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MLB Trade Rumors: Nolan Arenado is being traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the St. Louis Cardinals, per multiple reports. Arenado, who turns 35 in April, originally came up with the Colorado Rockies, and was one of the best players in baseball for a decade with them. The Rockies extended him but, to the amazement […]
From Lone Star Ball | 27 days ago | 7 reads
It appears that one of Chaim Bloom’s most difficult off-season priorities may be about to become a reality. Multiple reports say the St. Louis Cardinals are working to complete a trade of Nolan Arenado to the Arizona Diamondbacks. I saw this just shared by MLB Trade Rumors. Katie Woo and Ken Rosenthal are saying that […]
From Viva El Birdos | 27 days ago | 3 reads
Diamondbacks News D-backs’ Michael Soroka ready to represent Canada in World Baseball Classic by Wendy Lopez [Burn City Sports] “I’ve had this one circled on the calendar for a while, one that I really wanted to be able to do, for a multitude of reasons,” Soroka said Saturday ahead of Baseball Canada’s annual awards banquet, […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 27 days ago | 4 reads
Team news [MLB Trade Rumors] Mike Hazen Discusses Diamondbacks’ Remaining Offseason Goals – The Diamondbacks bullpen could clearly use an established late-inning arm to help stabilize things while Martinez and Puk are on the shelf. Hazen didn’t name specific targets in his recent comments, but it seems Arizona is interested in just that sort of […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 28 days ago | 2 reads
The D-backs announced this morning that outfielder Jake McCarthy has been dealt to Colorado, in exchange for pitching prospect Josh Grosz. McCarthy was a first-round pick (18th overall) in the 2018 draft, and reached the majors in 2021. He had a solid rookie campaign the following year, coming fourth in NL Rookie of the Year […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 30 days ago | 5 reads
Diamondbacks News Jake McCarthy Traded to ColoradoRight-hander, Josh Grosz, who spent all of 2025 in A+ ball as a starter for the Yankees and Rockies heads to Arizona in return. Diamondbacks Trade Speedy OutfielderEveryone knew one of Alek Thomas or Jake McCarthy was headed out. It seems it will be McCarthy, in exchange for a […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 30 days ago | 2 reads
The Colorado Rockies announced on Saturday morning that they have acquired left-handed outfielder Jake McCarthy from the Arizona Diamondbacks. McCarthy was originally a first round selection of the Diamondbacks in the 2018 draft out of the University of Virginia. He finished fourth in National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2022 after turning in […]
From Purple Row | 30 days ago | 2 reads
Diamondbacks avoid arbitration with Gabriel Moreno, Ryne Nelson https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/arbitration/3607996/ Diamondbacks take Ketel Marte off the trade market https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ketel-marte-trade-market/3608017/ Diamondbacks take minor league deal flier on RHP Shawn Dubin https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/shawn-dubin/3607874/ Marte will be back with D-backs next seasonhttps://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-not-tradin...
