Signed OF-L Jason Kubel to a two-year, $15 million contract with a $7.5 million option for 2014. [12/20]
Put yourself in the Diamondbacks’ place. Arizona surprised everyone in 2011 by winning the NL West one season after bringing up the rear, but there were plenty of cracks in the first-place façade. In fact, it might be more accurate to say there was some façade in the cracks, since the Diamondbacks didn’t excel in any particular area. Though they boasted the NL’s second-best record, they didn’t finish among the circuit’s top five teams in any important category save for baserunning (third-best in BRR). They were the sixth-best team defensively. Their starters ranked seventh-best in FRA; their relievers ranked fifth. Chase Field masked their offensive shortcomings to some extent, but their .256 TAv placed sixth in the senior circuit.
The Diamondbacks were better across the board than they were in 2010, but that’s still an awful ...
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