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Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Some clearing of the D-backs house over the past month. November results At least some people voted “9” this month. Whether such rabid optimism is justified, I can’t say. It may just be another example showing that if you have a poll, 5% or so will vote for just about anything. But in general, it did appear that people were a little … [Read more...] about Arizona Diamondbacks December confidence poll

Photo by Kiyoshi Mio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images No control = no bueno. Rating: 3.30 Age: 26 2020 Stats: 2G, 3.0 IP, 3.00 ERA, 4.86 FIP, 1.667 WHIP 2020 Salary: $575,000 (league minimum), $62,300 earned 2021 Status: designated for assignment on November 20, claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox Introduction If you talk about prospects that have been off the … [Read more...] about 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks Reviews #36: Joel Payamps

Diamondbacks assistant GM Jared Porter “is the heavy favorite” to become the Cubs’ next general manager, according to The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma (subscription required).  Newly-minted Chicago president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has stated that he wants to make an external hire for the GM job in order to bring a fresh viewpoint into the Cubs’ front office, though … [Read more...] about D'Backs Notes: Porter, Hazen, Offseason Plans

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Trevor Bauer warms up before a game. | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Which Diamondbacks have the highest Bauer Units? In November 2016 the Bauer Unit was born. Named after Trevor Bauer, it is defined as spin rate divided by pitch velocity. For years, Trevor Bauer experimented to find ways to pitch better. His recent controversial thoughts were about increasing … [Read more...] about Bauer Units

Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images The inability to get lefties out. Rating: 3.15 Age: 29 2020 Stats: 4G, 2.1 IP, 15.43 ERA, 6.62 FIP, 3.00 WHIP 2020 Salary: $575,000 (league minimum), $24,920 earned 2021 Status: under team control until 2027 Introduction Joe Mantiply has been around in the MLB, a bit, since 2016. That was the year when he made his debut for the … [Read more...] about 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks Reviews #37: Joe Mantiply

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is creating a minor league for top eligible prospects leading to the summer draft. The wood-bat MLB Draft League is launching with five teams and could add a sixth, MLB said Monday. Teams will play a 68-game regular season that includes an All-Star break that would coincide with the draft in early July. Teams are being awarded to … [Read more...] about MLB launches wood-bat league for draft-eligible prospects

Some reading for when you are done playing with your dogs. Diamondbacks news [MLB Pipeline] Here’s the state of the D-backs’ farm system And for those wondering about the D-backs’ slight dip in MLB Pipeline’s midseason farm rankings, from No. 5 in 2019 to No. 9 in 2020, that can be mostly chalked up to the team having traded away a pair of top 10 prospects (SS Liover Peguero, … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes: 11/30 – Farm and Fame

Photo by Kiyoshi Mio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Not a bad performance against the World Series Champions* This turned out to be a bit closer than the Play of the Year poll, with Gallen notching just over 45% of the votes cast. Tim Locastro reaching base five times in a game was the runner-up, on 26%, and Kole Calhoun’s two-homer, five RBI performance, which was … [Read more...] about 2020 SnakePit Awards: Performance of the Year – Sep 2, Zac Gallen one-hits the Dodgers