After months of anticipation dating back to last season, highly-touted Diamondbacks pitching prospect Brandon Pfaadt made his major league debut on Wednesday against the Texas Rangers. Suffice it to say it went as poorly as anyone could have imagined. In 4 2/3 innings of work, Pfaadt allowed seven runs on nine hits with one walk and three strikeouts. More batters…
For nearly a century, the vast majority of leadoff hitters in Major League Baseball were of the same ilk. They were fast. They put the ball in play. They got on base. And they were, with few exceptions, not the best overall hitters on their team. Think Ichiro Suzuki. Lou Brock. Kenny Lofton. Jose Reyes. Juan Pierre. They had high…...
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,…
For a 74-win team that finished 37 games out of the NL West and 13 games out of the playoffs, the Arizona Diamondbacks stirred more than their fair share of excitement in 2022. After winning 52 games a year ago, the team forged a new identity. The Diamondbacks are young, fast, athletic and — somehow — a not-so-outrageous pick to…...
Following arguably the most exciting Opening Day game in franchise history, the rest of the Diamondbacks' opening series against the San Diego Padres brought back memories of 2021.
On Tuesday, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced that they have finalized Torey Lovullo’s coaching staff with the hiring of Damion Easley, Barry Enright, Drew Hedman, Rick Short and Dan Carlson as assistant coaches. “I’ve been telling you guys I was going to look for the best possible coaches,” Lovullo said in a media appearance while on vacation in France on Tuesday.…...
The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t wait long to make changes to their coaching staff. On Thursday, it was reported by Nick Piecoro from the Arizona Republic and Zach Buchanan from The Athletic that only three coaches on Torey Lovullo’s staff will be retaining their same positions going into the 2022 season. “I don’t know what direction I’m going to go in…...
It’s over. At last. The 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks season has mercifully come to an end. While this year’s squad did not surpass the worst record in franchise history set by the 2004 D-backs, it set enough abysmal records that you could argue that this year belongs in the conversation for Arizona’s worst season. One day after winning their final game…
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Thursday that they have extended manager Torey Lovullo through 2022 with a club option for 2023. “We’ve had a lot of conversations and we feel like Torey is still, even though all the things we’ve gone through this year, has maintained stability and structure around what we’re going to try to accomplish moving forward,” executive…...
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