Diamondbacks

Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua via Getty Images Here we go again... In December 2023, the Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to what was then the largest free-agent contract in the history of baseball, while simultaneously deferring around 97% of the contract’s costs until 2034 and thereafter. They followed this up with the biggest pitching contract in baseball history, signing … [Read more...] about MLB is broken(er)

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Three more players have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, headlined by Ichiro. Hall of Fame Coverage The Hall of Fame Class of 2025! pic.twitter.com/QQsWDzNait— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 21, 2025 Ichiro, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner Elected to Hall of FameFirst-time nominees Ichiro and Sabathia join final chance Billy … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes 1/22: Three Elected

Josh Naylor in ALCS. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Baserunners and RBIs. Introduction. After two seasons of near league-average in runs scored, last season the Diamondbacks scored more runs than any other team. What happened? Bottom line up front; three things happened. They had more baserunners (two standard deviations more), a higher percentage of their … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks Breakthroughs

Ichiro may become the second ever unanimous HoFer today. Voting results will be released at 4PM AZT. Diamondbacks News 3 Hitting Prospects Set to Break Out for the Diamondbacks in 2025 by Jake Oliver [SI] The Diamondbacks’ system is particularly loaded with hitters as 24 of their top 40 prospects are hitters and so are eight of their top ten players. So, it might be hard to … [Read more...] about SnakeBytes 1/21: Hall of Fame Day