Diamondbacks fans have long anticipated the major league debut of top pitching prospect, Brandon Pfaadt, as well as legal clearance for the player formerly deemed the organization’s top overall prospect, Kristian Robinson. Both happened last week — and within 48 hours of each other. We have only good news to report on Robinson — more on that later — but…
Anyone who saw more than a few Diamondbacks games in the mid-2010s knows that Nick Ahmed diving for baseballs has been a fixture of the franchise for nearly a decade. Typically, in a matter of milliseconds, he gets up and delivers a strike to first base. But in 2020, during the second iteration of spring camp prior to a 60-game…
Jordan Lawlar’s Arizona Fall League season was cut short by a fractured left scapula, but that didn’t stop the 20-year-old from showing he belonged in baseball’s most prestigious assembly of minor-league talent. In 49 plate appearances in the AFL, Lawlar slashed .278/.469/.528 with two homers, four stolen bases and 11 walks. After struggling in a short stint in Double-A before…
From the addition of No. 2 overall pick Druw Jones to the rapid rise of top shortstop prospect Jordan Lawlar, 2022 was another solid year for an Arizona Diamondbacks’ farm system that remains widely regarded as one of the 10 best in baseball. With the minor league season officially complete, it is time to look back on what transpired. I…...
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.
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