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San Diego Padres Offseason Review
Introduction After reviewing the offseason of the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers the last two weeks, today we continue our NL West Offseason reviews with a look at the San Diego Padres. 2025 Season Overview/Recap The Padres got off to a great start to begin the 2025 season, matching their best-19 game start […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Colorado Rockies 13
Record 8-12. Change on 2025: -1.5. 5-inning record: 4-14-2. Another day, another spring-worst margin of defeat. After losing by ten runs yesterday, the D-backs went one better (or worse?) this afternoon at Salt River Fields. It was an ugly afternoon for the Arizona pitchers, who handed out a dozen free passes to Colorado hitters, thanks […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training Gameday Thread, #21 vs. Rockies
Roster moves The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves and have 40 players in camp. Reassigned to Minor League camp: No major surprises here. The best known name is probably Jarvis, who has appeared 67 times for the D-backs over the past three seasons. However, he was designated for assignment in December, and subsequently […]
Diamondbacks Reacts Survey: Closing time
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. It looks as if, once again, the Diamondbacks will be going into the season without a […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 3, Athletics 13
Record 8-11. Change on 2025: -0.5. 5-inning record: 4-13-2. A new record-holder for the worst margin of defeat this spring, the Arizona pitching staff giving up 14 hits and two walks. To be fair, there were four unearned runs, resulting from errors by Pavin Smith and Kevin Ginkel. But even nine earned runs… is not […]
Zac Gallen to start Opening Day for Arizona Diamondbacks
Insert GIF of The Rock yelling, “It doesn’t matter who you want to start Opening Day!”. Because, despite fans on the SnakePit being behind Ryne Nelson, by almost a 3-1 margin, we will instead be getting Zac Gallen on Opening Day, against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on March 26. This will be the fourth […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training Gameday Thread, #20 vs. Athletics
The big news in today’s line-up sits right at the top, where Corbin Carroll is back in the line-up. It’s an amazingly quick return, just one month and a day after he suffered the injury on a swing during live batting practice on February 10. Given that when we looked at previous hamate-afflicted players, the […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Record 8-10. Change on 2025: -0.5. 5-inning record: 4-12-2. Jordan Lawlar got things under way at Camelback Ranch, by cranking the second pitch of the day for his team-leading fourth home-run of spring (below). It was a nice little blast, a 382-foot shot with an exit velocity of 103.7 mph. Unfortunately, it was largely downhill […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training Gameday Thread, #19 @ Dodgers
Over to the West side go the D-backs, hoping for better than the last time they faced the reigning NL West champions. That was on February 25 at Salt River Fields, where Arizona lost 10-7, despite handily out-hitting Los Angeles by a 13-7 margin. Nine walks, and three errors leading to five unearned runs, were […]
What If Carlos Santana Hits a Grand Slam as a Diamondback?
Inspiration. Before looking at offense, it must be said that in the last two seasons Carlos Santana’s defense at first base was elite. In 2024 he won the Gold Glove at first base, and in 2025, he was one of the three nominees. Averaging the last two seasons, his yearly Outs-Above-Average (OAA) was 11 (truly […]
SnakeBytes 3/10: USA Tops Alek Thomas, Mexico
Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks honored by state of Arizona for charitable giving milestone by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] March 9 is a foundational day on the calendar for the Arizona Diamondbacks, as on this day in 1995, Major League Baseball awarded an expansion franchise to Phoenix. Thirty-one years later, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs proclaimed March 9 […]
Snakepit Roundtable: What have we learned so far in Spring Training?
