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The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired Brian Kaplan to take over as pitching coach, the club announced on Tuesday. Kaplan has spent the past three years as the Philadelphia Phillies’ assistant pitching coach and director of pitching development under pitching coach Caleb Cotham. He was previously a integrative baseball performance consultant for the Phillies and the co-founder of … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks hire Brian Kaplan to replace Brent Strom as pitching coach

Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star Ketel Marte has collected his first career Silver Slugger award as the best hitter among second baseman in the National League for 2024. Marte is the first D-backs player to win a Silver Slugger since pitcher Zack Greinke in 2019. The last position players to do so were first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and outfielder David Peralta in 2018. Aaron Hill … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks 2B Ketel Marte wins 1st career Silver Slugger

The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that they have hired Brian Kaplan to be their new pitching coach. Kaplan will replace Brent Strom, who was dismissed after serving in that role for the previous three seasons. Kaplan has been with the Philadelphia Phillies since 2019. He spent his first three years as an integrative baseball performance consultant. For the three most recent … [Read more...] about Diamondbacks Revamp Pitching Department with Seasoned Expert

Seth Martinez. | Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Let’s look at the newest Diamondback pitcher! He’s been called a late bloomer. I’m enthusiastic about late bloomers! The quick view is that if he pitches the same as last season (52.2 innings with a 3.59 ERA) he will make a very positive impact on the Diamondbacks bullpen. And, as a pre-arb player, he is very … [Read more...] about Seth Martinez