Diamondbacks

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The streaking San Diego Padres are poised to send the Dodgers home from the NLDS, making it back-to-back seasons that an NL West team has helped the Dodgers to choke. LDS News Los Angeles 5, San Diego 6 Padres Lifted by Machado, Tatis, RulesControversy was not in short supply when the Padres pulled off a 6-5 upset of the Dodgers, putting … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes 10/9: Dodger Elimination Day (Hopefully)

Brent Strom, old but not forgotten. | Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It could arrive with the new pitching coach. Background and Inspiration. In the last few seasons, the Diamondbacks changed what type of pitcher they acquired. Often, their pitching acquisitions could be described by three metrics, which I presented many times. Those … [Read more...] about A New Plan for Diamondbacks Pitching

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Every Division Series is currently 1-1. That will change. Quite a contrast to the wild-card series, where we only went one game over the absolute minimum. Now, we’re guaranteed no sweeps in the Division Series for the first time since 2021, with the four series all splitting the first two games for the first time ever. … [Read more...] about Playoff Gameday Thread, #7: All Square

Major League Baseball named Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte a finalist for the Hank Aaron Award, which honors the best offensive player in American League and National League each season. Ten finalists were listed for each league, and the winners will be deemed by a committee of MLB legends — such as Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte named finalist for Hank Aaron Award