Another member of the Arizona Diamondbacks has committed to the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Outfielder Alek Thomas, who played in the 2023 tournament, will join Team Mexico for the second time.
PHOENIX — Another Arizona Diamondbacks player has committed to the World Baseball Classic in March, representing his heritage and roots in the international tournament.
PHOENIX — The MLB offseason is underway and the Arizona Diamondbacks are exploring trades involving one of their young outfielders, Jake McCarthy or Alek Thomas, ahead of the 2026 season.
How many of the active MLB players with 300 or more doubles in their career can you name in five minutes?
The offseason rumors are in full force. According to a new report from AZCentral's Nick Piecoro, the Arizona Diamondbacks are likely to trade one of their young outfield options.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
The Arizona Diamondbacks aren't going away quietly. In fact, they're right in the thick of the playoff hunt, despite everything they've gone through to this point.
The Diamondbacks announced that they have recalled infielder Jordan Lawlar and left-hander Brandyn Garcia.
The Arizona Diamondbacks, for the second straight night, fell agonizingly short of what might have been a miraculous late-inning comeback. Instead, Tuesday night's game against the MLB-best Milwaukee Brewers ended with a ninth-inning walk-off, as Arizona went down 2-0 in the four-game series.
Alek Thomas had three hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run on a Geraldo Perdomo single in the seventh inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-2 in the opener of a four-game series on Monday in Phoenix.
Alek Thomas hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning, Ketel Marte homered and six pitchers combined on a three-hitter to lift the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-1 win against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.
The Diamondbacks are in a sticky situation with their center field play. Coming into the 2025 season, they were hoping that one of Alek Thomas or Jake McCarthy would hold down the position.
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Alek Thomas has been given a runway to take over the center field position for the Diamondbacks. On the surface, it appears he's making good on that opportunity.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Alek Thomas is putting on a show so far this 2025 season. With both his offensive and defensive skills on display, he has everyone believing he can be the highly regarded player coming out of the 2018 MLB draft.
It's been a terrific stretch of play to have witnessed from Arizona Diamondbacks centerfielder Alek Thomas. He's putting on the show at the plate that prospect evaluators, fans, and the D-backs have known all along he was capable of doing.
The Arizona Diamondbacks made history last night with a gutsy win against the Milwaukee Brewers. In the bottom of the 9th, losing 4-0 and down to their last two outs, the Snakes were on the verge of being shut out in back-to-back nights.
One of the biggest questions the Arizona Diamondbacks have for the 2025 season, is who gets the start at center field. The position seems to be gauged by performance and matchup based research.
The D-backs are no stranger to dealing from their perennial outfield depth, and GM Mike Hazen says his stock of center fielders is again drawing interest.
October is all that matters in baseball, but not last October.
Alek Thomas was set to begin a slate of rehab games with the Diamondbacks’ Triple-A affiliate. Thomas was not in the lineup and did not play in Reno’s 3-2 loss to Salt Lake.
Just four games into the 2024 season, Alek Thomas was placed on the 10-day injured list due to a strained left hamstring. Nearly 20 days later, Thomas is on the brink of a comeback.
Outfielder Jorge Barrosa was recalled in a corresponding move and will be making his major-league debut as soon as he gets into a game.
This article is part of a series taking a look into individual Diamondbacks player projections as we head into the 2024 spring training. The projections presented are a composite of the rate (percentage) stats from Steamer and ZiPS as published on FanGraphs.
There are plenty of recognizable names in the 2023 World Series who will undoubtedly play a big part in the Fall Classic, but expect these others to step up, too.
Alek Thomas was hitless in the National League Championship Series. His first one went into the pool. With Lourdes Gurriel on second base in the eighth inning, Thomas pinch-hit for Emmanuel Rivera, and launched a home run to right field to tie Game 4, 5-5.
If this group of outfielders can live up to its potential, Diamondbacks baseball will feature the excitement it has lacked since franchise legend Paul Goldschmidt was traded in 2018.
The Diamondbacks feature one of MLB's more jam-packed outfields, and they added to the mix on Thursday by trading for Seattle OF Kyle Lewis.
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