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Photo Illustration by Anna Barclay/Getty Images The Dodgers 2024 payroll has surpassed the GDP of the Marshall Islands Team news [Sportico] D-backs Find Their Way in Rich Free-Agent Market - The D-backs have always had a practice of investing any profits back into the franchise, and have done so before by signing pitchers Zack Greinke, Madison Bumgarner, Eduardo … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes, 1/20: The Rich Get Richer

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Christian Walker era ends, with Josh Naylor arriving Christian Walker is no more. How will you remember his time here? Spencer: His mother’s meatballs. Oh and his constant drive to get better I suppose. Makakilo: Mostly I will remember what I wrote about him. Article summaries and links follow: October of 2024 article. Article … [Read more...] about SnakePit Round Table: First-base

Photo by Sports Nippon/Getty Images Roki Sasaki has finally made the decision that everyone seemed to be expecting. Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks Hire Red Sox Scout Mike RikardMike Hazen has been reunited with one of his key scouts from his time in Boston. Mike Rikard has decided to work for Hazen and the Diamondbacks after giving Boston 20 years of dedicated … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes 1/18: More Dodger Evil

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images For some loose definition of “D-backs”, anyway! We’re deep into Hall of Fame season, with the results of this year’s ballot scheduled to be announced on Tuesday. As we discussed yesterday, there are a couple of players with Diamondbacks connections on the ballot this year, though it would be a major surprise if they were to remain on it for … [Read more...] about Your Saturday Sporcle: D-backs on the Hall of Fame Ballot

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Doubt we’ll be seeing Cooperstown beckoning this year... While we’re here... last chance to vote for the: Pop quiz, hotshot. Who was the first Diamondback player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? The answer is... not Randy Johnson. The honor actually goes to Roberto Alomar, who was part of the class of 2011, four years … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks on the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot