Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Well, that was a series... So how we feeling? James: Allergy season really sucks, but I suspect the question is about the team. With regard to the team, so far, we have seen both the good and the bad that can be expected from the team this year. So long as the good ends up outweighing the bad, this could be an interesting season for … [Read more...] about SnakePit Round Table: And they’re off!
Minor League Pitchers Hitting
Micah Owings, the most prolific-hitting pitcher in franchise history, does make it on this list, but only once. | Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images In honor of Ryne Nelson’s heroics yesterday, a look at the minor leagues Ryne Nelson provided one of the biggest shocks of the season so far, with his RBI single in yesterday’s comeback. It was … [Read more...] about Minor League Pitchers Hitting
Series Preview #2 : Diamondbacks @ Yankees
Paul Goldschmidt, former Diamondback. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images This series is interesting. Yankees to watch during the series Jazz Chisholm & Anthony Volpe. Take a gander at their bats! This season, each of them hit a home run using a torpedo bat. The Torpedo bat is thicker at the bat’s label, and appears to taper slightly at the end of the … [Read more...] about Series Preview #2 : Diamondbacks @ Yankees
Arizona Diamondbacks: April confidence poll
Allan Henry-Imagn Images Let’s over-react wildly to small sample sizes! March results When we last checked in, we were just getting under way for spring training, Outside of a couple of meaningless early spring training games, the main factors in the March voting were the signings of Randal Grichuk and Kendall Graveman (It’s perhaps telling that I actually had to check … [Read more...] about Arizona Diamondbacks: April confidence poll
Snake Bytes, 3/31: Bears skinned
Photo by SSPL/Getty Images That ended up all right, I guess. Recaps [Dbacks.com] 'That was awesome': Pitcher Nelson records pinch-hit RBI single in 1st career AB - For almost two years now, Nelson, who played shortstop for two seasons at the University of Oregon, has been telling Lovullo that he could hit if needed. Last year, when Lovullo turned to fellow reliever … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes, 3/31: Bears skinned