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Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images What, if any, appetite is there for a trade? After one of the most miraculous, unexpected runs to the World Series in 2023, the Diamondback ownership and front office did what every fanbase wishes: they identified the team’s inherent limitations and invested to address them. That effort was multipronged, but signing Jordan Montgomery to a … [Read more...] about Thursday Tidbits: Montgomery’s Trade Market

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images So much hope. So much disappointment. Overview Rating: 1.86 2024 stats: 25 G, 21 GS, 117.0 IP, 6.23 ERA, 4.48 FIP, 1.650 WHIP, -1.4 bWAR Date of birth: August 18, 1997 (age 26 season) 2024 earnings: $25 million 2025 status: Exercised player option, $22.5 million 2024 review If you’d said at the beginning of last … [Read more...] about 2024 Diamondbacks Player Reviews #52: Jordan Montgomery

Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK A season of suspended development. Overview Rating: 1.82 2024 stats: 2 G, 1 IP, 36.00 ERA, 15.17 FIP, 6.000 WHIP, -0.3 bWAR Date of birth: December 27, 1992 (age 31 season) 2024 earnings: League-minimum, minus salary owed from date of suspension 2025 status: Ineligible List (eligible for reinstatement June 5, 2025); 2 … [Read more...] about 2024 Diamondbacks Player Reviews #53: Andrew Saalfrank

AJ Puk | Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images I’m not sure the Diamondbacks need a closer because it’s more important to reliably pitch well in high leverage situations. I’ll call the high leverage pitcher the muscler/fireman. After the muscler/fireman is chosen, then the closer can be chosen. So, the revised questions are, “Who should be the muscler?, and “Who should be … [Read more...] about Who Should Close for the Diamondbacks?