Anyone who watched more than a few Diamondbacks games in 2022 knows that speed was one of the team’s defining characteristics. Infield hits, stealing bases, singles stretched into doubles — all were hallmarks of the 2022 Diamondbacks. Granted, not every player on the team was fast. (Don’t be fooled by Carson Kelly’s first stolen base since he was a 19-year-old…...
From 2010 to 2019, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ defense was the best in baseball by a wide margin. After slipping back to near average in 2020, the 2021 Diamondbacks might have had the worst defensive season in franchise history. A year later, that seems like a distant memory. After posting a major-league worst minus-48 defensive runs saved in 2021, the Diamondbacks...
It is uncommon for a 74-win team such as the 2022 Arizona Diamondbacks to make as many memories as they did. This is a team that finished 37 games behind the NL West division leader and 13 games out of the National League wild card. But the boys in Sedona red established a new brand of baseball in 2022, unlike...
In just the last 12 days, two of baseball’s brightest stars signed lucrative long-term extensions — and neither has played a full year in the majors. It's a trend across baseball — one that the Diamondbacks may want to get in on sooner than later.
Diamondbacks rookie outfielder Alek Thomas has a competitive case in a crowded pool of NL Rookie of the Year candidates.
After his first series as a major leaguer, it may be time to start believing that Arizona Diamondbacks' top prospect Alek Thomas is as good as advertised.
Cactus League performances are largely meaningless, but in a little more than a week, we've still learned a lot about the 2022 Arizona Diamondbacks.
On a rainy Wednesday morning, media covering the Arizona Diamondbacks’ minor league mini camp huddled inside of a 20′ x 40′ party tent at Salt River Fields intended for socially-distanced team meetings to get a reprieve from the elements and to hear from one young man many consider to be the future of the franchise. D-backs No. 3 ranked prospect...