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Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #11: 4/7 @ Mets

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS METS Ketel Marte – 2B Francisco Lindor – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Bo Bichette – 3B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Jorge Polanco – DH Gabriel Moreno – C Luis Robert – CF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Brett Baty – RF Nolan Arenado – 3B Mark Vientos – 1B Ildemaro Vargas […]

Update on Which Diamondbacks Outfielder Will Most Exceed Expectations

Before reading this update, you may want to look at this preseason article.  It looked at six outfielders who could most exceed expectations.  It concluded that Corbin Carroll was the most likely and that maybe two would exceed expectations. Current status of the players. Jordan Lawlar broke his wrist.  Waldschmidt stayed in the minors.  So […]

Series Preview #4: Diamondbacks @ Mets

The Diamondbacks’ first ten games have been remarkably undefinitive as far as answering any questions one might have had about the team. Pitchers that have been expected to be good have been bad and vice versa. Hitters who were expected to be bad have been worse, and hitters that were expected to be. It all […]

SnakeBytes 4/7: April Chill

Diamondbacks News First, a PSA that the start times for tonight’s and Wednesday’s games have been moved up to 1pm Arizona time due to expected cold weather. 10 Diamondbacks takeaways from the opening 10 games of the season by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] “Going 5-2 with an offense that’s kind of struggling a little bit. […]

Was that Chris Sale’s worst start as a Brave?

The season had been going pretty well. I wasn’t really concerned with a split with the Diamondbacks, as I figured that’s what would happen going in — in the exact fashion of winning the first two and losing the next two. But, despite how good Jose Soriano is, I figured the Braves would win on […]

Mets shift start time of Tuesday, Wednesday games to 4:10 p.m. ET

The Mets announced Monday afternoon that the start times for their first two games against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday and Wednesday will be moved up from 7:10 p.m. ET to 4:10 p.m. ET, due to projected cold and windy conditions. Fans with existing tickets for those games will have them honored at the new start […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks: 10 games in

With an off-day today, it seems like a good time to take stock of the early going. We have now completed two turns around the rotation, and Arizona has gone 5-5 against a trio of teams Fangraphs currently has at better than sixty percent odds to make the postseason. Could certainly be worse. [Looks over […]

Arizona Diamondbacks News, 4/6: Heading East

Recaps [Dbacks.com] Stars align! Marte hits walk-off double after Carroll’s clutch triple – “I just tried to have a good at-bat for my team,” Marte said on the D-backs’ postgame show. “I’ve been hitting the ball hard. That’s me right there.” Marte — who achieved 10 years of Major League service time Friday and still […]

NL West report: Offense hard to come by for Dodgers pursuers

While the Dodgers have won seven of their first nine games to sit atop the National League West, the rest of the division is off to a tough start to 2026, with none of the other four teams having a winning record. The Arizona Diamondbacks are in second place after the first three series of […]

Snakepit Roundtable: Nelson, Rodriguez, and more

By the time this is published, three series will be in the books, and it’s been the best of times and the worst of times. Initial thoughts on the whip lash? James: The team’s lack of overall depth is staring them straight in the face. Paul Sewald is still a head-scratching signing by the front […]

Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Atlanta Braves 5: Eggs-ellent!

Record 5-5. Pace: 81-81. Change on 2025: 0. The D-backs blew leads of 3-1, 4-3 and 5-4, but managed to prevail in the bottom of the tenth inning. Ketel Marte swatted the first pitch he saw over the head of the Atlanta right-fielder, driving in Manfred Man Jorge Barrosa from second for our first walk-off […]

Braves fail to pull off series win in Diamondbacks finale

Welp, going into extra innings to keep the game alive, the Arizona Diamondbacks capitalized on an opportunity to prevent the third consecutive series win for the Atlanta Braves (6-5) and end the series on a split. Besides Drake Baldwin’s solo homer in the first inning to give the Braves their early lead and racking up […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #10: 4/5 vs. Braves

Today’s Lineups BRAVES DIAMONDBACKS Ronald Acuna – DH Ketel Marte – 2B Drake Baldwin – C Corbin Carroll – RF Matt Olson – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Mike Yastrzemski – LF Nolan Arenado – 3B Michael Harris – CF Jose Fernandez – DH Ozzie Albies – 2B Carlos Santana – 1B Mauricio Dubon – […]

Austin Riley absent, Acuña leading as DH in Diamondbacks series finale

Happy Easter to all who celebrate! We are back with Sunday baseball on the West Coast, as the Braves take on the Diamondbacks for the series finale, hoping to secure the win. The roster has been released for both teams. Martín Pérez is taking the hill for his first career start with the Braves, with […]

Are the Giants playing for 2nd or 3rd place in the NL West?

This past Wednesday, Brady posted the latest SB Nation Reacts poll question of which of their non-Dodgers NL West Division rivals are the bigger threat this season, and now we have that result. What are the motivations for this poll response? It’s an important question. Do they see the Diamondbacks as a likely second place […]

Snake Bytes 4/5 Happy Easter!

Team News Michael Soroka gives Diamondbacks another strong impression in win over Braves “I think we fell behind a little more than we would have liked, but (catcher Gabriel Moreno) and I made some good decisions with some pitches late in counts, good pitches with guys in scoring position, let the defense work and got the win,” […]

Diamondbacks 2, Atlanta 1: Who Needs Bats?

Okay, so this was a strange one. As was noted in 1AZFan1’s recap of last night’s shutout loss, our offense has been completely AWOL for several days now. This is something we’ve seen happen plenty over the last several years, but these multi-day offensive outages get exponentially more concerning when, as I and others have […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #9: 4/4 vs. Braves

Today’s Lineups BRAVES DIAMONDBACKS Ronald Acuna – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Drake Baldwin – C Corbin Carroll – RF Matt Olson – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Austin Riley – 3B Gabriel Moreno – C Mike Yastrzemski – LF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Ozzie Albies – 2B Nolan Arenado – 3B Michael Harris […]

Braves stick with standard lineup against Soroka

Can’t say that you can really blame the Braves for not changing anything… did you know they have a better record than the Dodgers right now? This will their fifth time using this lineup in nine games. The Diamondbacks are making a few changes. Adrian Del Castillo missed the first few games of the season […]

Snake Bytes 4/3: Shutout by Braves

Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Waste a Second E-Rod GemEduardo Rodriguez gave the Diamondbacks as good an opportunity to win on Friday as anyone could ask for, throwing seven scoreless innings. Unfortunately, Arizona’s offense was held even quieter. Offense, Sewald Spoil E-Rod GemArizona did not even register their first hit until the sixth inning and never had […]