Heath Bell has a new lease on life as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and he has general manager Kevin Towers to thank for his resurgence. Towers, who had a relationship with Bell going back to their days in San Diego, took a chance on the veteran hurler after he suffered a trying season […]
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt continued to make a case for himself as the National League MVP and the starter for the All-Star game when he launched a three-run homer over the left field wall in the bottom of the eighth inning to give his club the 3-1 win over the Giants on Friday […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday that pitcher Daniel Hudson, who had left a rehab start with Double-A Mobile Tuesday complaining of stiffness in his elbow, suffered a re-tear of the UCL in his right elbow. Hudson had been working his way back, and before his lone start in Double-A, had pitched in some extended spring […]
Before he reached the Major Leagues, Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Paul Goldschmidt was regarded as a slugger in every sense of the word. In 1,178 minor league at bats, the first baseman had hit 83 home runs. Sure, he hit .317, but his strength was, well, his strength. Now in the majors, Goldschmidt has hit 43 […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected eight more players on the second day of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft. “Today we continued to target position-specific, athletic players and I think we definitely accomplished that,” D-backs’ director of scouting Ray Montgomery said Friday. “We worked to bring in good-character guys and players we know will take their […]
Ian Kennedy has started 122 games in his big league career, but he’s never had one as rough as Thursday’s loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The 28-year-old right-hander was knocked around for 10 runs on 13 hits in just four innings of work in a 12-8 defeat. With the loss, Kennedy’s […]
Daniel Hudson’s return to the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks will have to wait. The team announced Friday that the pitcher, who had left a rehab start with Double-A Mobile Tuesday complaining of stiffness in his elbow, suffered a re-tear of the UCL in his right elbow. According to the team, the staff is currently […]
If the three laws of real estate are location, location, location; then the three laws of baseball may very well be pitching, pitching, pitching. You can never have enough arms; and in the case of the Diamondbacks, power arms. The D-backs selected right-handers Braden Shipley of Nevada (15th overall) and Aaron Blair of Marshall (36th […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks surrendered five home runs, and endured an eight-run fourth inning that was too much to overcome against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night. The D-backs were handed a 12-8 loss by the Cardinals to split their four-game series at Busch Stadium. Matt Adams, Daniel Descalso, Matt Holliday, Matt Carpenter and even […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected right-handed pitcher Braden Shipley of Nevada with the 15th pick in MLB’s 2013 First-Year Player Draft Thursday. In doing so, they landed a player many thought would be long gone by the time they were on the clock. D-backs’ Director of Scouting Ray Montgomery said the addition of Shipley will continue […]
I can fully understand the Arizona Diamondbacks wanting to get the word out to its fans to vote for Paul Goldschmidt for the National League All-Star team. What I don’t understand is anyone being upset that he is currently third in the voting. Look, we all would love it if Goldy was running away with […]
The 2013 season is only 59 games old, but it’s been magical so far for Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. The 25-year-old slugger connected on a grand slam Wednesday night off of St. Louis reliever Maikel Cleto to break the game wide open in a 10-3 win by the D-backs. In the process, Goldschmidt […]
Last season’s National League Rookie of the Year runner-up, Wade Miley, was a damage control wizard, holding opposing hitters to a .222 batting average with runners in scoring position. Entering play on Wednesday, the Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander had been far less effective in such situations this season, yielding a .309 opponents’ average with runners in […]
You go through streaks where you feel good, but right now it feels like everyone time I'm up there's two or three guys on. It's a real credit to the guys at the top of the order.
