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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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” […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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In little more than six weeks, pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Salt River Fields, as spring training gets under way before the 2026 season. It has, so far, been a quiet winter for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The only real additions to the roster, compared to this time last year, have been the relatively […]
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Overview 2025 Review When the 2024 season came to a close, so did Christian Walker’s tenure as an all-star caliber first baseman. To counter this loss, Mike Hazen got aggressive. Before Christmas even rolled around, Hazen made a trade with the Cleveland Guardians. Mike Hazen sent pitching prospect, Slade Cecconi and his six years of […]
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December results There hadn’t been a lot of activity from the D-backs, to sway the numbers in last month’s poll. We’d signed James McCann, but that had basically been it, bar some winnowing out of the chaff from the roster, and various minor-league movies. Unsurprisingly, this did not translate into a great deal of variation […]
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Overview 2025 Review. An Injury. In June, he suffered a hairline fracture of his right index finger. He missed over two months of playing time. He overcame that injury. Batting. Moreno was an outstanding batter (OPS+ of 117). Notable improvements compared to the previous season follow. The noted statistics are also predictive of continued excellent […]
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And then there were five, a veritable “Who’s he?” of this year’s Diamondbacks – both on and off the field. Here’s a little about each of them, and a poll [browser and ad-blocker depending, perhaps!] Results will be tallied at some point on Friday, with the result announced on Saturday for those too lazy to […]
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Background Blaze Alexander was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 2018 draft with the 339th overall pick, out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Blaze’s biggest setback in his minor league career was the pandemic, but he’d work his way up through the Diamondbacks farm system and reach AAA by 2022. He’d then spend the […]
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Overview 2025 Review James McCann joined the Diamondbacks later in the seasons, on June 25th. Gabi Moreno was out with a broken finger, and a battery of Herrera and ADC was a terrifying proposition. On the other hand, McCann had just left the Braves after originally signing with them on a minor league deal but […]
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What do the Diamondbacks currently look for in pitcher acquisitions? Mike Hazen talked about his acquisition of Michael Soroka. What resonated with me, although it’s far from everything he said, is that there were five things that carried weight. Although some people might see it differently, here are the five things they looked for: How […]
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Diamondbacks News D-backs have faith Pfaadt will find his groove in ‘26 by Steve Gilbert [DBacks.com] “Brandon falls very much in the group of players that we have that we feel like getting some certainty around what the future is going to look like. That is very important for us, in terms of building a […]
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Overview An Expectation for 2025. When people do something that’s deemed nearly impossible, it fills me with happiness and joy. Was it nearly impossible that Andrew Saalfrank would play in the Majors in 2025? “I’m not betting on him to make a single appearance with the Diamondbacks in 2025.” — 1Azfan1, Player Review for 2024 A […]
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Team news [SI] Diamondbacks 2026 Projections Reveal Some Surprises – The bullpen is projected to get positive contributions from many of the young relievers acquired in trade at the 2025 trade deadline, as well as previous internal options. Below table is sorted by projected innings pitched. The 4.01 projected ERA would represent an incredible improvement […]
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Overview 2025 Review In some ways, I find the story of Shelby Miller to be one of the more interesting in the Diamondbacks 2025 season. I’m not sure I remember a non-roster invitee getting as negative a reaction as Miller did when his arrival was announced, but then again, very few NRIs have the kind […]
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I always enjoy this category. Not least because it’s an easy one, since I don’t have to come up with a list of initial nominations. Indeed, it’s possible I may have copied the entire post wholesale from last year’s version. I’ll never tell. But it’s all on you, folks! As tradition has it, I’m not […]
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Overview Rating: 6.73 2025 stats: Justin Martinez appeared in 17 games and had a total of 15.1 IP. He walked 12 and struck out 22 batters and gave up one home run. He had a record of 1-2 with an ERA of 4.11. His FIP was 4.05, ERA+ 107 and WHIP 1.239. He had 5 saves and […]
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I left the poll up for as long as I could, hoping that we would be able to reach a decisive winner, but the margin never seemed to be more than a couple of votes. For a while, the score was tied, which would have led to a tie-breaking vote from the executive officer in […]
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