Over the last 11 seasons, the Diamondbacks have played a total of four playoff games. All of them, of course, happened in 2017. Three were losses to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series. The other was a four-hour fracas at Chase Field against the Colorado Rockies, a game that the D-backs ultimately won, 11-8. Some say...

How did you spend your Wednesday? Josh Rojas spent his at a courthouse in Florida, listening to a legal battle over how much money he is worth. No matter how unpleasant, the salary arbitration process is — for now — a necessary part of Major League Baseball’s business operations. When players become arbitration-eligible (typically after three years of service), their salaries are determined by a negotiation with their teams. When the two parties are unable to come to an agreement — as was the case for Rojas — an arbitration hearing results. According to a report from MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, the D-backs filed at $2.575 million and Rojas filed at $2.875 million, a difference of $300,000. The arbiter ruled in…

For the first time in three years, pitchers and catchers reported to spring training in mid-February and things are, dare I say, normal. The Diamondbacks are back. https://twitter.com/PHNX_Dbacks/status/1625859994758545409?s=20 No masks, no restrictions, no Zoom interviews. Just baseball, unhindered. Is this heaven? No, it’s Arizona. https://twitter.com/PHNX_Dbacks/status/1625916666394857472?s=20 https://twitter.com/PHNX_Dbacks/status/1626290968659107840?s=20 https://twitter.com/PHNX_Dbacks/status/1625918043124805632?s=20 The D-backs did not make any big splashes in free agency this offseason, but they did make one big trade and sign several free agents. No one will call them the favorites in the NL West, but they have piled up enough young talent to be more interesting than their 74-win 2022 season would have you believe. Without further ado, here are eight storylines to keep an eye on this spring as Opening…

Less than three years after departing via trade, Andrew Chafin is returning to the Diamondbacks, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported on Saturday. The deal, which is reportedly pending a physical, is said to be for one year with a club option for 2024. While Chafin’s curly hair and mustache are every bit as dazzling as the day he left the...

When trades like the Kevin Durant deal occur, they ignite a city at its core.  It is rare for superstars to change teams in any manner, but especially via in-season trade. A look at Valley pro sports history reveals no more than 20 trades that could really be labeled as big, and far fewer that had a major impact. Sometimes the trades pay dividends in titles, which has only happened once in Phoenix’s dreadful male pro sports history. Sometimes they pay dividends in the form of marketing, cash, credibility or visibility. There is no debating the Suns’ preeminence in all of these departments. They made the list below four times and the four big names in those deals can all…

If they only had a decent bullpen, the Diamondbacks would have made the playoffs. If I had a dollar for every time I have seen or heard a Diamondbacks fan say those very words, I might have been able to beat Mat Ishbia’s offer to become the next owner of the Phoenix Suns. The claim is understandable. Diamondbacks relievers took a league-leading 41 losses in 2023. The average big-league bullpen lost 28 games. That’s a difference of 13 games — the exact number of games by which the Diamondbacks trailed the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League wild card race. But pitcher losses are a fickle stat for a number of reasons that I won’t detail now. Based on win…

February is here, pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks and the Arizona Diamondbacks will start playing games later this month. Baseball is (almost) back. Shortly before the 2022 season, I undertook the disheartening task of asking Diamondbacks Twitter what it wanted to see from the team. I received over 100 replies and wrote a fun story consolidating those responses into general themes. If you didn’t see the story last year, it’s still worthwhile to go back and see how fan expectations have evolved. For the Diamondbacks, a lot has changed in the last year. Fans have gone from hoping for even the faintest glimmer of hope following a 112-loss season to doing an obligatory happy dance every…

I know I write about baseball for a living, but I am convinced that the Major League Baseball home run is the most awe-inspiring event that happens routinely in any sport. To hit a home run, a human being must (1) correctly identify the trajectory of a 2.9-inch-diameter spherical object traveling at nearly 100 MPH, (2) ensure that the bat...

Sean Payton had his first interview with the Michael Bidwill and the Arizona Cardinals yesterday but he left without a job. How concerned should Cards fans be? After winning four straight games, the Phoenix Suns lost to the Dallas Mavericks in a nail biter after. Despite the loss, are the Suns on the right track? The Arizona State Sun Devils dropped a game to the Washington Huskies and have now lost three straight games, is their season over? The MLB Pipeline Top 100 Prospect list was released and the Arizona Diamondbacks are WELL represented. 0:00 – Intro 1:30 – It’s Friday! 5:30 – Temperature Check + Sean Payton in the Valley! 10:30 – Is it concerning Payton left without the…