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Photos: Arizona Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals
Photos: Arizona Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals
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Diamondbacks' Asdrubal Cabrera happy to be back in city where his career was resuscitated
Infielder Asdrubal Cabrera wondered if his days as a major leaguer were numbered before he landed with the Nationals two years ago.
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D-backs Preview #13: 4/15 @ Nationals
Photo by Christian Petersen/ Into the nation’s capital and we re-united with an old friend Line-ups Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS NATIONALS Tim Locastro - CF Trea Turner - SS Carson Kelly - C Juan Soto - RF Eduardo Escobar - 2B Josh Bell - 1B Asdrubal Cabrera - 3B Kyle Schwarber - LF Nick Ahmed - SS Josh Harrison - 2B Pavin Smith - RF Starlin Castro - 3B Wyatt Mathisen - 1B Yan Gomes - C Andrew Young - LF Patrick Corbin - LHP Merrill Kelly - RHP Victor Robles - CF Remember when the Diamondbacks moved Patrick Corbin to the bullpen?...
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Some notable NON Diamondbacks slow hitting starts in 2021
Photo by Jennifer Stewart/ GM’s and fantasy owners alike might be squirming a bit It’s very early, and the sample sizes are tiny. So it’s generally not a good idea to come to conclusions based on this many games and at bats. But here are some slow starts worth monitoring: Original Report Link Names are linked to BB-Reference player pages. Joc Pederson: The Cubs opted not to sign Kyle Schwarber and instead went with left-handed platoon outfielder Pederson. So far it’s been a very slow start for Joc. He’s not hitting righties or lefties. The...
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Series Preview #5: Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Photo by Harry How/ Can the pitching staff keep Juan Soto and Co. in check ? The 4-8 Diamondbacks travel to Washington D.C. to take on the 3-6 Nationals in a four game set starting this evening, (4:05 Arizona Time, 7:05 EDT) The Nationals season got off to a disastrous start when just before the opening series scheduled against the Mets they had numerous players test positive for Coronavirus, causing the cancellation of that series. They had as many as 9 players on the Covid IL at one point. When they finally got started on April 6th they beat the Braves in a walk off...
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Early takeaways from the Diamondbacks' first two weeks
With the Diamondbacks off to a slow start, here is a look at what has gone right and what has gone wrong for them so far.
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Snake Bytes 4/15: On The Road Again
*crying* I just can’t wait to get on the road again.... Diamondbacks News: *TODAY: Dbacks @ Nationals - Merrill Kelly v Patrick Corbin - 4:05 p.m. our time. It’s been a week since we have really heard anything about Ketel Marte When Gallen went down I feel we got a bit more info or insight to the severity of his injury, or lack there of. Ahmed’s injury was a bit more secretive at 1st, a sore knee followed by missing almost a week of spring training. Finally Ahmed returned to the line-up just to be scratched for TWO MORE GAMES for personal reasons. Reasons that were not...
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D-backs fans delight in defense.. Well, kinda...
Photo by Norm Hall/ Read one SB Nation Reacts feature, get another the same day! Hey, it’s not as if there’s a game to watch... Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Arizona Diamondbacks fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. A part of any fan’s confidence in the team is based on how well the team can get outs. Diamondbacks fans are completely split on what they think of the team’s defense. I think the absence of Nick Ahmed in the early part of the...
AZ Snake Pit Apr 14, 2021
Geraldo Perdomo shows poise in MLB debut
Photo by Dustin Bradford/ Arizona’s highly touted shortstop prospect spent some time in the big leagues Geraldo Perdomo’s MLB debut arrived earlier than expected. The 21-year-old shortstop was recalled to the Arizona Diamondbacks from the alternate training site April 3 in place for Gold Glove shortstop Nick Ahmed, who was then placed on the 10-day Injured List. Perdomo made his big league debut later that night and went 1-for-10 at the plate before he was optioned back to the alternate training site April 10. For a prospect who never played above High-A Visalia...
AZ Snake Pit Apr 14, 2021
How Diamondbacks fans see the Diamondbacks offense
“Gloomily” would be a good way to put it. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Arizona Diamondbacks fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. According to the latest SB Nation Reacts survey, 21 percent of Diamondbacks fans are confident the team is headed in the right direction. That’s down from 26 percent to start the season. A part of that lack of confidence comes from dark feelings about the team’s ability to score. Diamondbacks fans are generally down on the Arizona...
AZ Snake Pit Apr 14, 2021
Diamondbacks UmpireWatch 2021: Week 2
Photo by Mitchell Layton/ Let’s see how the men in blue performed over the past week If you missed last week’s installment and have no clue about this, you should probably go back and read it. It explains what we’re doing here, where the data comes from and what it means. All I will add here, is your regular exhortation to go and follow @UmpScorecards on Twitter, without whom this article would not be possible. We cover the period from April 7-13 in this edition, beginning with the second game in Colorado, through the series against Cincinnati and Oakland at Chase...
AZ Snake Pit Apr 14, 2021
Snake Bytes: 4/14 - Things Started So Well
Photo by Norm Hall/ Starting pitching...check. Taco offense...check. Bullpen... Bullpen... Bullpen...? Diamondbacks News Oakland 7, Arizona 5 Zac Gallen was great. Carson Kelly and Asdrubal Cabrera continued to rake. Locastro stole another base. All of that for naught. A great first half of the game was spoiled by Arizona being unable to weather the bullpen allowing six runs over the final five innings. Gallen Debuts, Strikes Out Eight in Return from IL Zac Gallen finally made his regular season debut on Tuesday afternoon. The results were impressive, giving the team...
AZ Snake Pit Apr 13, 2021
Diamondbacks 5, A’s 7: Dog Day Afternoon
Zac Gallen pitched four decent innings in his first start off the IL, and left with a 4-run lead. Then the bullpen happened. I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised to catch Zac Gallen’s first start of the season, though given how quickly he was back after that weird stress fracture in his arm, I wasn’t sure what to expect. While he wasn’t particularly sharp—no perfectly clean innings and big pitch counts in each inning he pitched—he still looked pretty good. So that was nice. After going up 0-2 on A’s leadoff batter Mark Canha, Gallen threw the next four pitches...
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Zac Gallen dazzles in return, but Diamondbacks blow five-run lead in loss to Athletics
The Arizona Diamondbacks led big early in Tuesday afternoon's game, but couldn't hold it in a 7-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
