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We welcomed suckers esteemed customers into the SnakePit Casino to place bets before the season. The second game in San Francisco marked the one-third point of the schedule, meaning it’s time for another check in, and see how things have gone over the last twent-seven games. Below, you’ll find details of the various lines, the […]
Team News Sewald notches 100th save after injuries nearly derailed his career“I wasn’t even healthy enough to throw [much] last year, so a lot of that was just, am I going to get to play again? Because I’m getting older, and I wasn’t healthy,” the 36-year-old said. “So definitely more doubt just that I was […]
No matter how you split it, it’s been a pretty fun couple of weeks to be a Diamondbacks’ fan. Since May 9th, the day after the D-Backs lost an extra-inning affair to the Mets, they’ve gone a major league best 14-4 including today’s win. They’ve pitched to a 2.69 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP between […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS GIANTS Ketel Marte – 2B Willy Adames – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Luis Arraez – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Casey Schmitt – LF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Rafael Devers – 1B Ryan Waldschmidt – CF Matt Chapman – 3B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Bryce Eldridge – DH Jose Fernandez […]
Diamondbacks News Marte Stays Hot, Diamondbacks Fell GiantsKetel Marte hit the farthest home run at Oracle Park this season during the seventh inning on Tuesday, as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-5. Arenado Exits Game with Groin IssueArizona’s fandom will be holding its collective breath that this is a nothing burger issue. […]
The Dbacks were able to get their 9th win in the past 10 games Tuesday evening in San Francisco as they were able to beat the Giants 7-5. An all around win for a surging Dbacks team as they were able to get pitching as well as timely offense as this team just keeps rolling. […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS GIANTS Ketel Marte – 2B Willy Adames – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Casey Schmitt – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Matt Chapman – 3B Nolan Arenado – 3B Rafael Devers – 1B Ryan Waldschmidt – CF Harrison Bader – CF Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Jesus Rodriguez – LF Gabriel Moreno – […]
Introduction Instead of talking about the named and better known prospect in the Arizona Diamondbacks farm system, today I thought I’d take a quick look at three lesser known prospects. Jose Mejia 2B/3B Fangraphs | Baseball-Reference The Baltimore Orioles signed the then 17 year old Jose Mejia as international amateur free agent back in 2023, […]
Inspiration. Before this season started, I asked, “Will Perdomo regress or continue his breakout?” Nearly two months into the season, let’s look at what happened to his batting. Two notes follow: Batting Metrics. Last season, he experienced a batting breakout. As mentioned in the article, his foundational batting strengths included squared up per swing and […]
Game Recaps Diamondbacks move to 5 games over .500 with win vs. Giants by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] Marte extended his hitting streak to nine games with four knocks at Oracle Park, his third straight game with three-plus hits. The last Diamondbacks players with three hits in three straight games were Marte last June, Marte […]
Record: 29-24. Pace: 89-73. Change on 2025: +3. The Diamondbacks won the opening game of their series in San Francisco this afternoon. The win moved them into sole possession of the third wild-card in the National League, and was their eighth victory in the last nine games. It was, looking at the final result, quite […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS GIANTS Ketel Marte – 2B Willy Adames – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Luis Arraez – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Casey Schmitt – LF Nolan Arenado – 3B Rafael Devers – 1B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Matt Chapman – 3B Ryan Waldschmidt – CF Daniel Susac – C Gabriel Moreno […]
MLB vs FIFA. To write a preview when you have not even one day between the previous series and the upcoming one, on a weekday, definitely adds to the time pressure. Luckily for me, the opponent for the next series is the San Francisco Giants. We saw them just a couple of days ago. That, […]
Recaps [Arizona Sports] Diamondbacks do not mess around with Rockies to close 6-1 homestand – The Arizona Diamondbacks smacked seven extra-base hits, none of which left the yard, in an all-around dominant win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, 9-1. Ryne Nelson threw a career-high eight innings with one earned run, while the offense supplied […]
Diamondbacks 9, Rockies 1: [Guest recap]
Today’s Lineups ROCKIES DIAMONDBACKS Jake McCarthy – CF Ketel Marte – DH Tyler Freeman – RF Corbin Carroll – RF TJ Rumfield – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Troy Johnston – LF Nolan Arenado – 3B Ezequiel Tovar – SS Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Sterlin Thompson – DH Ryan Waldschmidt – CF Edouard Julien – […]
Team News Lovullo gave Marte a piece of advice, and he’s been mashing ever sinceMarte, though, asked to move back into the leadoff spot a few weeks ago — “We were winning games then,” Lovullo recalled him saying — but the real difference has been his dedication to getting back on track. “I just said, […]
Ah, Zac Gallen. Our one-time ace, more recently our collective repository of remarkably persistent hopes and dreams and aspirations of the “he just needs to get his mojo back and he’ll be an ace again!” variety, our late-breaking $25 Million Dollar Man (with some money deferred, of course) as we got ready to set sail […]
Today’s Lineups ROCKIES DIAMONDBACKS Jake McCarthy – CF Ketel Marte – 2B Hunter Goodman – C Corbin Carroll – RF TJ Rumfield – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Willi Castro – 1B Nolan Arenado – 3B Troy Johnston – LF Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Ezequiel Tovar – SS Gabriel Moreno – C Sterlin Thompson – […]
Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Have Win Streak SnappedOf course it would be the lowly Rockies that gave the Diamondbacks fits on Friday. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Exits Game with Hamstring TightnessThe veteran suffered a torn right ACL on Sept. 1, 2025, having to be carted off at Chase Field to end his campaign. Gurriel worked tirelessly to […]
Game Summary The Diamondbacks starting rotation has been on another level over the last couple weeks, and that trend continued tonight with Michael Soroka earning another Quality Start, their league-leading 13th this month. With only 78 pitches thrown after six innings and only a single run allowed, it looked like it was a no-brainer for […]
Lineups not yet announced We did previously highlight how well the D-backs’ bullpen is pitching this month. While their ERA has crept up a little from the sub-two figure, it’s still a thoroughly respectable 2.08. That’s fourth-best in the majors, and they are also the only bullpen to have a WHIP below one. Over 47.2 […]
Diamondbacks News (The Denver Post) Rockies waste Zach Agnos’ brilliant start, get walked off by D-backs Colorado’s demise on Thursday began ominously when reliever Juan Mejia walked Moreno to open the frame. Mejia also walked Ketel Marte to move Moreno into scoring position. All told, Colorado pitchers issued eight free passes. The Rockies, who were […]
Introduction As Spring Training was getting underway this year, I wrote up an article on how the Diamondbacks might be able to improve themselves defensively as they attempted to navigate their way back into the playoffs. That argument centered on two changes: roster changes/upgrades and individual improvement from several younger players becoming increasingly comfortable and […]
On Thursday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks were able to begin the weekend series against the Colorado Rockies with a walkoff win to push the team’s winning streak to a season-long 5 games. This team has now won 9 of their last 12 games. This game was won due to the continued success of this Arizona […]