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SnakePit Post-season GDT, #2
The first day of the post-season is in the books, and most of the games were pretty dull. The only excitement came in Atlanta, where the Braves came back late to take their opener. But elsewhere, the White Sox took the lead in the first inning, and never led by less than three from the […]
Why Diamondbacks Missed The Playoffs
I am an optimist. My definition of Diamondbacks success is reaching the playoffs. Today, my thoughts are making a rare walk through the dark side to address what kept the Diamondbacks from success. Let’s look at eleven reasons. My view is that 4 reasons had no negative impact, 3 reasons had low negative impact (perhaps […]
SnakePit Post-season GDT, #1
Named the above to separate it from the SB Nation Gameday Thread, which I believe will also be making an appearance on the page at some point today. But there may be fans of other teams appearing in there and we all know how icky they are. 🙂 Anyway, the 2026 post-season gets under way […]
Snake Bytes, 9/29
Diamondbacks News Corbin Burnes explains his frustrating September: Will he be ready for next season? by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] “The shoulder didn’t hold up,” Burnes explained during locker clean-out day at Chase Field on Monday. “The teres (major) is completely healed, looks great, got that positive news to lead into the other news. But […]
D-backs Decision: Should Hazen and Lovullo go?
The 2026 season is officially in the books, at least as far as the Diamondbacks go. For the third year in a row, it’s a case of, “Close but no cigar”, missing out on the playoffs by less than a handful of games. Of particular note this year, is the situation of manager Torey Lovullo, […]
Arizona Diamondbacks News, 9/28: Not to be
Recaps [Dbacks.com] D-backs push postseason fight to Game 162, but battle ends there – It was all over for the Diamondbacks, who fought so hard and came so close, but in the end the deficit of the last week was just too great to make up. After he took the ball from Martinez, Lovullo comforted […]
2026 Dbacks Prospects All Stars: Starting Battery & Infield Corners
Introduction With the regular season now over for both Major League and Minor League Baseball, I think now would a be good time take a look at the best individual performance at each position in the Diamondbacks farm system. For the sake of the reader and my own sanity, we’re going to look at just […]
Reasons to be D-backs Thankful
Ok, it’s perhaps a little too early for Thanksgiving. But I’m pretty sure I saw a pumpkin spice latte advert from Starbucks the other day, so that’s good enough for me. As I write this, the final innings are being played out in San Diego, the D-backs having been eliminated in the 162nd and last […]
D-backs @ Padres discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS PADRES Lars Nootbaar – LF Dustin Harris – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Manny Machado – 3B Gabriel Moreno – DH Ty France – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Gavin Sheets – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Austin Hays – LF Nolan Arenado – 3B Jake Cronenworth – 2B Pavin Smith – […]
Snake Bytes 9/27
Team News D-backs going down to the wire, needing win and help on final day https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/diamondbacks-go-into-final-day-of-regular-season-with-playoff-hopes Diamondbacks can’t capitalize on Phillies’ loss. Big final day on tap https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2026/09/26/diamondbacks-at-padres-live-updates-game-score-playoffs-latest/91938888007/ What did Diamondbacks’ bullpen game failure mean for their playoff chances? https://arizonasports.com/mlb/ari...
