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2017 Spring Preview: A Wide Open Bullpen

On March 6, 2017 By

My goodness, there are a ton of relief arms in camp this spring. I know, I know. This isn’t exactly unheard of as relievers, especially those not slated for late inning duty, are probably the most fungible assets in the game. They’re also the most volatile. With performances fluctuating wildly and sample sizes small, evaluating relievers is difficult in the …

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2017 Preview: Pitcher Forecasts

On January 30, 2017 By

How do you know if something is broken? Usually, you give something a go and don’t get the desired effect. Maybe you try again and still get an error. Other times, after a second try, everything works just fine. There always little blips on the radar of life. I mean, we all have to cycle our routers once in a …

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Raising the Bar for Relievers

On January 3, 2017 By

A new year provides an opportunity for reflection. I was doing a bit of that recently, thumbing through some old episodes of The Pool Shot while being delayed at the airport again. The experience was fun and while I’d like to think we were right more than we were wrong, the episodes help harken back to a time that the …

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Another Day, Another Meltdown: Which D-backs Relievers Will Stick?

On August 4, 2016 By

The Diamondbacks’ bullpen burned down another one yesterday. Another day, another meltdown it seems. With pitching under the microscope every time out, the ninth inning getting away from Jake Barrett felt like just another blow during a difficult year. He recorded the first two outs of the inning, then deflected a ball that should have been the routine third out, …

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Double Plus: Evan Marshall’s Changed Profile

On April 8, 2016 By

We warned you over the winter not to forget Evan Marshall, and he reemerged in spring training, holding Cactus League hitters to a .205 batting average in 11 innings with 8 punchouts and just 2 free passes. Marshall’s rookie season was excellent by any metric, but it wasn’t just the 2.74 ERA over five months of pitching: it …

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Double Plus: Evan Marshall’s Reemergence

On March 11, 2016 By

Nothing went right for Evan Marshall on the baseball field in 2015. You’re probably well aware of the horrific accident that nearly cost him his life – a comebacker that struck the right-hander in the head, fracturing his skull and causing brain bleeding that landed him in the ER without a moment’s notice. Marshall has been on the road to …

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Double Plus: What Is Arizona Doing Drafting College Relievers?

On October 23, 2015 By

Okay, maybe the title is a little misleading. Drafting college relievers is defensible, if for one reason only: you get 40 picks and dammit, one of them is bound to be a college reliever by the odds alone. Another defensible reason might be that they’re a cheap bunch. It’s not that any of them have ever left me with the …

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Roundup: D-backs “Moneyball”; Could Hill Get Moved?

On March 30, 2015 By

Doing The Pool Shot podcast is only getting more and more fun, especially with some killer questions on Twitter that were absolutely fascinating to think about. Why is baseball so damned fun that way? All I know is: the season is about to start, and we’re about to have tons more to notice, work through and discuss, both on these …

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With Evan Marshall’s Stock Set to Rise, Now the Time to Buy

On February 20, 2015 By

You might look at Evan Marshall‘s 9.85 K/9 last season and middle-of-the-road walk rate last season and conclude he was very good, but not elite. But if you did that, you’d be wrong. In a season when the team’s ERA ranked 26th in the majors, any Diamondbacks pitcher who did well deserves a second look — but Marshall should …

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Stacking Up the Stacked D-backs Bullpen

On December 3, 2014 By

Yesterday, the D-backs tendered contracts to all of their arbitration-eligible players (well, the ones that hadn’t already been released or designated for assignment). Among them: David Hernandez, who seems likely to be deserving of his projected $2.125M salary in his final arbitration year. We thought it was likely he’d be tendered, although there were justifications both ways. Still, …

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What a Consistent D-backs Bullpen Really Looks Like

On September 3, 2014 By

The Diamondbacks’ bullpen has been pretty good this year. After two years of constantly being burned by the ‘pen, things have shaped up. Some of those past struggles were seemingly part bad luck and part poor pitching. When those things come together, well, you’ve seen the results; it’s not pretty. On the flip-side, a lucky ‘pen can be a nice …

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Evan Marshall Trusted Already, For Good Reason

On May 26, 2014 By

Earlier this month, the Diamondbacks called up Evan Marshall from Triple-A.  Since being called up, he has been placed in a variety of high-leverage situations and succeeded at a high level: in 8.2 innings, Evan Marshall has yet to give up an earned run. This level of run prevention is not sustainable, but Marshall clearly has the chance to become …

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Minor League Update 4.23.14

On April 23, 2014 By

If you were with us last fall, you likely caught a few of these features and they’re back for the 2014 season. It’s never too early to look to the future, especially when you’re winning percentage is where it is for the Diamondbacks. So we’ll be checking in on the D’backs minor leagues all throughout the season, highlight the recent …

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