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Thanks in large part to the two-game series in Sydney on March 22 and 23, the Diamondbacks have the earliest reporting dates for spring training of all 30 teams: the 6th for pitchers and catchers (this Thursday!) and the 11th for position players. Because the Dodgers are the team with the next-earliest reporting dates, it’s no surprise that the first …
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →GM Kevin Towers indicated shortly after the winter meetings began last week that the D-backs were looking to make two big moves, one involving a corner power hitter, the other an ace pitcher. Derrick Hall later noted that one would come via free agency, and one would come via trade. I’m not sure if that last comment was intended in …
Continue Reading →With the news that the D-backs made an offer to Carlos Beltran before he signed with the Yankees, it looks like GM Kevin Towers is looking to make some moves at the earliest opportunity. Last week, we saw David Holmberg essentially sold to Cincinnati, freeing up about $6M in payroll with Heath Bell now setting up shop in Tampa …
Continue Reading →We saw a flurry of moves in the past week, particularly last night. Many of these moves affect the Diamondbacks, if only tangentially. The trade of Doug Fister to the Nationals is a prime example. Count me among the many who are really surprised that it only took a package of a good, not great pitching prospect (Robbie Ray), a …
Continue Reading →Of the several transactions across baseball in the last week, few were more disappointing to me than the moves made by St. Louis. In a Friday trade with the Angels, the Cards picked up Peter Bourjos. Over the weekend, the Cards then signed Jhonny Peralta, presumably to fill their giant hole at shortstop (although Peralta could move off …
Continue Reading →The biggest news story in D-backs land in the last week was the outcome of the NL MVP award voting, in which Paul Goldschmidt finished second to winner Andrew McCutchen. To see the breakdown of voting, head to the BBWAA site.
Inside the ‘Zona doesn’t focus on award voting, because frankly I don’t find it that interesting. But …
Continue Reading →With the World Series behind us and the impending deadline for players to accept qualifying offers, the offseason is officially underway. Jeff and I have been hard at work on an offseason plan for the Diamondbacks, complete with recommendations for trades, signings and roster construction. Check back next week for the full plan.
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Continue Reading →With the World Series over (and former D-backs Stephen Drew and Craig Breslow picking up rings), the major news for D-backs Nation in the last week was the Gold Glove wins for Paul Goldschmidt and Gerardo Parra. Patrick Corbin was also among the finalists, but didn’t pick up an award.
The other bit of news is the departure (on …
Continue Reading →The Hank Aaron Award goes to the most outstanding offensive performer in each league, every year. “Outstanding offensive performer.”
Sounds a lot like Paul Goldschmidt, doesn’t it?
Apparently, Major League Baseball agrees. Bud Selig announced the winners of the award yesterday before Game 4 of the World Series, conferring the award on Goldy in the NL and Miguel Cabrera in …
Continue Reading →After firing pitching coach Charles Nagy and first-year first base coach Steve Sax, the D-backs will also now look for a hitting coach, after Don Baylor left to work with the Angels. That’s a lot of turnover for a staff retaining its manager, especially if Matt Williams leaves for a post with the Nationals.
Nick Piecoro reported …
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