The Arizona Diamondbacks released a flyer to the national media yesterday lobbying for Paul Goldschmidt to take home NL MVP honors. Here’s a look at that release: Goldschmidt for NL MVP
Obviously, Goldy is deserving and we certainly hope he gets recognized for an outstanding season. Anything less than second place in the voting is a disservice and one could …
Continue Reading →League: Midwest League (Single-A)
Record: 81-58 (4th out of 16 teams in the Pioneer League)
Runs Scored: 624 (7th of 16 teams)
Runs Allowed: 577 (4th of 16 teams)
Recap: the Silver Hawks made the postseason in the Eastern Division of the Midwest League, then put together a nice run, reaching the Eastern Division Championship. …
Continue Reading →There were two themes to this season, and both were on display through the D-backs’ last week of games. A 2-5 week brought the truly average D-backs to a truly average .500 record (and to a 16th place finish in the ESPN Power Rankings), and a couple of extra-inning games were thrown in for good measure.
The extra innings …
Continue Reading →Just like the outfield, the D-backs infield will have a lot of moving parts in 2014. Paul Goldschmidt will start as many times as he’s able at first base, but no other position is likely to be manned by the same player 150 or more times next year.
The other clear starter in the infield, of course, is Aaron …
Continue Reading →I don’t usually like to talk about things we can’t measure. With that said, I have some major bones to pick with the Diamondbacks franchise, specifically the front office and its inability to keep things under wraps. Let me explain.
There seems to be a total lack of secrecy when it comes to Kevin Towers and company. While Arizona is …
Continue Reading →We can be pretty darned sure that Tony Campana won’t be a full time center fielder for the D-backs next year. Beyond that, there isn’t a whole lot we can bank on.
Just before Cody Ross got injured, I wrote how the time share in the Arizona outfield was working. Jason Kubel had been edged out, leaving most of …
Continue Reading →League: Northwest League (Short Season)
Record: 34-42 (t-6th of 8 teams in the Northwest League)
Runs Scored: 298 (5th of 8 teams)
Runs Allowed: 319 (5th of 8 teams)
Recap: Hillsboro struggled in it’s inaugural season as a franchise, replacing the Yakima Bears as the Diamondbacks’ short-season affiliate. The excitement for the team came via the pitching staff, …
Continue Reading →Since the last roundup, the D-backs have gone 4-3, with a split against the Dodgers and a series win against the Rockies. Arizona dropped in the ESPN Power Rankings, but only one spot. Pretty good week, right?
Wrong. Winning 2 games against the Dodgers was just good enough to push their NL West title to Thursday, when LA fought …
Continue Reading →It’s a good thing revenge is a dish best served cold, because the Diamondbacks will have to put their plans for retribution on ice for at least six months.
In winning the final game of this week’s four game series at Chase Field yesterday, the Dodgers clinched the NL West, punching their ticket to the postseason and officially eliminating the …
Continue Reading →League: Dominican Summer League (Rookie)
Record: 29-39 (26th of 35 teams in the Dominican Summer League)
Runs Scored: 333 (9th of 35 teams)
Runs Allowed: 327 (13th of 35 teams)
Recap: this is a tough one to figure out as the Diamondbacks were in the top ten in runs scored and top fifteen in runs allowed, yet finished …
Continue Reading →No matter how you slice it, Montero was one of the top five hitters who played catcher for most of their games last year. At 124 wRC+, he was 24% better at creating runs than the average hitter. That’s hitter, not catcher — and in part because above-average hitters at catcher are expected to be scarce, Montero put up a …
Continue Reading →League: Arizona League (Rookie)
Record: 29-27 (5th of 13 teams in the Arizona League)
Runs Scored: 262 (11th of 13 teams)
Runs Allowed: 280 (5th of 13 teams)
Recap: despite some nice individual seasons, the Diamondbacks struggled to score runs with any semblance of consistency. The team clearly lacked any sense of serious power, with the highest …
Continue Reading →The last week started with difficulty for Arizona, as they dropped two ugly games to Los Angeles before winning three of their next four. The offense over the weekend was particularly inspiring; as I noted in the ESPN Power Rankings this week, Goldy finally killed that 22-game HR drought (the third-longest of his career) on Sunday. In consecutive wins against …
Continue Reading →Martin Prado has been up and down offensively, all year. He was the NL Player of the Month for August, and deservedly so — but while his May was also quite good, his April and June were dismal. His numbers are now similar to career norms (.281/.331/.414) — but what was Prado doing differently in his recent surge?
From the …
Continue Reading →A while back, I discussed how the Diamondbacks have been hurt by the home run in 2013. And by hurt, I mean totally annihilated. It’s come on both sides of the ball, too. Arizona ranks 26th in the majors in home runs hit, having only put 117 balls over the fence all year. The pitching staff hasn’t faired …
Continue Reading →Would a team with more Gerardo Parras do better than the current Arizona Diamondbacks team? -Voice in my head
In Boston four or so years ago, J.D. Drew was among the most controversial players on the Red Sox. Signed to a staggering $14M/year deal, Drew contributed high on base percentages and above average defense in right field, but hit relatively …
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