Diamondbacks

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images There’s more to defense than Gold Gloves. Let’s do a deeper dive into the numbers. As mentioned earlier in the week, the D-backs had more players nominated for Gold Gloves than anyone else: five at all, including three infielder and two outfielders. That’s a sharp uptick on the previous season. But does that mean their defense overall … [Read more...] about The D-backs defense in 2024: Good, bad or indifferent?

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Mets? More like Mutts, amIrite? We are still looking at a Dodgers-Yankees World Series being the most likely outcome. But the inability of D-backs’ reject Luke Weaver to get the third out in the ninth, has kept the Guardians hopes alive. If they can win again tonight, it will become a best of three series, and then … [Read more...] about Playoff Gameday Thread, #17: Peering into the abyss

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images What are Mike Hazen’s options for filling Walker’s shoes? As the Diamondbacks-less playoffs continue to march on, one of the few advantages left to those teams that are waiting at home is a jumpstart on evaluating their roster holes and pending free agents. For the D-Backs, there is one pending free agent that stands above any other: … [Read more...] about Thursday Tidbits: The Christian Walker Conundrum

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The underdogs need to step it up. I suppose it’s not technically correct to call the Mets the underdogs. After all, they have the top payroll in the game. While exact numbers vary depending on your source, according to the AP, it’s $332 million, which is a startling $66 more than the Dodgers who are all the way down … [Read more...] about Playoff Gameday Thread, #16: Crunch time looms