Diamondbacks 7, San Diego 10: Garbage Time, As It Turned Out
The Diamondbacks came into tonight with a golden opportunity. Several golden opportunities, actually, given that by the time our game against the Padres was underway, the Phillies were already well on their way to getting decimated by Tampa to the final tune of 12-1 Tampa. We had a chance to achieve our first 7-game win […]
D-backs @ Padres discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS PADRES Lars Nootbaar – LF Fernando Tatis – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Dustin Harris – LF Gabriel Moreno – DH Manny Machado – 3B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Jackson Merrill – CF Corbin Carroll – RF Ty France – 1B Nolan Arenado – 3B Gavin Sheets – DH Pavin Smith – […]
Snake Bytes 9/26
Diamondbacks News Pfaadt Battles Hard, Diamondbacks Close to Within One Game of PhillyBrandon Pfaadt was far from his crispest, most dominant self on Friday. He worked most of his night with runners all over the bases. He still managed to gut out 7.2 innings, allowing only four runs in what will not go down as […]
Diamondbacks 11, Padres 4: Big, Pfaadt Win
Game Summary One year ago, I had the unfortunate duty of recapping the Diamondbacks playoff-eliminating-loss on the last Friday of the season in San Diego. All day, I was nervous that history would repeat itself, but thankfully there was no punctuation mark on the Snakes season tonight. Instead, the Diamondbacks red-hot offense caught the plane […]
D-backs @ Padres discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS PADRES Lars Nootbaar – LF Fernando Tatis – 2B Ketel Marte – 2B Dustin Harris – RF Gabriel Moreno – C Manny Machado – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Ty France – 1B Corbin Carroll – RF Jackson Merrill – CF Nolan Arenado – 3B Xander Bogaerts – SS Tim Tawa – […]
Series Preview #52: Diamondbacks @ Padres
For the third season out of four, the Diamondbacks playoff hopes hinge on the final weekend of the series. Of the two other final weekends, one worked out, one didn’t. Tiebreaker time, I guess. This season, like in 2024, they come in without any control over their own destiny, this time needing the Phillies to […]
Padres Clinch Wild Card Spot, Only One Path Forward for Arizona
Diamondback News (AZ Central) Diamondbacks wild-card scenario. Catch the Phillies and join the party The Padres took out the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2, and clinched a playoff spot, leaving one playoff position open for either the Phillies or Diamondbacks. Arizona begins play on Friday two games behind the Phillies. So how much of a chance […]
Snakes Sweep and Still Alive: Dbacks 12, Rockies 8
The Arizona Diamondbacks stayed alive this afternoon as they were able to complete the 3-game sweep at Coors Field. This marks the first time since 2018 that the Dbacks have been able to complete a sweep at Coors, and it could not have come at a better time. The story of the game was the […]
D-backs @ Rockies discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROCKIES Lars Nootbaar – LF Jake McCarthy – LF Ketel Marte – 2B Connor Norby – 2B Gabriel Moreno – DH Hunter Goodman – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS TJ Rumfield – 1B Pavin Smith – 1B Cole Carrigg – CF Nolan Arenado – 3B Kyle Karros – 3B Corbin Carroll – […]
Snake Bytes 9/24
Team News D-backs live to fight another day in playoff chase with win over Rockies“We know where we stand,” Kelly said. “The ball’s not only in our court. There’s a couple balls bouncing in other people’s courts. We know that you know our backs are against the wall a little bit, and we do need […]
D-Backs Take Care of Business in Denver
Incredibly, the Diamondback’s season truly is coming down to the wire. In one sense, it’s an immense privilege that their postseason hopes are still alive at this point in the season. But it’s also incredibly frustrating to know their fate isn’t entirely their own and it’s tempting to look back at all of the wasted […]
D-backs @ Rockies discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROCKIES Lars Nootbaar – LF Jake McCarthy – DH Ketel Marte – 2B Cole Carrigg – CF Gabriel Moreno – C Hunter Goodman – C Geraldo Perdomo – SS TJ Rumfield – 1B Pavin Smith – 1B Kyle Karros – 3B Nolan Arenado – 3B Adael Amador – 2B Corbin Carroll – […]
Snake Bytes 9/23: Not Dead Yet
Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Pound Rockies, Gain Ground on PadresNolan Arenado continued his hot-hitting ways. Michael Soroka had another strong outing. The Diamondbacks cruised to a win, keeping pace with the Phillies and gaining ground on the Padres. Cardinals Have Nothing to Regret from Arenado TradeDespite Arenado’s strong 2026, the trade away from St. Louis still […]
Snakes Still Alive: Dbacks 7, Rockies 2
The Arizona Diamondbacks came out in a do or die game tonight against the Rockies and made a statement. The game felt like it was in their control the whole time as they scored early putting up 3 runs in the first inning and were able to play downhill baseball from there on out. Michael […]
D-backs @ Rockies discussion
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROCKIES Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Jake McCarthy – CF Ketel Marte – DH Connor Norby – 2B Gabriel Moreno – C TJ Rumfield – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Hunter Goodman – C Nolan Arenado – 3B Cole Carrigg – SS Jordan Lawlar – CF Kyle Karros – 3B Corbin Carroll – […]
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