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Double Plus: The Deferred Money Cycle Begins Again

On February 5, 2016 By

Depending on how you look at it, the D-backs will only pay substantially over the major league minimum for sixteen players in 2016. One of them is Bernard Gilkey — and his is not even the lowest figure. The way things stand, the D-backs payroll is not very top heavy, despite the large commitment to Zack Greinke; the second-highest …

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Big Investments Sunk the Diamondbacks

On January 6, 2015 By

In 2011, the Diamondbacks won 94 games and won the NL West by eight games over the Giants. They got a bit lucky in doing so, going 28-16 in one-run games (12 games over .500 when the league average is, you guessed it, .500). Three years later, they finished at the bottom of the NL West pile with a stunningly …

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Roundup: Moving Montero; Montgomery Gone; Hudson, Reynolds Options Exercised

On November 3, 2014 By

The biggest news in the baseball universe in the last week was that some team in San Francisco won the World Series. The biggest news in the D-backs universe: the club is listening on Miguel Montero.

That was the news from Fox Sports’s Ken Rosenthal, who credits the information to “major-league sources.” Those sources aren’t necessarily with the D-backs, …

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Projecting the 2015 D-backs Payroll: $92.9M with No Acquisitions

On October 2, 2014 By

As Nick Piecoro reported on Monday, the 2015 D-backs payroll could be a “moving target…anywhere in the $80 million to $110 million range, depending on whether there is value to be found.” A look at the team’s current financial obligations, however, makes the lower end of that range seem highly unlikely. Two weeks ago, Jeff looked at how the limited …

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If Money Truly Reinvested in Payroll, Deadline Trades Reasonable

On August 4, 2014 By

If you’re like me, you were underwhelmed by the minor leaguers that the Diamondbacks received in return for Gerardo Parra (Brewers) and Martin Prado (Yankees). But that doesn’t necessarily mean the trades were bad for the club. We learned last week from Tony La Russa (via Steve Gilbert) that the D-backs were open to the possibility of putting …

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How Can the D-backs Use Free Agency to Retool?

On July 25, 2014 By

In an article posted earlier this week, Jon Heyman wrote that the D-backs have seemed to other teams’ executives that the D-backs “seem just a little bit more cautious than usual now.” That could be more a consequence of the organization’s command structure than a change in philosophy, but with notes coming out that the D-backs are not hot to …

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