Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, and in the case of Brandon McCarthy, the Diamondbacks have clearly lost. The free agent pitcher may have looked good on the rack last year, but when you took him home and tried him on, he resembled a cheap suit — one you paid way too much money […]
After watching the Dodgers win yet again, I am thoroughly convinced that Don Mattingly made a deal with the Devil. And I believe it went something like this: The Devil went down to Los Angeles He was looking for a soul to steal He was in a bind and he was way behind And he […]
The great thing about Tyrann Mathieu is that we are finally talking about what he is doing on the field and not off of it. Since the talented but troubled former LSU star was selected by Arizona in the third round of the NFL Draft, all the discussions about the “Honey Badger” have been about […]
The Phoenix Suns have until August 31 to release Michael Beasley, and it won’t take that long. The troubled former number 2 overall pick has worn out his welcome in the Valley of the Sun, and will soon be shown the door. The move will likely come sometime in the next week after the Suns […]
I spent some time talking to new San Diego Padre Ian Kennedy Wednesday. He told me he was both “bummed” and “excited” about the news that he was traded. He was also thankful that Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers came to his hotel room in Tampa to tell him the news and not over the […]
First let’s cut to the chase — the Arizona Diamondbacks were never interested in Jake Peavy and they shouldn’t have been. Not considering that they would have had to pay him some $20 million between now and the end of next season and part with prospects to get him. It never made sense. It was […]
The Arizona Cardinals have flopped in signing aging veteran free agents in the past. See Alan Faneca, Joey Porter, Emmitt Smith, Edgerrin James. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle (Kurt Warner) but most times you don’t. You get an aging star trying to cash in with one last paycheck. I don’t see that being […]
I have so many mixed emotions when it comes to Mariano Rivera and his pending retirement. I’m a lifelong Yankee fan whose first nickname, even before Gambo, was ‘Yankee’ in the St. Gerard’s Little League. I’ve been to hundreds of games at Yankee Stadium. I have wrappers that I have saved from Reggie Bars — […]
I have received a few emails from listeners wanting to know why the Phoenix Suns didn’t keep Wesley Johnson. I’m not sure why anyone cares about the small forward who has been a bust since being the fourth overall pick by Minnesota in 2010, but let’s try to explain it as best we can. 1) […]
Let’s break down the first big trade of the Ryan McDonough era. I always believe the team that gets the best player wins the trade, and Phoenix got the best player here. In getting Eric Bledsoe, the Suns acquired a young, dynamic point guard that is a freak athlete, good shooter, makes game-changing plays on […]
It doesn’t matter what he did in April or May or even June for that matter. What matters is that overall Trevor Cahill is 3-10 with an ERA of 4.66. He is on pace to shatter the Diamondbacks record of losses in a season set by Brandon Webb with 16 in 2004 and matched by […]
While all eyes are on the Suns’ selection at #5 in Thursday’s NBA Draft, they also have another first-round pick at 30 and are hoping to find a gem. As of now, players to consider are Jeff Withey, Reggie Bullock, Isaiah Canaan, Pierre Jackson, Gorgui Dieng and Arizona’s Solomon Hill. Hill has had some phenomenal […]
When you are picking as high as the Phoenix Suns are in the NBA Draft, the chances of landing a good player are, well, pretty good. But this draft shouldn’t be about landing a good player for Phoenix — it needs to be about landing a great player. And the player with the best upside […]
The most amazing thing to me about the Diamondbacks being in first place is that they are doing it with just one of their starting pitchers having a winning record. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are the the first team to hold that distinction this far into a season. Patrick Corbin is 9-0 and […]
He won’t be going to the All-Star game. He won’t get any Cy Young votes. But outside of Patrick Corbin, he has been the Arizona Diamondbacks’ most important pitcher. He is Josh Collmenter, and he is a rock. There has been some talk this week, with Kirk Gibson even hinting on my show, that Collmenter […]
Memo to Notre Dame: take this pitchfork and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. That is exactly what ASU Athletic Director Steve Patterson told Notre Dame when they attempted to cancel their game at Sun Devil Stadium set for November 8, 2014. Now, Notre Dame being Notre Dame they just assumed they could write […]
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 […]
Forget the 50-game suspension. Forget the 100-game suspension. If you really want to get these Major League baseball players to stop using performance enhancing drugs then there is one and only one solution — void the contracts. Go back to the drawing board with the Players Association and insist on any failed drug test from […]
We have paid so much attention to Justin Upton and his amazing April and awful May, and rightfully so. Upton was the first overall pick and the player that was supposed to be a superstar for the Arizona Diamondbacks. But Upton wasn’t the only player the Diamondbacks shipped out in an effort to build a […]
The potential season-ending Achilles injury to Michael Crabtree could have a huge effect on the NFC West race this season. Crabtree, who had 85 catches for 1,105 yards and nine touchdowns last season, was clearly Colin Kaepernick’s favorite target and was turning into one of the better receivers in the NFL. The 49ers do have […]
Read an interesting sabermetrics-type article on Paul Goldschmidt by Scott Spratt of ESPN the other day. His article was about how Goldschmidt was “Setting the MVP Pace”. Now for anyone who listens to the show, they know I am the furthest thing from a sabermetrics geek. I’m just not that interested in some of those […]
By now the Justin Upton trade has been evaluated every which way possible. And unfortunately for Martin Prado, he will always be compared to the former D-backs’ top overall pick, and there is not much he can do about it. But while I am a big believer that in every trade there is a winner […]
The Phoenix Suns say that Lindsey Hunter is still a candidate for the head coaching vacancy, but he has about a snowball’s chance in hell of actually getting the job. I’m sure at some point Hunter was promised an interview with the new general manager and that is why he is still a candidate. And […]
There is no easy answer, no quick fix. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ bullpen is abysmal with an astonishing 10 blown saves in just a month of baseball. The best news for the Diamondbacks is they can’t blow a save Thursday because they don’t play. Everyone wants answers. They want changes. They want demotions, call-ups, whatever it […]
