On May 31 at 9 a.m. Arizona time, Major League Baseball will start accepting ballots for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game in Seattle. And after back-to-back seasons of sending only one player, the Diamondbacks could have as many representatives as any team in the National League. In some ways, this is just common sense. The Diamondbacks are 31-23. They have…
Last month around this time, it was easy to dismiss the Diamondbacks. They were a couple of games over .500. They had played one of the hardest schedules in baseball, but they had scored about as many runs as they allowed. They won some close games, had some fun moments. They were a good story, not necessarily a good team.…...
After 13 games, the 2023 Diamondbacks are doing about as well as anyone could hope. Despite having played the hardest schedule in baseball, according to Baseball-Reference, the Diamondbacks stand atop the NL West with an 8-5 record. They are also one of three teams in baseball that has yet to lose a series, joining the Tampa Bay Rays and New…
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…...
With Evan Longoria and Zach Davies reportedly in the fold on one-year deals, the Diamondbacks’ offseason to-do list is nearing completion and the 2023 roster is taking shape. It is hard to say if any individual move to date has meaningfully moved the ball forward for 2023, but the team as a whole looks better on paper. In addition to…
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…...
This one had everything: quality starting pitching, timely hitting, excellent defense and a pair of doubles from Stone Garrett in his major-league debut. It was a microcosm of what has thus far been a promising second half for the Diamondbacks. Since the All-Star break, they are now 14-11.
Sunday’s game was significant for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the Diamondbacks debut of former Cy Young winner and two-time All-Star Dallas Keuchel. Starting with his performance, here are five takeaways from the series loss against Detroit.
Let’s face it: The last six months have been an unmitigated disaster for your beloved baseball franchise. No National League West team has ever finished as far out of first place as the 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks. They won fewer than half as many games as the division-winning San Francisco Giants, a team they were projected to hang with at the…...
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