The Arizona Diamondbacks stumble into New York coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Miami Marlins, having been outscored 20-4. That dropped the team record to 15-16. They’re in 4th place in the NL West, 3 games back of the 1st place Giants. They’re 1.5 games out of the Wild Card with 5 teams in front of […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been a somewhat surprising team so far in 2021. After getting off to a poor start, going 5-10, they turned it around by going 10-4 since. They’ve done so primarily on the backs of an offensive surge. Through the first 15 games they scored 4.5 Runs per game, and since then 6.1, thanks […]
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker and outfielder Tim Locastro returned to the active roster Monday after stints on the injured list. Walker was in the starting lineup for Tuesday evening’s road game against the Miami Marlins, while Locastro was a reserve. Both Walker and Locastro spoke to the press via Zoom Tuesday afternoon. Read Evan Thompson’s […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks will continue exploring new ballpark options around Maricopa County, but the National League ballclub intends to concentrate on plans for a $400 million to $500 million refurbishment of Chase Field now that the Arizona state legislature has approved a funding mechanism that will underwrite 80% of the cost. Read the rest of Barry Bloom’s […]
On April 25, Madison Bumgarner of the Diamondbacks became the first player in major league history to pitch in every scheduled inning of a game without allowing a hit yet not receive credit for pitching a no-hitter. Evan Thompson explores the controversial ruling in his article for Last Word on Baseball.