Much like your local big box store after Christmas, the best MLB free agents have been picked over and the Diamondbacks’ options are few. That doesn’t mean they don’t have any. With Gabriel Moreno now in the fold, the Diamondbacks are set at the catching position for 2023 and beyond. Should they choose to do anything else this offseason, third…
“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there’s 50 feet of crap. And then there’s us.” Those are the iconic words of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane in “Moneyball,” discussing the state of his cash-strapped franchise in the early 2000s. The Diamondbacks’ situation, granted, is less dire: Their final 2021 payroll ranked a reasonable 21st in…...
On Dec. 4, 2015, the baseball world looked on in disbelief as the so-called small-market Arizona Diamondbacks signed pitcher Zack Greinke to a six-year, $206.5-million contract. After a World Series run with the Houston Astros, that deal that originally brought Greinke to the Valley has expired. Now that the dust has settled and his numbers are final, we can answer…...