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Dbacks Avoid a Heartbreaking Defeat and Even The Series: Dbacks 8, Pirates 7
You guys have probably heard the line ‘its hard not to be romantic about baseball’ before, and tonight was a perfect encapsulation of that very phrase. It had all the highs of the big blowout win, the heartbreak of the blown save, and then the triumph of the unsung hero coming out of nowhere in […]
D-backs @ Pirates Discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS PIRATES Corbin Carroll – RF Jake Mangum – CF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Brandon Lowe – 2B Gabriel Moreno – DH Bryan Reynolds – LF Ketel Marte – 2B Esmerlyn Valdez – RF Max Kepler – LF Ryan O’Hearn – 1B Nolan Arenado – 3B Nick Gonzales – 3B Tim Tawa – […]
What Has Recently Changed At First Base?
Inspiration. The Diamondbacks had three weak positions at the All-Star break: First base, left field, and center field. The following table shows some highlight metrics in games through 16 July. Data from Baseball Beference and Baseball Savant. “The sum total of these endeavors is wretched on a historical level. Over almost three hundred plate appearances, […]
Diamondbacks Reacts Survey: Trade missions
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across 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. It would be very nice if the Diamondbacks were able to acquire a player with as much […]
Snake Bytes, 7/28: Walked Off the Plank
Game Recaps Diamondbacks walked off by Pirates, drop 3 straight vs. Wild Card competitors by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] Brandon Lowe delivered the game-winning single, as the Diamondbacks have dropped three straight games to fellow National League Wild Card contenders on what many players called the most important road trip of the season. Lowe’s walk-off […]
The D’Backs should give this minor league infielder a chance next
2025 Rule 5 draft, AAA Phase All the way back in December during the AAA phase of the Rule 5 draft, the Diamondbacks made three picks, RHP Antonio Menendez from Tampa Bay, RHP Sean Harney from St. Louis, and finally, infielder Danny Serretti from the Detroit Tigers. To briefly discuss what the two pitchers have […]
RISP woes sink Arizona again in Pittsburgh
Record: 55-52. Pace: 83-79. Change on 2025: +4. The Diamondbacks dropped the opener of The Most Important Series of the Season™, losing 3-2 in ten innings to the Pirates. Merrill Kelly pitched well, and Max Kepler gave Arizona a 2-0 lead. But a throwing error by Kelly allowed a key Pittsburgh run, and Juan Morillo […]
D-backs @ Pirates Discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS PIRATES Corbin Carroll – RF Jake Mangum – CF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Brandon Lowe – 2B Gabriel Moreno – C Bryan Reynolds – LF Ketel Marte – 2B Esmerlyn Valdez – RF Max Kepler – LF Ryan O’Hearn – DH Tyler Locklear – 1B Nick Gonzales – 3B Adrian Del Castillo […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Series Preview #35 : Diamondbacks @ Pirates
The Wild Card Race The following table shows my view of the Wild Card Race, updated Sunday morning. It shows the Diamondbacks are on track to win the third Wild Card in the NL. Another positive is that they have chances to overtake the Phillies for the second Wild Card in the NL. Most importantly, […]
Arizona Diamondbacks News, 7/27: Snakes driven out of Washington
Recaps [AZ Central] Perdomo eyeing pitching upgrade as Diamondbacks fall to Nationals – It is understandable why starting pitching would be on Perdomo’s mind. Over the past two days, the Diamondbacks have handed the ball to a pair of rookie lefties in Mitch Bratt and Kohl Drake. Bratt got through five innings on Saturday, July […]
D-backs @ Nationals Discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS NATIONALS Corbin Carroll – RF James Wood – RF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Andres Chaparro – DH Gabriel Moreno – C Dylan Crews – LF Ketel Marte – 2B CJ Abrams – SS Max Kepler – LF Brady House – 3B Nolan Arenado – 3B Jacob Young – CF Adrian Del Castillo […]
Snake Bytes 7/26
Team News Too many walks, not enough knocks: Summing up end to D-backs’ streakhttps://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/mitch-bratt-pitches-5-innings-in-d-backs-loss-to-nationals Diamondbacks try shaking up lineup to get stars going, loss sets up key rubber match vs. Nationals https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/try-shaking-up-lineup-to-get-stars-going-loss-sets-up-key-match-vs-nationals Why are the Diamondbacks wearing hats that do not match their jerseys this weekend? https://arizonaspo...
