Posts by: Ryan P. Morrison
Before arbitration figures were exchanged almost two weeks ago, I thought the arbitration case of Gerardo Parra was unique and uncommonly interesting — there isn’t a modern arbitration precedent for an outstanding defensive player in right field. It has been interesting thus far, with the Diamondbacks filing a number that was actually higher than the $4.2M projection of Matt Swartz …
Continue Reading →The biggest news in the last week is that Masahiro Tanaka accepted a contract offer from the New York Yankees, despite a significant offer from the Diamondbacks that would have been, far and away, the largest contract in Arizona history. Once that deal was final, Jeff Wiser took a look at where Arizona might go from here. Shortly after …
Continue Reading →Go Down Under, Young Man! When the Diamondbacks open the 2014 season in Australia against the Dodgers, they will be the home team — and it could be to the club’s great benefit if its claim to the emerging baseball market lasted a lot longer than that. As a source of talent, Australia might not be on par with Japan, …
Continue Reading →This offseason, the Diamondbacks had eight players who would have been eligible for arbitration (including Mark Trumbo). Very early in the offseason, Matt Reynolds signed a deal that was below projection for 2014 ($550,000) for what is expected to be primarily a rehabilitation year; in return, the team got the chance to essentially delay his climb up the salary scale …
Continue Reading →Yesterday, Jeff took a look at the Diamondbacks’ logjam at shortstop, concluding that something’s got to give. I agree with Jeff completely, and so I thought I’d suggest some potential trades that Arizona could pursue. This is all speculation, of course.
Now, who the Diamondbacks could trade is very much up for discussion. Since I’m suggesting trade matches, I’m …
Continue Reading →Gerardo Parra, a super-two player entering his third of four arbitration years, has yet to be signed to a 2014 contract or to an extension. Like Josh Collmenter, Joe Thatcher and Mark Trumbo, Parra filed for arbitration last night (the club and players will exchange figures on Friday). But why haven’t the D-backs signed Parra to a much-anticipated extension, as …
Continue Reading →Pitchers and catchers will report on February 6th this year, less than a month from now, thanks to the early start to the season with two regular season games in Australia. In the meantime, we have some good news on Cody Ross to keep us warm as we wait for updates on Masahiro Tanaka and guess on how the …
Continue Reading →It’s the middle of projections season this January, and last week, FanGraphs posted ZiPS projections for the Diamondbacks. On the whole, few of the projections really surprised me, especially in light of Jeff’s series of posts on Steamer projections; but there were a few things on the offensive side of the ball that I thought stuck out.
Mark Trumbo…
Continue Reading →What’s better for a baseball team: a very good pitcher who misses time to injury, or a very good pitcher who struggles for long stretches of time? — Voice in my head
In fantasy baseball, the choice between an effective-but-fragile player and one who is very streaky is often an easy one. A hurt player is a player you know …
Continue Reading →The last week was a quiet one in baseball, with no moves of any real significance. Most of the D-backs news is of the speculation variety. On the Masahiro Tanaka front, Ken Rosenthal reported on Friday that the Japanese pitcher “remains the D-backs’ No. 1 target.” Rosenthal reasons that if the D-backs had been willing to enter the Choo fray …
Continue Reading →Nearly two weeks ago, the Diamondbacks signed Brad Ziegler to a two-year deal worth $10.5M in guaranteed payments, avoiding arbitration for the team’s last year of control. The yearly salaries — $4.5M in 2014, $5M in 2015, and even $5.5M for the 2016 option year — are extremely reasonable rates for the club. Make no mistake: Ziegler is a very …
Continue Reading →The on-again, off-again news of the posting of Masahiro Tanaka has thrown the offseason market for “front line” starters into disarray. Not only have we not seen any of the offseason’s top three (or four) starters sign, but to my knowledge, we also have not heard any credible information from front offices regarding offers or likely offers. All we have …
Continue Reading →In terms of news, this past week might have been the slowest for D-backs fans in the month of December. With three significant trades and a host of other rumors, however, that’s not necessarily saying it was slow.
Arizona is one of the most public suitors of the free agent market’s top starting pitchers, but that aspect of the offseason …
Continue Reading →When the new posting process for Japanese players became official, I explained why I think Tanaka is “cheaper” for some teams nearer to the luxury tax threshold than the D-backs, and why I thought Arizona’s chances for landing him are low. Now that Tanaka has been posted, I thought I might discuss a few other dynamics in place that …
Continue Reading →The D-backs offseason continued at a whirlwind pace last week. In fact, it was only shortly after last week’s roundup was posted that news of the Addison Reed-Matt Davidson trade with the White Sox came through. A trade of Davidson was expected after he became blocked with the Mark Trumbo trade, but we heard no whisper of anything specific until …
Continue Reading →Even before Matt Davidson was shipped to Chicago for Addison Reed, it was reported that the D-backs were closing in on a new deal with 3B Eric Chavez. Once Davidson was indeed traded, Towers quickly came to terms with Chavez on a one-year deal worth $3.5M in guaranteed salary with games played incentives that could see him earn an …
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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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RT @MLBPipeline: Correction:
Oldest players on the #Top100Prospects list:
#Astros' Josh James, 25 (3/08/1993)
#Dbacks' Jon Duplanti… https://t.co/IpgOEtfUrh, - Diamondbacks MiLB affiliate the Missoula Osprey will transition away from the "Osprey" in 2020. Fans can vote for a… https://t.co/czwu2A1T3Q,
- Old Friend Alert https://t.co/vZFngGVaFF,
- Winning defensive MVP of the NFL Pro Bowl is something that should not actually be possible,
- Bill Swancutt (2005 draft, Lions) and Alex Brink (2008 draft, Texans). Swancutt was a DE and TE that I had to cover… https://t.co/7PvKgIVkD3,
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