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Overview Voting overview 2025 review Jake Woodford racked up the miles in 2025, criss-crossing the country and spending time with 4 different organizations over the course of the year. He was signed to a minor league deal by the Colorado Rockies in early January with the intention to give him a look as a starter. […]
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It is November 2025 in some other alternate universe where everything else stands exactly as it does now with the only difference being that I am in fact the GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here is the “Top Secret Offseason Plan” that is sitting on my desk in front of me. As you may, but […]
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Overview Voting Overview 2025 Review Philip Abner rose quickly through the system as he made the jump from high A Hillsboro all the way up to even appearing down the stretch for a completely depleted Dbacks bullpen and made his major league debut September 19. The lefty appeared in 53 minor league games in 2025 […]
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Arizona Fall League One of the secret delights of living in Arizona, which gives you the chance to see some of the top prospects in baseball for the price of a Chase Field beer. Six teams are formed from players sent by all thirty MLB teams, playing in a league for about a month after […]
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A report today from The Athletic indicates that the broadcast rights for D-backs games will be finding a new home. This is part of a wholesale restructuring of the television situation, in which MLB will be divesting itself of the six teams whose broadcasts were taken over after Diamond Sports Group filed for bankruptcy in […]
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Overview 2025 Review To put it mildly, there are many ways to build a baseball roster. The waiver process is likely one of the most overlooked in my opinion because of the sheer variance involved in selecting players. Baseball history is replete with waiver claims who move from team to team failing to make much […]
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Zac Gallen declines qualifying offer This was not particularly a shock, but Gallen opted to turn down the qualifying offer, at just a hair over $22 million, which would have given him a one-year contract with the D-backs for 2026. He’s now a free agent, and can sign with any team – including the Diamondbacks. […]
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Inspiration. I was amazed at 130 pitches by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the last two games of the World Series. It reminded me of 121 pitches by Randy Johnson in the last two games of the 2001 World Series. Lee (my pickleball partner) and I talked about the final game of the World Series. Lee said […]
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Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Outright Reliever to Triple-A by Alex D’Agostino [SI] The Arizona Diamondbacks have made a roster move. According to their transaction log, right-handed reliever Christian Montes De Oca has been outrighted to Triple-A Reno, freeing up a spot on the 40-man roster. Montes De Oca, 26, spent limited time on the D-backs’ roster in 2025 before […]
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After a disappointing 2025 campaign that saw them miss the postseason, the Arizona Diamondbacks enter a pivotal off-season. With stars Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte in their prime, the pressure is on GM Mike Hazen to address glaring roster holes, like high-end pitching, and return the team to contention. The recent MLB GM meetings in […]
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Overview 2025 Review After missing the playoffs by the closest of margins in 2024, it was no surprise that Arizona was going to need to bolster its pitching staff, both in the rotation and in the bullpen. Alas, the Diamondbacks remained cursed when it came to acquiring pitchers via free agency. For the rotation, Mike […]
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Team news [AZ Central] Diamondbacks depart ‘productive’ meetings hopeful trade could come together – Hazen departed Las Vegas with a better understanding of what might be possible to address his pitching needs. Whether any of it happens, he said, remains to be seen. “We at least had an opportunity to express interest and talk about […]
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Overview 2025 review There can’t be many players who played in the Eastern AND Western divisions of BOTH the American and National Leagues this year. Yet that’s what Castillo accomplished, apparently with some kind of phobia for the flyover Central division. In just a four-month spell, from May through September, he appeared in the majors […]
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Overview Introduction Maybe you don’t remember, but as recently as last year we all thought that Tommy Henry had just as decent a shot at an opening day starting rotation job as Ryne Nelson. That was until Jordan Montgomery was signed right before Opening Day in 2024. That in itself was quite the achievement, because […]
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A little over a month ago – on October 11, to be precise, so not even a couple of weeks after the end of the season – we asked if you could name all 65 players who appeared for the 2025 iteration of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Since then, 109 people have tried… And 106 of […]
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Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Payroll Decrease and Limits on Mike HazenMike Hazen discussed the reduced payroll and how he does not feel it will do much to limit his ability to acquire the players he wants to add to the roster this winter. Three Takeaways from GM MeetingsMike Hazen shed some light on how the winter […]
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I was originally going to choose a slightly more inflammatory headline for this piece: something along the lines of “The BBWAA are idiots.” Wiser heads prevailed in this matter, but please do not think I am any less than severely miffed by the way Geraldo Perdomo was stiffed of a well-deserved honor. He fully deserved […]
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Overview Voting Overview 2025 Review: There’s really not much to say about Tristin English’s 2025 season, especially when it was only seven games and 24 plate appearances. Even though his stats aren’t good at all, I wouldn’t even call his season a failure. After six long years grinding in the minors, including a 2024 season […]
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Team News Diamondbacks’ Carroll to play for Team USA in 2026 World Baseball Classic “Couldn’t be more excited. It’s going to be awesome,” Carroll said. Carroll joins MLB stars Cal Raleigh (Mariners), American League MVP Aaron Judge (Yankees), pitcher Paul Skenes (Pirates), Bobby Witt Jr. (Royals) and Pete Crow-Armstrong (Cubs) suiting up for the U.S. […]
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Overview 2025 Review It’s a given in the modern baseball game that every team will have its pitching depth tested over the course of the season. It is not a given that the depth will be tested to the extent that the D-Backs were this season. That kind of apocalyptic nightmare could even prompt a […]
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To no great surprise, Shohei Ohtani repeated as National League MVP, unanimously chosen. However, there was a fair amount of down-ballot love for Arizona players, with Geraldo Perdomo (4th), Corbin Carroll (7th) and Ketel Marte (22nd) all receiving mention, backing up the trio being honored with Silver Sluggers at their positions, earlier in the week. […]
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It has become an annual ritual around this time. Poke the stinking carcass of another failed Diamondbacks bullpen, and try to figure out what went wrong, and what can be done about it. I’m beginning to wonder if our relievers are collectively suffering from long COVID. Because they have basically been terrible since the pandemic. […]
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Overview Voting overview 2025 review My first player review this offseason, Jeff Brigham, had a very similar path to the team as today’s subject. Connor Kaiser came to the Diamondbacks via minor league deal signed early in the 2024/25 offseason after last playing in the Major Leagues in 2023, just like Brigham. Kaiser spent the […]
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Okay, just one vote. And it was third place. In other words, the absolute minimum. But that still caused Torey to finish equal sixth in the voting on one point, level with Mike Shildt of the Padres. Lovullo last received votes in 2023, when he came fourth on 42 points. He also received mentions in […]
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