Despite hitting a walk-off, three-run homer to seal the Diamondbacks’ first Cactus League victory on Monday, Emmanuel Rivera might not have been the star of the show. That honor, one could argue, belonged to the pitch clock — the crown jewel of MLB’s latest round of rule changes and the primary reason for Monday’s blistering game time: two hours and…
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…
SAN DIEGO — For the first time since 2019, neither a global pandemic nor an owners-imposed lockout could prevent baseball’s biggest annual gathering from taking place. The Winter Meetings are officially back, and there is a growing consensus in the industry that there will be no shortage of headlines made over the next few days. It’s not hard to see…
In some ways, Zac Gallen was everything the Diamondbacks could have hoped for in 2022. He bounced back from an injury-plagued 2021 season with a 12-4 with a 2.54 ERA, a National League-leading 0.91 WHIP and the lowest opponent batting average by a qualified starting pitcher in Diamondbacks history at .185. The man once viewed by scouts as a back-of-the-rotation…...
Bounceback seasons from Zac Gallen, Madison Bumgarner, David Peralta and others have played a significant role in the Diamondbacks’ turnaround from last year. But the best singular explanation might be a simple one: they’ve stayed healthy.
When baseball’s existing Collective Bargaining Agreement expired on Dec. 1 and the owners proceeded to lock out the Players Association, we were led to believe that a negotiation for a new CBA would take place. Unfortunately, that’s not what is happening. Instead, we’re seeing a very rigid MLB standing firm on any requests by the union while time slips away.…...
On this episode, Jesse and Derek are discussing MLB’s pending lockout, what we could see out of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and what we WANT to see changed in baseball by a new labor deal.
Say you don’t need no diamond rings and I’ll be satisfied… Tell me that you want the kind of things that money just can’t buy… On Saturday, the Atlanta Braves ended the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season with a 4-2 victory, winning the NLCS by the same margin. It was an apropos ending to a season that saw the Dodgers come…...
For the first time since winning a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves on April 25th, the Arizona Diamondbacks won a series on the road on Sunday, taking two out of three in Seattle against the Mariners. Since remakes are all the rage in Hollywood, it seems like the ‘Babybacks” might also be making a comeback. Manager Torey Lovullo’s squad has…...
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