didn’t know what was coming. Rather, the rotation was tough to figure out because it lacked consistency. …
Continue Reading →Strikeouts, again.
I feel like I’ve been harping on the K’s lately, or lack of them in the Diamondbacks’ case. But I keep coming back to the strikeouts like I keep coming back to the home runs when I try to mentally reconcile the 2013 season. In fact, last week, I linked the two of these phenomena and today I …
Continue Reading →Well, the hot stove has officially been sparked in Arizona.
Kevin Towers wasted no time getting things going by claiming utility man Matt Tuiasosopo from the Detroit Tigers. The former top Mariner prospect made his major league debut back in 2008 but was usually jettisoned back to the minors in no time. 2013 was his first full major league season …
Continue Reading →Strikeouts.
We all heard a lot about them in 2013 and if you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably noticed that they have been on the rise for a while now. Throughout the game, more batters are striking out and pitchers are accumulating K’s at a higher rate. The relationship between pitched strikeouts and strikeouts by batters is obvious, but let’s …
Continue Reading →On Tuesday, we released the beginning of our Top 30 Prospects series with numbers 21-30. If you missed it, check it out as there are some names there that have a chance to really move up in 2014. Today we move on to prospects 11-20, where we start to see some guys with real star power. There’s a first-rounder …
Continue Reading →It’s prospect season now that the playoffs are nearly over and we’re almost into the winter. Here are the Diamondbacks’ Top 30 prospects counted down from #30 all the way to #1. The system itself is in decent shape and probably ranks somewhere near the middle of the majors. It’s a top-heavy with some notable names inside the top ten …
Continue Reading →There’s a lot to consider when ranking prospects. To do it properly, it takes an ability to analyze the present, take into account the past and project the future. It’s the last of these three things that is the finest art and is easily the most difficult to nail down. It’s not impossible to get a feeling for the future, …
Continue Reading →@ryanpmorrison
Best part of Peralta’s 108 mph fliner over the fence, IMHO: that he got that much leverage despite scooping it out… https://t.co/ivBrl76adF, 
RT @OutfieldGrass24: If you're bored of watching Patrick Corbin get dudes out, you can check out my latest for @TheAthleticAZ. https://t.co/k1DymgY7zO, - Of course, they may have overtaken the league lead for outs on the bases just now, also...
But in 2017, Arizona ha… https://t.co/38MBrr2D4b,
- Prior to the games today, there had only been 5 steals of 3rd this season (and no CS) in the National League. The… https://t.co/gVVL84vPQ5,
- RT @OutfieldGrass24: Patrick Corbin has a WPA of .318 and it's only the fifth inning.,
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- Relevant given that the #Dbacks have a ton of arb-eligible players as the deadline approaches. They did settle with… https://t.co/7b3yWdZtg2,
RT @jareddiamond: A word about Jed Lowrie: Successful baseball teams don't worry about positional "fit" nearly as much as you might t… https://t.co/fmdwdJx9PP, - A little bit of clarity around a confusing situation in Atlanta. https://t.co/5V4vDS8cxr,
- John Ryan Murphy is a fantastic receiver. Carrying three catchers is problematic, but I'd think the #Dbacks see him… https://t.co/AaLa6lKBql,
- My favorite feeling is filing an article and being able to close the 15 associated tabs I have open in Chrome,
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