BY: ED COLE PHOENIX – The season opener between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies went 4:11 – a D-backs team record for a nine-inning game. In the end, it was all about the $206 million man, Zack Greinke, and his performance, which was pretty rough. In 4.0 innings, the Rockies tagged Greinke for nine hits (three of them were ... Read More »
By: Brian Kreps – Contributing Writer PHOENIX— It was supposed to be a season filled with promise, a year when the Arizona Diamondbacks made a move in the National League West. But, before this promising season even got started, the Diamondbacks got bad news. All-star center fielder A.J. Pollock will miss the first part of the season after fracturing his right ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Opening Day roster is set, with the team making seven roster moves on Saturday. The D-backs will face the Colorado Rockies in the season opener on Monday at 6:40 p.m. at Chase Field. Opening Day roster: Right-handed Pitchers (9) – Jake Barrett, Silvino Bracho, Tyler Clippard, Rubby De La Rosa; Randall ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Nothing’s going to come easy to any one of the 68 men on the Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training roster. With the exception of a few roster spots that are set (Zack Greinke, Shelby Miller, Paul Goldschmidt, Welington Castillo, David Peralta, just to name a few), everyone else is going to have to stake their ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – This season with the Arizona Diamondbacks will be Jean Segura’s fifth in the Majors. In that time, Segura’s worked extremely hard to gain the respect of his fellow athletes, and it’s worked. “It brings a lot,” Segura said of his experience. “Especially when you’re a veteran, there’s some people in the locker room that ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Chip Hale wants things done a certain way with his team, and if they’re not done right, then they’re done again and again until they are right. The attention to detail, and taking care of the small things is what will make the Arizona Diamondbacks relevant, they hope, through the World Series this fall. ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Tyler Clippard really enjoys his job, and he genuinely loves his new Diamondback teammates. In watching Clippard during his first week of workouts at Salt River Fields, you could tell he’s bringing something special to the table, just by how hard he hustled and the smile he had on his face every single day ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Paul Goldschmidt had a monster 2015 season for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He set career-highs in batting average (.321), walks (118), intentional walks (29), stolen bases (21), on-base percentage (.435), slugging (.570) and OPS (1.005), to go along with his 33 home runs and 110 RBI. There’s not much Goldschmidt needs to do to take ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale is a big fan of competition amongst the 67 players he has on his Spring Training roster. There’s only a few of the 25 Opening Day roster spots that Hale would say are locked up, with all of the names being very familiar to the Dback Nation. “I hate to ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – First it was Zack Greinke. Then it was Shelby Miller. Now, it’s Tyler Clippard. The Arizona Diamondbacks pitching staff has gotten a complete makeover over the last two months, the latest addition being Clippard, who the team inked to a reported two-year, $12.25 million contract. Clippard deal with #DBacks is official, per source: $4M ... Read More »