SB Nation Reacts Results: E-Rod for the win!
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Arizona Diamondbacks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. There’s no doubt that pitching has been the Achilles’ heel of the Diamondbacks for a […]
Diamondbacks 3, Washington 5: Not Ready for Prime Time
I figure our chances are good to take two out of three from the Washington Nationals in the nation’s capital this weekend, but as I thought when I read over the series preview for this one, I figured this was the one we were most likely to drop. It was a matchup of soft-tossing lefties, […]
D-backs @ Nationals Discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS NATIONALS Corbin Carroll – RF James Wood – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Curtis Mead – 3B Gabriel Moreno – DH Andres Chaparro – 1B Ketel Marte – 2B CJ Abrams – SS Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Dylan Crews – RF Nolan Arenado – 3B Jacob Young – CF Tim Tawa – […]
Snake Bytes 7/25: Moving on Up
Diamondbacks News Eduardo Rodriguez and Paul Sewald Bounce Back in Series Opening WinAfter each got lit up in their previous outings, Eduardo Rodriguez and Paul Sewald pitched the Diamondbacks to victory on Friday night. Rodriguez twirled a quality start and Sewald got back on the horse with another save. Lovullo: Corbin Burnes Targeting an Early-September […]
Diamondbacks 3, Nationals 2: Small Ball W
Game Summary The Diamondbacks got a key win against one of their competitors in the wild card chase to open up this weekend series thanks to some excellent small ball execution on offense and clutch pitching from E-Rod and the bullpen. E-Rod was looking to shake off his worst start of the season from last […]
D-backs @ Nationals Discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS NATIONALS Ketel Marte – 2B James Wood – LF Corbin Carroll – RF Curtis Mead – 3B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Andres Chaparro – DH Gabriel Moreno – C CJ Abrams – SS Nolan Arenado – 3B Dylan Crews – RF Max Kepler – LF Jacob Young – CF Tyler Locklear – […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks and the 2026 MLB Draft, Part 5: Postmortem
The BLUF The Arizona Diamondbacks raised a number of eyebrows with their draft day selections. One thing that went largely as expected though, is that Arizona still selected a number of “undersized talents”, selecting four players that measured in under six feet in height. The Selections The following are the selections made by Arizona, including […]
Series Preview #34: Diamondbacks @ Nationals
It is almost two months ago that we had Series Preview #21, of the Washington Nationals visiting the Arizona Diamondbacks. At that moment, the Nationals was the team with the best offence in the entire league, scoring 331 runs, one more than the blasting Dodgers. Oh my, did we get to know that, right? In […]
Tyler Locklear impresses in game against the Cardinals
Diamondbacks News (MLB.com) Super sub Locklear ‘always ready’ as first HR of 2026 powers surging D-backs “Not easy to do what he did,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “He comes to the ballpark, he’s always preparing to play. I know that. But the lineup goes out the night before, and there’s a couple things he’s probably […]
The Road Trip Begins With a Bang! Dbacks 10, Cardinals 6
In the Dbacks Cardinals season finale, it was all Dbacks Thursday afternoon! On what would’ve been an off day for this team, the Dbacks had to go back to St. Louis today to play a makeup game as they were rained out earlier this month, and boy this one came at the perfect time as […]
D-backs @ Cardinals Discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS CARDINALS Ketel Marte – 2B JJ Wetherholt – 2B Corbin Carroll – RF Jordan Walker – RF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Alec Burleson – DH Gabriel Moreno – C Lars Nootbaar – LF Max Kepler – LF Masyn Winn – SS Tim Tawa – 1B Jose Fermin – 3B Adrian Del Castillo […]
Snake Bytes 7/23
Team News D-backs start crucial stretch before Trade Deadline with 15-run outburstCloser Justin Martinez should be back from Tommy John surgery not long after the Aug. 3 Deadline, while starters Corbin Burnes and Ryne Nelson could be back in September. On the position player side of things, outfielders Tommy Troy, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Jordan […]
An Arizona Avalanche of offense romps D-Backs past Athletics 15-5
Whenever someone asks why I’m a fan of sports, I often point to any number of reasons from the simple – it’s entertaining – to the more esoteric – it’s a matter of civic pride. I also often answer that sports can offer a kind of catharsis that you can rarely find in our everyday […]
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