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Earlier in the week, we looked at some of the Diamondbacks players who could end up appearing in the World Baseball Classic come March. Now, let’s review the rest of the rosters. Venezuela: Yilber Diaz, Gabriel Moreno, Eduardo Rodriguez, (Eugenio Suarez) The situation in Venezuela has left things very much in a state of flux. […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced their 2026 Spring Training camp roster for their 29th Spring Training and 16th at the award-winning Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Torey Lovullo returns for his 10th season as manager. The coaching staff includes bench coach Jeff Banister (fifth season), first base coach Dave McKay (13th season), third base & […]
I unashamedly love the World Baseball Classic, and have since attending the inaugural event in 2006. There, I watched South Africa almost pull off a stunning upset over Canada, then Canada beating the US at Chase Field. To be fair, it has taken the baseball world in general a bit of time to catch up […]
Former Blue Jays first baseman Lyle Overbay turns 49 today. Overbay was selected by the Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 draft. He had a couple of brief stints in the majors in 2001 and 2002 before making the team out of spring training in 2003, having been ranked Baseball America’s 65th-best prospect. […]
Diamondbacks News Nolan Arenado to Play for Puerto Rico in WBCSomehow, I don’t think anyone will have an issue with this particular decision to play. Examining the Potential Return of GallenWhat does it look like and what would it mean? Marte, the Diamondbacks, and the OffseasonHas there been a bigger nothing-burger story propping up the […]
Inspiration. The name (Loaisiga) has three consecutive vowels. Guess what, Hawaii does too! With that serendipity, let’s look at Jonathan Loaisiga. Many articles talk about his past injuries. Because he was signed to a minor league contract, my take is that in spring training either he wins a position or he doesn’t. But please don’t […]
Diamondbacks News D-backs’ newest 3B Nolan Arenado joins Team Puerto Rico for WBC by Wendy Lopez [Burn City Sports] The move marks a major shift from the 2023 tournament, when Arenado played for Team USA, as he now looks to represent his heritage after previously competing for his home country. The Diamondbacks’ third baseman has […]
If we were to do a Sporcle of the Diamondbacks current 40-man roster, I strongly suspect that Fernandez would come bottom of the list, in terms of name recognition. Jose is the youngest player there, having turned just 22 in September – beating Mitch Bratt by a couple of months. He was added to the […]
Team News Ryne Nelson not taking pitching role for granted in 2026“I feel the exact same coming into camp this year as I did last year,” Nelson said. “I think the second you get comfortable, and you think that things are going to be easy or whatnot, you start to let what got you here […]
When Zac Gallen declined the Diamondbacks’ qualifying offer on November 18, it seemed like the end of his time in Arizona. It had been a good run, covering seven seasons and likely peaking in 2023, when he was an All-Star, came third in Cy Young voting and was a major factor in the team winning […]
Major League Baseball announced game times for the full 2026 schedule this week, which includes a 5:30 p.m. PT start for the Dodgers on opening day against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. That game will be televised exclusively by NBC and streamed on Peacock. NBC’s coverage on March 26 begins at 5 p.m. PT, […]
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll ranked ninth on MLB Network’s Top 100 Players Right Now countdown earlier tonight. The two-time All-Star, who was ranked 32nd on the Top 100 Players Right Now countdown last year, finished one spot ahead of five-time All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays and one spot behind 2025 […]
While this move will be overshadowed by the MacKenzie Gore trade, Paul Toboni made another waiver claim. This time he picked up Gus Varland from the Diamondbacks. He is the older brother of Blue Jays reliever Louis Varland and has some similarities. To make room on the 40-man roster the Nationals DFA’d Riley Adams. While […]
We’re now less than three weeks from pitchers and catchers reporting to Salt River Fields, and it feels like the D-backs’ off-season remains a work in progress. With all respect to Taylor Clarke, the bullpen has barely been touched. We don’t know who will be replacing Lourdes Gurriel in left field on Opening Day. Arizona […]
[Quick bump on this, with the BBWAA HoF announcement today, to get the votes of any stragglers before we lock things down here!] Previous SnakePit Hall of Fame Inductees The rules We began with the same ballot as the Hall of Fame in 2015, and have proceeded from there on. The same 75% super-majority is […]
Inspiration. The Diamondbacks acquired Nolan Arenado. He has won 5 Silver Slugger awards, 10 Gold Glove awards, and 6 Platinum Glove awards. And yet his batting declined to near average in the last couple seasons. What happened? Will he impact the Diamondbacks? Batting. The context of his batting decline was that even in decline his […]
Last night, the D-backs Dispatch crew had a long broadcast to chew over all the recent activity on the team front, and in baseball generally. As well as whether The Lord of the Rings is the best movie trilogy of all time [Jim: in addition to the Godfather trilogy mentioned on the show, I’d say […]
Team news [MLB] From World Series winner to sausage meister: A visit to Byung-hyun Kim’s German restaurant – “When I was playing in the States, any time families and friends would come, I would take them out to a restaurant that I recommended. I saw the joy that people felt from having good food,” Kim […]
The decision was finally made to pull Ketel Marte off the trade market. Was this the right move? James: If the right price was not met, then there is no reason to trade him. I have no particular desire for the team to trade Ketel Marte. By the same token, if they were able to […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks entered the International Signing period with $8,034,900 in international bonus pool money, tied for the most in the league with Baltimore, Cleveland, Colorado, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Market size, revenue, free agents turning down the qualifying offer, and trades all impact the size of a team’s bonus pool. There’s not […]
In a move to strengthen the bullpen, the D-backs announced this afternoon that they have signed reliever Taylor Clarke. It’s a return home, since the 32-year-old was actually an Arizona draft pick originally, being selected in the third round of the 2015 draft. He made his debut as a Diamondback in 2019, and appeared in […]
Earlier today, it was announced that the Arizona Diamondbacks had traded for Cardinals’ third baseman Nolan Arenado. The Cardinals are eating $31M of the $42M left on the remaining two years of Arenado’s deal. The Cardinals have been trying to unload Arenado for two offseasons. He famously rejected a deal to the Astros last year […]
Yesterday, we heard from GM Mike Hazen about why he carried out the trade which brought third baseman Nolan Arenado to the desert. Today, it’s the turn of the player to talk about why he agreed to come to Arizona, what he brings to the table, both on and off the field, and what his […]
It’s no particular secret that the Cardinals have been trying to get out from under the Nolan Arenado contract for some time. The origins of this date back all the way to February 2019, when he signed an eight-year, $260 million deal while still a member of the Rockies. At the time, it was celebrated […]
Inspiration. I was dismayed because the relative absence of moves to improve Diamondbacks’ weak points. One exception is that starting pitching could be as good as last season with the re-signing of Kelly and the signing of Soroka. Perhaps Soroka and Mena will adequately fill Gallen’s slot. Pfaadt might improve somewhat. However, the context is […]