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Arizona Diamondbacks: Time to Panic?
May 15, 2009 by
Jorge Says No
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(The season is still young, but there are a few teams who have underperformed and played below expectations. Is it time to worry? Or is this just a bad stretch? That's up for debate.)Record: (13-22) Last place in the NL WestWhat's Wrong?-team batting average is horribly low...
Diamondbacks Fire Manager Bob Melvin
May 08, 2009 by
Baseball Reflections
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Bob Melvin has been fired as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks and replaced by A.J. Hinch, the club’s director of player development since 2006.
Melvin was a good guy and a great interview. What he did with the 2007 Diamondbacks was incredible, leading that team to the best...
Cubs 2-7 D’Backs: Lilly Taketh Away, But Lilly Also Giveth Up 5 ER
April 28, 2009 by
Another Cubs Blog
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Ted Lilly couldn’t command his breaking ball, and the D’backs made him pay, touching him for four XBH and 5 ER. He also walked 4 while K’ing 3. David Patton once again looked like a Rule 5 pick, while F7 looked, well, about normal. Mike Fontenot didn’t really...
Dear Mr. Thomas: Please get a clue
June 25, 2009 by
AZ Snakepit
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by Ross D. Franklin - AP
This would appear to be an illusion: a home-run being hit by the young talent we don't have, according to Mr. Thomas.
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While I can...
Ten Things to Look for in the Month of May: National League
May 11, 2008 by
Baseball Mastermind
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April baseball is a lot of fun, the new season is still exciting and fans get wrapped up in emerging story-lines. Among these, Florida Marlins sit atop the National League East, beating out the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies; the Chicago Cubs, on the brink of their 100th...
Wally Backman: The Interview
June 08, 2009 by
Jorge Says No
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Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Wally Backman, Manager of the Joliet Jackhammers of the Northern League. Most of you will remember Backman as the scrappy second baseman on the World Champion 1986 New York Mets. The interview focused primarily on Backman's experience...
2009 Arizona Diamondbacks Projection
February 10, 2009 by
Eli's MLB Rumors
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C Chris Snyder.246 AVG, 16 HR, 56 RBI1B Chad Tracy.283 AVG, 13 HR, 49 RBI2B Felipe Lopez.273 AVG, 8 HR, 43 RBI3B Mark Reynolds.262 AVG, 24 HR, 87 RBISS Stephen Drew.285 AVG, 17 HR, 66 RBILF Conor Jackson.298 AVG, 15 HR, 73 RBICF Chris Young.257 AVG, 27 HR, 78 RBIRF Justin Upton.269...
MLB Preview #1: NL West
February 18, 2008 by
Kanka's Sport Page
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Arizona DiamondbacksBaseball Musings Team OffenseBaseball America Top 10 ProspectsLineupChris B. Young CFOrlando Hudson 2BEric Byrnes LFMark Reynolds/Chad Tracy 3BConor Jackson 1BStephen Drew SSJustin Upton RFChris Snyder CRotationBrandon WebbDan HarenRandy JohnsonDoug DavisMicah OwingsEdgar...
Arbitration Round-Up: Either, Encarnacion, Hart, Jackson and Jacobs Reach Deals
February 18, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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With the Friday deadline coming up fast on the calendar, several arbitration eligible players reached deals with their clubs today ahead of hearings, and avoiding arbitration. Earlier today, Nate McLouth and the Pittsburgh Pirates reached a 3-year, $15.75 million agreement. McLouth...
Diamondbacks Mid-Term Report Card
July 15, 2009 by
AZ Snakepit
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by Matt York - AP
Clay Zavada - surely a lock for Most Valuable Mustache of 2009.
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As we head towards the second-half of the season, it seems like a good time...
Charity begins at home (but you can get some very cool stuff too!)
September 02, 2009 by
AZ Snakepit
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The Diamondbacks are clearly feeling in a giving mood - after all, they donated three runs to the Dodgers last night. [Hah!] But they aren't stopping there, with their involvement in a couple of charitable fundraisers deserving of mention. Firstly, the team will be donating...