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The biggest piece of non-news this winter has been the speculation around the D-backs looking to trade three-time All-Star second baseman, Ketel Marte. The question of what “looking to” meant was rapidly glossed over, in a fever of breathless speculation and click-bait articles. Rampant rumor-mongering followed, with fanbases and writers from Boston to Seattle speculating […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Arizona Cardinals have eight names the first week of their newest coaching search. So, what does the list look like? So, if you want to “rank” the coaching candidates for the Arizona Cardinals here is how I would rank them. Homerun Hire Klint Kubiak – The current offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks would […]
From Revenge of the Birds | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
All right. If this report is true, and if the Diamondbacks truly do stop holding themselves open for offers for Ketel Marte, then we could see one major impediment to the positional free agent glut removed from the mix. Per Ken Rosenthal, the Diamondbacks’ talks on trading their star second baseman are over: Ketel Marte will remain with the Diamondbacks, source tells @TheAthletic . He will not be traded. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 9, 2026 I’ll hedge a little,...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Overview This is the fourth year in a row that I have written the final entry into our off-season reviews, and sometimes I wonder why I keep taking the assignment. It’s always the hardest, I feel. For one, you want the article to live up to the ranking. It’s a #1 review, it should read […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Diamondbacks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week saw sports books chipping in with expected win totals for the 2026 baseball season, […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Season In Review continues and this morning’s subject is another reliever. Right-hander Scott McGough didn’t start the year with the A’s but he did finish the year as a member of the Athletics’ bullpen. How Was He Acquired? The 36-year-old began the season with the Arizona Diamondbacks but didn’t last long with them. After getting […]
From Athletics Nation | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Overview. 2025 Review. Batting. Looking at his 2025 batting, the 2024 season is the most meaningful baseline for comparison purposes. The reason is that prior to the 2024 season, after shoulder surgery and rehab, he overhauled his swing to prevent reinjury to his shoulder. This AZ Snake Pit article expressed a concern about his […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
There was a lack of much in the way of serious nominations for this category, beyond the most obvious one. I trust this means people will be happy with whatever I choose: I don’t want to hear any complaints! 🙂 But it did prove a little tricky. The first two candidates were obvious: Merrill Kelly […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Diamondbacks News Journeyman Reliever Was Surprise ContributorJohn Curtiss providing Arizona a pile of meaningful innings was hardly in the cards at the beginning of the 2025 season. Marte Rumours Have Stalled Arizona’s OffseasonIt will be nice when this saga can finally be brought to a close. The Best Fits for a Ketel Marte Trade (MLBTR […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Overview 2025 Review 2025 saw Merrill Kelly enter his seventh season of MLB service, all of which had gone to the Diamondbacks since Mike Hazen poached him from Korea back in 2019. While Arizona’s roster, pitching in particular, endured a terrible rash of IL-bound injuries, Merrill Kelly found a way to continue to post, even […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Inspiration. Baseball Savant provides a Swing Path/Attack Angle Leaderboard. For players who are expected to be Diamondbacks in 2026, let’s compare their swings and their OPS in 2025. Let’s keep it at a high level and look at three statistics: bat speed, the percentage of swings near the ideal attack angle (5-20 degrees), and where […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Background After going unselected in the 2016 MLB Draft, Ryne Nelson attended the University of Oregon. There he’d spend his first two years splitting time between the infield and the bullpen, before deciding to focus solely on pitching. That was a wise decision for Ryne, as he’d raise his prospect status enough that the Arizona […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Team news [Heavy] Latest Alex Bregman Rumor Increases Likelihood Diamondbacks Keep Ketel Marte – Alex Bregman could be the next infielder to come off the market. ESPN’s Buster Olney reported on First Up with Korolnek and Colaiacovo (audio courtesy of YouTuber and podcaster Robbie Hyde) that the Boston Red Sox have made an “aggressive offer” […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Overview Rating: 8.43 2025 Stats: 4.4 bWAR, .283 BA, 28 HR, .893 OPS, 145 wRC+ Date of Birth: Oct 12, 1993 (32 YO) 2025 Salary: $14,000,000 2026 Status: under contract through 2031 2025 Review 2025 was ultimately a tale of two halves for the superstar second baseman Ketel Marte. Before the All-Star break, he looked […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Pitching wasn’t exactly a strength of the Diamondbacks last season. The team finished 23rd by ERA, the same by FIP, 24th by xFIP, and an underwhelming 26th by fWAR, posting just 8.7 wins above replacement level. It’s safe to say that even an average pitching staff, combined with the D-backs’ clearly better than average offense, […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Overview 2025 review It’s weird to think that, after the 2021 season, Suarez’s career felt like it might be over. He had concluded a dismal campaign in Cincinnati, hitting below the Uecker Line and being comfortably below replacement level overall (-0.5 bWAR). He was dealt to Seattle the following March, in a trade our siblings […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
As is often the case in this category, there was no obvious stand-out candidate here. As ish95 noted, this was probably the first time we have had two off-field personnel nominated in this category. While they ended up coming first and second, the votes were all over the place, and none of the six candidates […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 1 month ago | 1 read