AZ Snake Pit Jul 30, 2022
Diamondbacks Game Preview #100: 7/30 @ Braves
Photo by Christian Petersen/ The D-backs are exactly 100 points worse on the road than at home. Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS BRAVES Josh Rojas - 3B Ronald Acuna - RF Alek Thomas - CF Dansby Swanson - SS Ketel Marte - 2B Matt Olson - 1B Christian Walker - 1B Austin Riley - 3B Daulton Varsho - RF Marcell Ozuna - DH Jake McCarthy - LF Eddie Rosario - LF Buddy Kennedy - DH William Contreras - C Geraldo Perdomo - SS Orlando Arcia - 2B Jose Herrera - C Michael Harris - CF Corbin Martin - RHP Ian Anderson - RHP Roster move The Arizona...
AZ Snake Pit Jul 26, 2022
What I’d Like to See: Post All-Star Break
Corbin Carroll. | Photo by John E. Moore III/ Let’s look at five things. An Additional Core Starting Pitcher. In the first half season (before the All-Star break) the D-backs had 4 pitchers who started at least 15 games with a season ERA+ over 100 (Kelly, Gallen, Bumgarner, and Davies). I want to see another starting pitcher, whose ERA is less than 5, who starts at least 10 games with a game score of at least 50. Possible players who are ready or close to ready include Thomas Henry, Corbin Martin, and Ryne Nelson per this AZ Snake Pit article. “The team is about...
AZ Snake Pit Jul 25, 2022
Snake Bytes: 07/25 - Small-Market Team
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/ Big Papi was inducted into the HOF and had a message for cheap teams (no pun intended...). Diamondbacks News Nationals 4, D-Backs 3: The elusive sweep wriggles away - AZ Snake Pit Corbin Martin struggled to pitch consistently, the bats failed to capitalize on 13 at-bats with RISP, and a combination of sloppy play and a lack of execution sank any possibility of a D-Back sweep of a struggling Nats team. Corbin Martin fails to seize empty rotation spot in D-Backs loss (azcentral.com) Perhaps most concerningly, Martin wasn’t able to...
AZ Snake Pit Jul 24, 2022
Diamondbacks Game Preview #95: Looking for the Brooms
A series sweep is on the line this afternoon at Chase Field. Game #95: Nationals at Diamondbacks Today's Lineups NATIONALS DIAMONDBACKS Cesar Hernandez - 2B Josh Rojas - 3B Juan Soto - RF Alek Thomas - CF Josh Bell - 1B Ketel Marte - DH Nelson Cruz - DH Christian Walker - 1B Yadiel Hernandez - LF David Peralta - LF Luis Garcia - SS Daulton Varsho - RF Keibert Ruiz - C Sergio Alcantara - 2B Ehire Adrianza - 3B Geraldo Perdomo - SS Victor Robles - CF Jose Herrera - C Erick Fedde - RHP Corbin Martin - RHP Sergio Alcántara gets the start at...
rssfeeds.azcentral.com Jul 23, 2022
Corbin Martin to start Sunday's series finale against Washington Nationals
Corbin Martin has worn out the path from Triple-A Reno of the Pacific Coast League to the parent Arizona Diamondbacks. Now he's hoping he's here to stay.
AZ Snake Pit Jul 22, 2022
SnakeBytes 7/22: Back to work
Photo by Sean M. Haffey/ The All Star Break is over, and the Diamondbacks and the rest of the league head to the second half Diamondbacks News (AZ Central) Is Torey Lovullo’s job safe? Four things worth watching as Diamondbacks open second half The Triple-A Reno rotation includes right-hander Corbin Martin, lefty Tommy Henry and right-hander Ryne Nelson. Given the difficult pitching environment there, it is hard to know from afar what to make of their performances, but all three have put up solid results for stretches this year. Double-A right-hander Brandon Pfaadt...
AZ Snake Pit Jul 20, 2022
Re-Evaluating Diamondbacks Pitcher Development Pace
Tommy Henry pitches in spring training | Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK They haven’t been quite as slow as I’ve thought, but it’s time to promote Tommy Henry and Corbin Martin Have the Diamondbacks been too slow to promote minor league pitchers within the system and to the major leagues ? I’ve made that criticism in the past, and I’m not alone in doing so. However recently I’ve been taking a closer look and realized my view on one or two players may have created some bias and skewed my overall evaluation. The impetus for this article was...
