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The Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals to acquire third baseman Nolan Arenado in exchange for 2025 8th-Round draft pick, Jack Martinez, a right-handed pitcher. Arenado has already agreed to waive his complete no-trade clause. Arenado is still owed two years and $42MM, though the Rockies are on the hook for […]
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, […]
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. The D-backs have made some moves this off-season – notably the signing of free-agents Merrill […]
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 […]
And, so, we come to the final award of this campaign. I don’t think this category will prove too troubling to establish nominees. The traditional route has been that the Pitcher and Rookie of the Year get automatic slots, and the other three slots are chosen in the usual way. This year, the byes go […]
Pitchers and catchers report next month. So it seems about the time we should start putting together a possible D-backs roster. Of course, things are still subject to change. Players will arrive. Even if there are no big-ticket free-agent signings, there’s a good chance that a non-roster invitee will impress enough in spring to make […]
For the first time since before COVID [Kids! Ask your parents!], someone other than Zac Gallen or Merrill Kelly has won our award for Pitcher of the Year. Gallen and Kelly had strictly alternated victories for the past five seasons. And if you had gone on our player ratings, that would have continued, because Kelly’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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...
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 […]
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 […]
It’s officially 2026, and the DBacks Dispatch crew is back for the start of the year! In the first episode of the new year, hosts Brett, Gabe, and Brandon got straight to the point about what is on every fan’s mind this off-season. From the non-stop rumors about a Ketel Marte trade to some dream […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]