ESPN MLB analyst Tim Kurkjian was asked by Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo Wednesday if he buys into the idea that, if the voting was done today, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin would be the NL Cy Young winner and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt would take home the hardware for NL MVP. “I would […]
Daniel Hudson made his first rehab start for Double-A Mobile on Tuesday afternoon. Hudson pitched two innings giving up two hits, one run with one walk and a strikeout. After the game, Hudson was on his way back to Phoenix, possibly with a setback. Nick Piecoro, of The Arizona Republic, is with the team in […]
Paul Goldschmidt came up big again for the Arizona Diamondbacks, this time hitting the go-ahead RBI single in the 14th inning to give the D-backs a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Goldschmidt wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to play hero if it wasn’t for Josh Collmenter keeping […]
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is putting up MVP numbers this season. Going into play on Tuesday, Goldschmidt is among the National League leaders in batting average, home runs and runs batted in. He should be a lock to make the All-Star game, but he will need help from the fans if he wants […]
Last season, Wade Miley surprised everyone by winning 16 games while posting an ERA of 3.33. He was an All-Star, and finished second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting. Entrenched in the team’s starting rotation to begin this season, the 26-year-old left-hander has struggled mightily. Miley is 3-5 with an ERA of 5.01 […]
Paul Goldschmidt is one of the best PLAYERS in all of baseball! Not one of the best hitters, not one of the best first basemen, not one of the best power hitters in baseball, Paul Goldschmidt is one of the best players in the game of baseball and his numbers back it up. Of all […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t have an answer for St. Louis Cardinals starter Lance Lynn. Lynn has had a fantastic year so far for the Cardinals, and Monday night was no exception. The 26-year-old tossed seven impressive innings, allowing just one run on five hits with only one walk and six strikeouts. The Cardinals’ right-hander notched […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Monday that shortstop Chris Owings and pitcher Archie Bradley had won the organization’s Player- and Pitcher-of-the-Month awards for May. The tandem, who are posted at Triple-A Reno and Double-A Mobile, respectively, also captured the awards in April. Owings, who leads the minor leagues in hits, with 86 — 10 more […]
He’s only got 28 starts on his Major League résumé, but the legend of Patrick Corbin continues to grow. The 23-year-old left-hander of the Arizona Diamondbacks was named the National League Pitcher of the Month Monday. Corbin went 5-0 and posted a sterling 1.53 ERA in his five May starts, striking out 31 and walking […]
Things are going pretty well for the Arizona Diamondbacks these days. Kirk Gibson’s team is 32-24 and leading the National League West by 2.5 games entering a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals Monday. They just finished up a 4-2 week that included a double header sweep of the AL West-leading Texas Rangers and […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks scored 11 runs over the final three innings of their 12-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs Saturday night and kept the party going during the teams’ matinee rubber match Sunday. De facto ace Patrick Corbin wasn’t particularly sharp (allowed four runs on six hits in six innings of work) for his second […]
I could make this easy on myself and just talk about the best players at each position but sports is goofy sometimes. You likely have one or two guys on your team that you hadn’t heard of when the season opened. Those guys are real the fantasy All-Stars, the ones who slipped under the radar, […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks set season-highs in runs (12) and hits (17) in a 12-4 win over the Cubs after a 2-hour, 21-minute rain delay at Wrigley Field on Saturday night. Gerardo Parra led off the game with a home run for Arizona. It was his fifth longball of the season and the fourth time he’s […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed right-hander Brandon McCarthy on the disabled list and recalled right-hander Randall Delgado from Triple-A Reno on Saturday. Source: McCarthy to DL for #Diamondbacks. Delgado to take his place on roster. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) June 1, 2013 Arizona Sports 620’s Kyndra de St. Aubin confirmed the D-backs’ right-hander is suffering […]
Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft begins this Thursday, June 6, and the Arizona Diamondbacks appear undecided on who to make their first-round pick (No. 15 overall). A scan of published 2013 mock drafts — produced by Baseball America, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, MLB.com respectively — doesn’t show common consent among the Diamondbacks’ projected first-round picks, […]
To say the Arizona Diamondbacks’ nine-game road trip has not gotten off to a good start would be an understatement. In fact, their Wednesday tilt with the Texas Rangers being postponed was the best thing to happen so far. You can blame the starting pitching for that. Brandon McCarthy, who had come into Thursday’s game […]
