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In going 2-4 this week thanks to a sweep by the Cardinals and a bit of hospitality from the Mets, D-backs pitching was actually quite good; even without including the three scoreless innings Chase Anderson had washed away by rain, starters gave up 15 earned runs in 38 innings (3.55 ERA). That was nothing compared to the relief crew; in …
Continue Reading →What is a Chief Baseball Officer? We’re due to find out, after the D-backs hired Tony La Russa to fill that newly-created role with the team. In a site editorial, we noted that while the hiring comes as a welcome change, there are still many questions about La Russa’s actual role.
La Russa will report to CEO Derrick Hall and …
Continue Reading →Maybe it’s all about little victories now, and while a couple of the games could easily have gone either way, the D-backs managed to go 4-2 in the last week, with series victories over the Brewers and the White Sox. Tack that onto the series win against the Padres, and you’ve got a 6-3 record for the month.
Despite the …
Continue Reading →The D-backs went 0-3 in March and 9-19 in April, but began to show signs of life in a series with the Padres over the weekend. The team now has a winning record (2-1!) in May, but the real source of optimism may be the performance of Bronson Arroyo, Brandon McCarthy and Wade Miley in San Diego: a combined …
Continue Reading →For a time last week, one forgot the horrible start to the season. For a time, the D-backs looked like last year’s squad, capable of a comeback or walkoff at any time. But in dropping yesterday’s contest despite an excellent start by Brandon McCarthy, the team actually went 3 for 7 in the last week. The Cubs series may …
Continue Reading →The D-backs floated back up to 28th in ESPN’s Power Rankings this week, but as noted there, the team is still in free fall. The team scratched out a win against the Dodgers on Friday in what was a great game to watch, but still lost that series after getting swept by the Mets. Something about the sweep by New …
Continue Reading →After some investigation, I believe the D-backs are now the first team to have been in sole possession of worst record in the majors for a season’s first ten games. It’s not altogether unusual for a team to be in sole possession of worst after one game — frequently, one game is played on Sunday before other teams play on …
Continue Reading →Every baseball fan’s guide to the galaxy: don’t panic based on one week’s worth of games. Despite being in the wake of two losses Down Under, the 2-5 week has no greater an impact on the season in early April than it would in the middle of June. That said, where the D-backs now sit is the opposite of the …
Continue Reading →It’s finally here: opening day for the D-backs in Arizona. Remember: just 80 regular season games at Chase this season, so each one is all the more precious! I normally include some small analysis tidbits in this roundup space that don’t warrant their own posts, but today, I offer a bit of a departure: some of my own predictions for …
Continue Reading →Yes, I’ll say it: the Diamondbacks have the worst record in the majors now, at 0-2. The D-backs looked overmatched for most of the two-game Dodgers series in Australia (not so hot against Team Australia, either), but cruise back into Arizona to finish up spring training with only a -4 run differential. Losing by just two runs in each, the …
Continue Reading →I’m not one to dwell on bad news, but the latest word that Patrick Corbin will require six weeks of rehab or Tommy John surgery for a UCL injury might just be the worst news for D-backs fans all season. After feeling tightness all spring, Nick Piecoro reported, Corbin felt a “small little shock” in his elbow at the …
Continue Reading →After a relatively quiet week, news broke on Friday afternoon that the D-backs had agreed to terms with LHP Oliver Perez, presumably as a bullpen piece. My first reaction was that this was a terrible move. After a little more research, it seems that it’s merely a very bad move.
Don’t get me wrong, Oliver Perez is a pretty …
Continue Reading →Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the D-backs have gone .500… in spring training games so far. That’s right, with six games in the rear view, the team has gone 3-3. Despite some rain difficulties over the weekend, Arizona has played more games than any other team as it gears up to head to Australia two weeks from today. …
Continue Reading →If there is an East Coast Bias (or a Coast Bias), I don’t think it’s so much about favoritism, as it might be about quantity of attention or coverage in general. But regardless of whether most of the U.S. will be rooting for them, the D-backs do take center stage (with the Dodgers) this spring for their two regular season …
Continue Reading →The Diamondbacks have the earliest spring training report dates in baseball this year thanks to the Sydney series (although, the Dodgers are also headed to Australia…), and last Wednesday was the first full workout for position players. The beginning of spring training makes for one of the true “dead periods” of the baseball season — the team appears done with …
Continue Reading →There’s a pretty good general rule for baseball: extreme outliers are almost definitely the result of skill, but also of luck. Randy Johnson managed to log a perfect game on May 18, 2004, and it’s essentially impossible for any pitcher to do that without being well above average — but even RJ was not so good that he pitched perfect …
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