Team News
Arizona Diamondbacks want Corbin Carroll locked into 1 position in 2025
“He’s a very structured guy and process-oriented guy,” Lovullo said. “Not that he can’t nor has he ever complained about it, (but) we just felt like bouncing him around was a little bit of a grind.”
Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick responsibly expands payroll, talks legacy, Dodgers
“I’m very focused on the present and the future as though I’m going to be immortal, but I know better,” Kendrick said. “I just don’t think of, ‘OK, well, in two or five more years you won’t be doing this. I don’t think that way. I think about what do we need to do to put the best team we can on the field now and what … to invest in building for the future.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2025/02/16/arizona-diamondbacks-ken-kendrick-los-angeles-dodgers-mlb-nl-west-world-series/78099047007/
Diamondbacks’ Ryan Thompson working on holding baserunners for ‘really scary’ 2025 club
“My dad told me at a young age, he said ‘you’re either getting better or you’re getting worse,’” Thompson said Friday on Arizona Sports’ Wolf & Luke. “That’s why I love spring training so much is because you get to see everybody who had five months off and see, OK, what did you do with those five months?”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ryan-thompson/3573959/
Former ASU Starter Prepared to Suit Up for the Diamondbacks
“Yeah, you know, obviously growing up in the Phoenix area, especially in like 2008 to 2010, ASU was one of the top teams, to get that chance to play there, was obviously a goal of mine” Martinez told Sommers. “I got to play with some awesome players, a lot of guys that got the chance to play professional baseball and a few guys that are still playing professional baseball. I enjoyed my time there, staying in Arizona and representing ASU on the Sun Devils.”
Diamondbacks Announce 2025 Promotional Schedule
Other Baseball
11 rookies projected to make an impact in 2025
https://www.mlb.com/news/top-projected-mlb-rookies-for-2025
Angels Sign Kenley Jansen
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/angels-sign-kenley-jansen.html
Cora: Too early to say where Bregman will play for Red Sox
“He’s a Gold Glove third baseman,” said Cora, who was Bregman’s bench coach with the Astros in 2017. “He hasn’t played second base in the big leagues. I do believe he can be a Gold Glove second baseman, too. There’s other stuff that comes into play as far as roster construction and what’s better for the team and what can be the best lineup. Competition comes into play.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43864105/cora-too-early-say-where-bregman-play-red-sox
Pirates’ Paul Skenes working on new pitches for follow-up to NL Rookie of the Year season
2024 PitchingNinja Filthiest Pitcher of the Year.
Winner: Paul Skenes pic.twitter.com/hWPAtgcD7I
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) November 25, 2024
Ex-White Sox closer, World Series champion Bobby Jenks has stomach cancer at 43
Anything Goes
This day in history:
In 1923, King Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/february-16
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/February_16
Technicolored squirrels roam the lands of Southern India.
They weigh around 4 pounds and measure up to 3 feet from tip to tail. The Malabar giant squirrel also blends better in the forest due to its multi-colored fur.
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos once made parents panic.
One of the interesting facts about your favorite snack: When a kid eats too Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the chemicals turn their stool red. Medically speaking, red stool indicates serious intestinal problems, possibly internal bleeding. You can imagine why the parents reacted like that.
Margarine used to be pink.
In the 1880s, margarine was dyed pink to prevent buyers from confusing it with butter.