The Diamondbacks are 7-5, fourth in the Cactus League, and still only the third best NL West team in the league. Preview of what’s to come? James: While I never consider Cactus League indicative of anything remotely accurate to the regular season, I do still think AZ finishes 2026 in a battle for third or […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Seattle Mariners 1
Record 8-9. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-11-2. The pitching was on point for both teams this afternoon. For Arizona, that meant starting with three perfect innings from Zac Gallen, who struck out a trio as he retired all nine batters faced. It took him 41 pitches to get there, and was probably the […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training Gameday Thread, #18 vs. Mariners
As I write this, I am watching the Great Britain baseball team take on Brazil in the World Baseball Classic. While both sides have been eliminated, there’s still something to play for here: the winning country will automatically be entered the next WBC, without having to go through the qualification tournament. So this is definitely […]
Arizona Diamondbacks news, 3/9: World in Motion
Team news [Arizona Sports] Brandon Pfaadt: Staying aggressive on defense is ‘the ultimate game plan’ for 2026 season – “One of the interesting things (Torey Lovullo) told us was when we’re on defense, we’re on offense,” Pfaadt said on Arizona Sports’ Wolf & Luke. “I think that kind of stood out to me, and spring […]
SB Nation Reacts Results: Ryne Time
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. To be honest, when I asked who should replace Merrill Kelly on Opening Day, I […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Cincinnati Reds 13
Record 7-9. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-11-1. As documented this morning by Justin, Torey Lovullo had some harsh words for our pitching. How did they respond? Well, the score above gives you some clue. To be fair, the Arizona defense helped – or, rather, did not. The Diamondbacks were tagged for three errors, […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training Gameday Thread, #17 @ Reds
A big slew of roster moves this afternoon, including some significant names. The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves and have 47 players in camp. Optioned to Triple-A Reno: Reassigned to Minor League camp: Fernandez… Oh, J. Fernan… Um, I mean Jose Fernandez and Waldschmidt are probably the two names of most significance. Many […]
Snake Bytes 3/8
Team News Arizona Diamondbacks’ Pitching Struggles vs Giantshttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/arizona-diamondbacks-news/poor-pitching-downs-diamondbacks-rough-loss-giants-01kk550y1ma2 Torey Lovullo Had Blunt Message on Poor Pitching after Loss to Giants “We’ve got to start honing in on the pitching side of things, and we’re wanting to see guys commanding the baseball, commanding their secondary stuff, attacking the zone, filling up the zone,” Lovullo said. “It’s […]
Los Angeles Dodgers Offseason Review
Introduction Last week we began a series of articles reviewing the offseason moves of each National League West team, starting with the worst team in the NL West (and possibly all of MLB), the Colorado Rockies. (Here’s a link to that article). Continuing our NL West offseason reviews, we’re going from worst to first with […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 4, San Francisco Giants 7
Record 7-8. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-10-1. The streaking Diamondbacks continued – and not in a good way. After winning five spring games in a row, they have now dropped four on the trot. They had the lead here early, courtesy of a first-inning home-run from catcher Gabriel Moreno, and Kohl Drake made […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training Gameday Thread, #16 vs. Giants
Just time for the barest of Gameday Threads this afternoon. Here’s our line-up, which saw a late change with Crisantes coming in to replace Torin. There were also some shuffling of other positions, like Vargas moving over to 3B and Fernandez covering short in place of Torin: A busy day of World Baseball Classic baseball […]
Snake Bytes 3/7
Diamondbacks News Kevin Ginkel Eyeing Health, Another PostseasonKevin Ginkel’s 2025 season was ruined by injuries. Now, the Arizona reliever is back and looking to improve upon his 2025 results and help lead Arizona to a return to October baseball. Diamondbacks, Carroll Give Injury UpdateDiamondbacks star Corbin Carroll took three at-bats off live pitching at Salt […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 2026 Non-Roster Invitees, Part 7
We finish off the infielders in this batch, which includes a pair of prospects listed in the recent MLB Pipeline update, the man with the coolest nickname in the system, and a veteran who has played more seasons for the D-backs than Tony Womack or Geraldo Perdomo. Ivan Melendez (85) We start with the nickname […]
Arizona Diamondbacks 0/2, Chicago White Sox/Milwaukee Brewers 6/6
Record 7-7. Change on 2025: +0.5. 5-inning record: 4-9-1. The D-backs found themselves swept on both sides of today’s split squad double-bill, with fairly weak line-ups in both games. Starting off at Salt River Fields, a pair of three-run homers did all the damage as the White Sox blanked the D-backs 6-0. They were allowed […]
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