The 2008 ‘Pitties: Game of the Year
October 20, 2008 by
Full of Sports
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With Max Scherzer having won the expected massive victory as Rookie of the Year - getting 75% of the votes - it's time to move on to the next of the 'Pitties. The season may have ended without a division title or play-off baseball, but we still had 82 victories in the season...
Playing Chicken: Final Week of MLB Salary Arbitration
February 16, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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It's time to get serious... By Friday, those players still engaged in salary arbitration will have either reached agreements or had their hearing heard. That means heavy negotiations are going on with the players and clubs that are remaining. Over the weekend, Ervin Santana of...
Aybar, Santana Arb Hearings Postponed in Advance of Settlements
February 14, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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The salary arbitration hearings for Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Willy Aybar, and Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Ervin Santana were postponed Friday. Both hearings have been rescheduled for next week but it appears that contract settlements between the clubs and players are pending...
Dodgers visit Chase for "crucial" matchup
Alright, forget that nonsense I wrote previously about the National League West race being one of the most intriguing in baseball down the stretch. The entire division has turned even more laughable in the past week, with both the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers bumbling...
Dodgers-Diamondbacks Lines Preview
April 11, 2009 by
Sports Handicapping Blog
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks meet at Chase Field. The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Hiroki Kuroda in this game. Kuroda has a 1-0 record and a 1.59...
Arizona Diamondbacks Off Season Report
December 30, 2008 by
Baseball Reflections
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Season Wrap Up
After a red hot start to the 2008 season, the team in the desert cooled off come June and never really struck fear into anyone in the NL West from that point forward, but theacquisition of LF Adam Dunn must have turned a few heads though. April did show a look into...
Today on Baseball Prospectus: Salary Arbitration Beats Free Agency
February 25, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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Yesterday, we released a 25-page report on this year?s salary arbitration class. The report allows one to look up any of the 29 clubs that were engaged in salary arbitration this year (the Indians did not have any players in the process), see how players fared in terms of increasing...
5 Burning Questions for 2009 Diamondbacks
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Spring Training is here! The Arizona Diamondbacks are just one week way from their Cactus League opener against the Colorado Rockies in
So, which Diamondbacks will we see? The upstart bunch from 2007 that advanced to the National League Championship ...
Offseason Outlook: Arizona Diamondbacks
September 23, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Diamondbacks. Their commitments for 2010:
C - Miguel Montero - $425K+C - Chris Snyder - $4.75MM1B - Brandon Allen - $400K2B - Ryan Roberts - $400KSS - Stephen Drew - $1.5MM+3B - Mark Reynolds - $423KIF - Augie Ojeda - $713K+LF -...
Mike Rizzo Gets the Nod as Nationals' GM
August 20, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Reports came out earlier this week that Mike Rizzo would lose his position as Interim General Manager by the end of the week. He did. He is now the Washington Nationals official General Manager.
Congrats Mike.
Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that Mike Rizzo would be replaced by Arizona...
Justin Upton placed on DL
August 07, 2009 by
rotoexperts.com
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This hurts, as Upton was having a great year. He shouldn't miss more than two weeks, but you never know. In the meantime, Arizona called up Trent Oeltjen from AAA Reno, and with the injuries to the once-deap Diamondback outfield, kid might have to play. Conor Jackson and Eric...
Disappointment In The Desert
July 29, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The 2009 season began with high expectations for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Even a couple highly-respected baseball analysts predicted the D-backs to win the National League Pennant and the World Series. As much of a fan as I am, even I had to think that a World Series ring might...
Gammons' Latest: Yankees, Tigers, Chapman
9 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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ESPN's Peter Gammons touched on a bunch of hot stove topics in his latest blog post, so let's round everything up...
Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain will come to Spring Training as starters, but the Yankees haven't ruled out a run at John Lackey, Ben Sheets...
Action Jackson Rocking the Dominican Republic
15 days ago by
Bleacher Report
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When we last looked in on Conor Jackson he had just begun playing winter league baseball in the Dominican Republic. With the season now in full swing in Santo Domingo, I thought it might be interesting to see how things are going for the lost DiamondbackRead the full article on Bleacher Report...
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