Sunrise at Hodgetown. When this picture was taken, the first game was six days away, and Sierra McMillan had been working in Amarillo for over a year | Photo by Paul Harris/Getty Images
A look at a central role that fans rarely see
The story starts with a twenty year old intern who only took the job for college credit, with no intention of working in baseball. Eight years later, she’s still working in baseball, and has been part of a group that built a franchise from the ground up,...
After pitching two scoreless innings in the Diamondbacks’ Spring Breakout game, Yu-Min Lin shared his ambitions for the 2024 season. Having played the previous season with the AA Amarillo Sod Poodles, Lin is determined to make it to the major leagues, aiming to join the Diamondbacks’ roster by the season’s end.
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Seven of ten outs recorded by the K for Merrill today.
Record: 10-13-2. Change on 2023: -1.5. Five-inning record: 12-11-2.Merrill Kelly had his penultimate outing before the regular season, and seems to be shaping into form nicely. He went 3.1 scoreless innings on 64 pitches, allowing four singles and a walk, while striking out seven batters. Jake Rice got the final two outs in the fourth, then Paul Sewald and Kyle Nelson also tossed scoreless frames,...
Concluding in their second tie this spring, the Diamondbacks missed the opportunity to secure their third consecutive win due to three runs scored by the A’s in the 8th inning.
The Oakland A’s tied the Chicago White Sox yesterday in Cactus League play 3-3 and are playing the Arizona Diamondbacks today in spring training action.
In their third round of player assignments, the Arizona Diamondbacks have opted to send Slade Cecconi, Corbin Martin, and Blake Walston to Triple-A Reno.
In their third round of player assignments, the Arizona Diamondbacks have opted to send Slade Cecconi, Corbin Martin, and Blake Walston to Triple-A Reno.
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Our ace looked almost ready for Opening Day
Team news[SI] Zac Gallen Takes Huge Step Forward Towards Opening Day Start - Gallen looked like the pitcher who finished third in the National League Cy Young race against the Angels today, pitching into the 5th inning. He allowed just one hit and walked one while striking out four in 4 1/3 scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. "Honestly it's the best I felt in a while," said...
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Positive: Justin Martinez now throws a sinker, and its an absolute hammer!
Justin Martinez has been a divisive player among Dbacks fans this past season. On 1 hand, you have a player who already holds the fastball velocity records for the Dbacks at just 21 Y/O last season at 102.7 MPH. On the other you have a player who has averaged over 20% BB the past 2 seasons and gives up way too much hard contact.
However something is different about...
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I'll drink to a double-header sweep!
Record: 10-13-1. Change on 2023: -2. Five-inning record: 11-11-2.The Diamondbacks won on both ends of the double header, though left it late to complete the daily sweep. At Salt River Fields, Zac Gallen combined with five relievers to blank the Angels 2-0. Gallen went 4.1 innings on one hit and a walk with four K's. Scoreless innings from Ryan Thompson, Scott McGough, Kevin Ginkel and Miguel Castro helped...
With their opening day lineup nearly intact, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Angels, clinching a 2-0 win. Zac Gallen was excellent on the mound for Arizona, tossing 4.1 shutout innings, striking out 4 batters while allowing just 1 hit.
Tommy Pham looks poised to leave the Arizona Diamondbacks but not the NL West division.
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On St. Patrick’s Day, mine’s a double(-header)
@ Mariners Today's Lineups Jake McCarthy - CF Dylan Moore - SS Elvis Andrus - SS Julio Rodriguez - CF Pavin Smith - 1B Jorge Polanco - 2B Emmanuel Rivera - 3B Mitch Garver - DH Jace Peterson - 2B Cal Raleigh - C Kyle Garlick - LF Mitch Haniger - RF Kevin Newman - DH Ty France - 1B Jose Herrera - C Luis Urias - 3B Jack Hurley - RF Samad Taylor - LF Blake Walston -...Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesTeam News
Tommy Henry still searching for consistency in battle for Diamondbacks rotation spot
“Of all of our starters, he was the starter that had the lowest exit velocity,” manager Torey Lovullo said last month, at the start of spring training. “... We like that, we want that to continue, but we feel like there’s a couple things he can hone in on. Fastball command and fastball consistency was number one for...
In case you missed it, the Arizona Diamondbacks top prospects defeated the Colorado Rockies top prospects in the debut of the Spring Breakout. The D-backs struck first with a pair of runs in the top of the 4th.
After the San Diego Padres acquired Dyland Cease, the 2022 Cy Young runner-up, through a trade with the Chicago White Sox, Torey Lovullo shared his thoughts on the recent trend of stars gravitating towards the NL West.
Picking up their first win in over a week, the Arizona Diamondbacks took down the Texas Rangers with a final score of 5-4. Improving to 4-0 this spring, Ryne Nelson allowed the Diamondbacks to jump out to an early lead with a handful of shutout innings.
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Both old and young D-backs came away victorious today
Record: 8-13-1. Change on 2023: -1. Five-inning record: 10-10-2.The big boys were playing up in Surprise, where they got “revenge” for the World Series with a narrow win over the Rangers. Arizona jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the middle of the fourth, including a second inning homer from Blaze Alexander; he also singled, and Ketel Marte had a pair of hits. Corbin Carroll, Lourdes Gurriel and Emmanuel Rivera...
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Does it matter? Should we care? How can we make it better?
This article started when I realized that I was the only SnakePit writer who had no real interest in the Spring Breakout Game. I thought that was strange and figured I was missing something about the game. After some research, I remain firmly in the “gimmick” camp. But as I’ve now listened to the MLB Pipeline podcast about the goal of the concept (Spring Breakout Tournament -...
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After nothing yesterday, two for one (kinda) today
Today's Lineups Ketel Marte - 2B Marcus Semien - 2B Corbin Carroll - RF Evan Carter - CF Lourdes Gurriel - LF Wyatt Langford - LF Emmanuel Rivera - 3B Adolis Garcia - RF Pavin Smith - 1B Jonah Heim - C Elvis Andrus - SS Jared Walsh - 1B Alek Thomas - CF Matt Duffy - 3B Blaze Alexander - DH Josh Smith - SS Tucker Barnhart - C Travis Jankowski - DH Ryne Nelson - RHP Cody Bradford - LHPplus...