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2025 Diamondbacks Player Reviews #68: Jordan Montgomery

Overview 2025 review I would really like to know the reason of the people who voted four, for a pitcher who didn’t take the mound a single time all year. I guess I’d like to thank his mother, wife and brother for popping into the SnakePit. Because Jordan did set a new franchise record this […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

2025-26 offseason: important dates for the Arizona Diamondbacks

The less said about the World Series, the better, I feel. But the good news is, we can now start looking forward to the 2026 campaign, because the wheels are in motion. Below, you’ll find an overview of some of the important dates on the calendar, and what they mean for the Diamondbacks. I’ll pin […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

SnakeBytes 11/2: Sometimes Evil Wins

(TrueBlueLA) Dodgers heroes of World Series Game 7: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Will Smith, Miguel Rojas The Dodgers went and won another World Series on Saturday, the first MLB team to win consecutive championships since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series MVP, the easiest choice of all after he started and […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

SB Nation Reacts Results: Shop smart, shop K-Marte?

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. In a few weeks, it will be nine years since a raw, 23-year-old infielder, just […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Postseason Game Discussion, #26 and final

Well, here we go, folks. The first Game 7 in a World Series since the before times – the last was in 2019 when the Nationals squeaked past the Astros, in the only case ever where the road team won all seven games. Game 7 was started by Max Scherzer, who will be starting for […]

about 1 month ago | 5 reads

Place Your Bets on the 2025 D-backs: The Reckoning, Part Two

Last time out, we looked at the results of the pre-season bets people were invited to place on the position players who were part of the 2025 D-backs, as well as some other lines like wins, Lovullo ejections and MLB debuts. Now, it’s the turn of the pitchers – and, more importantly, we will also […]

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Postseason Game Discussion, #25

Do we want the Blue Jays to win tonight? Or would we rather it get stretched out to a Game 7, before then crushing the Dodgers’ hopes and dreams? I can see the appeal of both. But I think I’d rather take the former option personally: a nice, drama-free march to Toronto’s first World Series […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Fixing the 2026 Arizona Diamondbacks: Starting Pitching

How the rotation for Arizona performed this year kinda depends on what metric you choose, as well as how you look at it. By straight ERA, they were mediocre: 4.29 ranked the D-backs’ starting pitching nineteenth. It was considerably better than the 4.79 ERA and 27th ranking they managed in 2024. They certainly got their […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

The Arizona Diamondbacks coming 40-man roster crunch: Rule 5 edition

We previously discussed how team needs to clear space on the 40-man roster, for the nine players currently on the 60-day injured list. Next week, that IL goes away, and in order to retain them, space must be found on the 40-man instead. This would mean close to a quarter of the current roster being […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Snake Bytes 10/30

Team News Hurley a standout among D-backs’ Fall League participantshttps://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/diamondbacks-discuss-2025-arizona-fall-league-participants Diamondbacks’ Jordan Lawlar makes center field debut in Dominican Winter Leaguehttps://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/jordan-lawlar-10/3600448/ Diamondbacks offseason dates to mark down on the calendar https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/offseason-dates/3600342/ D-backs Have Clear Choice to Make Between 2 Free A...

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Postseason Game Discussion, #24

Somebody is going to go back to Toronto tonight, one victory away from the World Series. And the other team will be going back to Toronto tonight, teetering on the edge of elimination and needing to win out the rest of the way. Game 5’s are pretty damn pivotal when the first four have been […]

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Snake Bytes 10/29 – Jays Bounce Back

Diamondbacks News AFL MailbagMichael McDermott answers some of your questions regarding players and performances in the AFL. Three Hitting Prospects to WatchAre Druw Jones and Tommy Troy returning to relevency? Other Baseball News Five Takeaways from Toronto’s Rebound Win in Game 4If anything, the Blue Jays have shown they are not going to go quietly […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Diamondbacks Reacts Survey: To trade, or not to trade Marte?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. There was a time, not long ago, when the idea of trading Ketel Marte was as […]

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Postseason Game Discussion, #23

Well, of all the World Series games, last night’s was certainly… one of them. An 18-inning marathon, won by the Dodgers on a walk-off from Freddie Freeman, and what feels like just a few hours later, we’re back at Chavez Ravine once again. How the managers handle their incinerated bullpens – 12.2 frames of work […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

What Statistics Will Reflect Whether Diamondbacks Are On-Track?

There are some safe assumptions, such as the Diamondbacks’ defense will improve significantly.  Making safe assumptions will not reveal whether the Diamondbacks are on-track. More insightful are two assumptions with uncertainty that can be tracked during next season: Tracking Pitching. Obvious statistics like ERA lack the game-specific flavor that seems important to me. In 2025, […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

SnakeBytes 10/28: Let’s play two?

Diamondbacks News My Proposed Off-season Plan by ILIKEPOTATOES [AZ Snake Pit]. {Ed. Note: This was a fun article from one of our own and for some reason it’s not making it to the front page in the Feed. Figured I would try and give it a bump here.} This exercise is more fun with a […]

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Postseason Game Discussion, #22

The World Series moves to Los Angeles for Game 3, with the series balanced at 1-1. Former D-back Max Scherzer will start for the Blue Jays, giving us even more reason to root for him. Hard to be believe he made his debut coming out of the 2008 D-backs’ bullpen. As I wrote at the […]

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Snake Bytes, 10/27: World (Series) in Balance

Team news [Dbacks.com] How Carroll jumped his way into Gold Glove contention – “He’ll go as hard as he can and get to it and come up and get it in,” [Dave] McKay said. “Because he realizes the value in working on your jumps at all times, rather than [only doing it] when there’s that […]

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about 2 months ago | 0 reads

SB Nation Reacts Results: Rock out with your Lockout

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. First of all, and tangentially related to the topic, the Blue Jays are definitely the […]

about 2 months ago | 1 read

Postseason Game Discussion, #21

After the Dodgers scored a couple of quick runs early, you’d have been forgiven for thinking the World Series would be the procession many expected. However, the Blue Jays had other ideas, scoring eleven unanswered runs, including the first pinch-hit grand slam in WS history. They now have their ace on the mound for Game […]

about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Place Your Bets on the 2025 D-backs: The Reckoning, Part One

And so, a disappointing D-backs season ended. But, never fear! Because there’s still a chance to made some (hypothetical) money, depending on how your wagers went at the SnakePit casino! We welcomed suckers esteemed customers into the venue to place bets before the season. Now the season is in the books, it’s time to look […]

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Snake Bytes 10/25: Everybody Has a Plan Until…

Diamondbacks News Hagaman with Another Rocky AFL OutingDavid Hagaman showed both his good traits and his bad in what can best be described as an uneven outing. The 22-year-old is finding the adjustment to the more difficult AFL a bit challenging so far, but is still showing flashes of what is to come should he […]

about 2 months ago | 3 reads

Postseason Game Discussion, #20 [For Reals!]

The World Series gets under way, and despite the Blue Jays having home-field advantage, and a better regular season record than the Dodger, they feel very much the underdogs. Perhaps it’s the way Los Angeles has steam-rollered the opposition this year on their way to this point. The Dodgers’ pitching staff have a 2.45 ERA […]

about 2 months ago | 1 read

Fixing the 2026 Arizona Diamondbacks: Outfield

The D-backs 2025 outfield collectively took a step back from their previous performances, continuing what could be seen as a potentially worrying trend. In 2023, the three positions combined to be worth 2.4 bWAR Above Average (bWAA). In 2024, that figure dropped to 1.7 bWAA, and this year, it dropped below the average, coming it […]

about 2 months ago | 2 reads