With the spring games only having just gotten underway, there are still plenty of questions that need addressing.
Diamondbacks News
Martinez, Puk, Ginkel Give Lovullo Good Challenge
The three leading candidates for filling the role of Arizona’s closer all tossed scoreless outings. If the three can all maintain their effectiveness, that will leave Torey Lovullo with an enviable selection dilemma.
Zac Gallen Talks Impending Free Agency
“I think acknowledging that it’s there, acknowledging that it’s a thing and understanding that this is what happens when you get to this point in your career, I think is the best way, I feel, to go about it,” Gallen said. “Because either way you’re going to lock yourself in and just embrace it. It’s like, I just have to go out, give my team a chance to win, be healthy and compete and the rest takes care of itself.”
Building Diamondbacks Culture Has Been More Art than Science
Arizona has 22 homegrown players on the 40-man roster. That isn’t be coincidence.
I’d make a joke about umps needing spring training as well, but honestly, this has become midseason form for some of them
Two balls straight down the middle called for balls against JMart smh pic.twitter.com/Xly7XYlzXl
— DBacks Dispatch (@DbacksDispatch) February 25, 2025
Other Baseball News
What Would a Potential Vladito Contract Look Like
The Mets Need More Pitchers Already
Given another four or five weeks and they’ll likely need a new infield as well. After all, this is the Mets.
Brandon Beachy – Facing My Heroes: The Day I Struck Out Ichiro Suzuki Twice
The former Atlanta Braves hurler has quite the story. Too bad injuries ended his career prematurely.
Robbie Ray Has a New Pitch
Old friend Robbie Ray reached out to Detroit’s Tarik Skubal to ask if the reigning Cy Young Award winner would be willing to share his changeup. The Tigers’ hurler was all too happy to help his fellow big league southpaw.
How Satchel Paige’s 1965 Encore Helped Future Cy Winner ‘Fall in Love’ with Game
When Satchel Paige came out of retirement to pitch for the Oakland A’s against the Boston Red Sox on September 25, 1965, a 9-year-old Rick Sutcliffe was in the stands. The performance and the crowd’s reaction changed his life.