AZ Snake Pit 3 hours ago
Arizona fixes its Zach Davies problem
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports If the D-backs make the post-season, it will be despite, rather than because of, Davies. When Arizona signed Zach Davies in January, there was not much question about the SnakePit editorial position on the matter. As the poll on the article shows, fan opinion was largely meh, with a slight skewing below that (26% went below, compared to 21% above). Agree or not, you could see the purpose behind it, the team not wanting to be over-reliant on rookie starting pitchers. Davies had been reasonable enough the previous season, making 27 starts...
AZ Snake Pit 8 hours ago
Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #158: 9/26 @ White Sox
Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports Hopefully, momentum is on the D-backs' side after scoring the last 14 runs yesterday! Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS WHITE SOX Corbin Carroll - RF Elvis Andrus - SS Ketel Marte - 2B Andrew Benintendi - LF Tommy Pham - DH Andrew Vaughn - 1B Christian Walker - 1B Eloy Jimenez - DH Alek Thomas - CF Gavin Sheets - RF Lourdes Gurriel - LF Carlos Perez - C Gabriel Moreno - C Trayce Thompson - CF Jace Peterson - 3B Lenyn Sosa - 3B Geraldo Perdomo - SS Zach Remillard - 2B Brandon Pfaadt - RHP Luis Patino - RHP ...
AZ Snake Pit 11 hours ago
Snake Bytes 9:27: Pouring It On
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports After dropping the ball in New York (again) the Diamondbacks took took on the White Sox in Chicago’s southside, with predictable results. Diamondbacks News Arizona 15, Chicago (A) 4The game sure didn’t start off pretty. Zach Davies took the mound for Arizona and promptly spotted the White Sox a 3-run lead in the bottom of the first. The Diamondbacks responded by chipping away with one in the second, only to see Davies give it right back in the bottom of the frame. The Diamondbacks clawed back two more in the third. Then, in the...
AZ Snake Pit 22 hours ago
Diamondbacks 15 @ White Sox 4
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Pale Faced with the season hanging over the abyss? Arizona looked past Davies’ typical start to destroy that other Chicago team and their run differential Record: 83-74 .529 Pace: 86-76, +12 on 2022 NL Wild Card: A full game above CHC, holding the #5 seed Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS WHITE SOX Corbin Carroll - RF Tim Anderson - SS Ketel Marte - 2B Andrew Benintendi - LF Tommy Pham - DH Andrew Vaughn - 1B Christian Walker - 1B Eloy Jimenez - DH Alek Thomas - CF Yoan Moncada - 3B Lourdes Gurriel - LF Gavin Sheets -...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 22 hours ago
Christian Walker delivers as Diamondbacks pound White Sox 15-4 to strengthen wild-card positioning
Christian Walker homered twice and drove in six runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks added to their wild-card push with a 15-4 victory over the lowly Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
AZ Snake Pit Sep 26, 2023
Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #157: 9/25 @ White Sox
Photo by Michael Reaves/ It’s effectively a six-game season now. Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS WHITE SOX Corbin Carroll - RF Tim Anderson - SS Ketel Marte - 2B Andrew Benintendi - LF Tommy Pham - DH Andrew Vaughn - 1B Christian Walker - 1B Eloy Jimenez - DH Alek Thomas - CF Yoan Moncada - 3B Lourdes Gurriel - LF Gavin Sheets - RF Gabriel Moreno - C Elvis Andrus - 2B Jace Peterson - 3B Trayce Thompson - CF Geraldo Perdomo - SS Korey Lee - C Zach Davies - RHP Jose Urena - RHP 4-2 So, here we are. Right now, the...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 26, 2023
Miguel Castro
Miguel Castro | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via He is close to a career best season. Signing Miguel Castro was a good move. He has elite velocity (98.0 MPH sinker) and an elite secondary pitch (slider). It is elite because it has 10.3 inches horizontal break. As you might expect, it gets a high rate of whiffs (.159 whiffs per pitch to right-handed batters and .139 whiffs per pitch to left-handed batters). In December, the Diamondback signed him because he was the type of player they needed in the bullpen, and with the expectation that he could improve. Three...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 26, 2023
Snake Bytes 9/26: Goodbye Goodbye
John Jones-USA TODAY Sports A rough loss in the Bronx has fans dispirited while the team holds their destiny in their fingertips Diamondbacks News [MLB] Here are the 10 most bonkers stats of 2023 by Anthony Castrovince Rookies with 9 triples Presumptive Rookies of the Year Corbin Carroll of the D-backs and Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles each have nine three-baggers this season. Carroll became the first AL/NL rookie ever with at least 20 homers and 50 steals. And both of these guys have at least 25 homers and 25 doubles, which is obviously impressive. But for those...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 26, 2023
Series Preview #51: Diamondbacks @ White Sox
Photo by Chris Coduto/ Diamondbacks need to take advantage of a weak opponent before the Astros visit Phoenix. Weather forecast. According to the Weather Channel. Just one strong season these last 10 years. There are a couple of teams in the MLB I follow a bit more than others and one of them is the Chicago White Sox. I have seen them a bit the past few years and they are now a good example of a failed rebuild. After losing almost 100 games in 2013, the White Sox were into a deep and depressive rebuild until 2021, counting out the 2020 shortened season...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 25, 2023
Diamondbacks 4, Yankees 6. Lazy Late Losing.
Photo by Adam Hunger/ The Diamondbacks lost a viable game, blowing a lead 3 times. We want rain! Jim already announced it in the GDT and when the game started it looked like the rain was pouring. Now I have seen and had my fair share of rain when I lived in The Netherlands, although I am probably an amateur when compared to King McLennan. I have always loved playing sports in the rain. My sport when I was young was football, or soccer as you guys call it. Many games were played in the mud, but not one is still so vivid in my memory as one we played in England in a...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 25, 2023
Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #156: 9/24 @ Yankees
Bring your waterproofs. Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS YANKEES Corbin Carroll - RF DJ LeMahieu - 1B Gabriel Moreno - C Aaron Judge - DH Tommy Pham - DH Gleyber Torres - 2B Christian Walker - 1B Austin Wells - C Alek Thomas - CF Anthony Volpe - SS Lourdes Gurriel - LF Oswaldo Cabrera - RF Emmanuel Rivera - 3B Oswald Peraza - 3B Jordan Lawlar - SS Estevan Florial - CF Geraldo Perdomo - 2B Everson Pereira - LF Merrill Kelly - RHP Clarke Schmidt - RHP Roster moves The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 25, 2023
Snake Bytes, 9/25: Rain or shine
John Jones-USA TODAY Sports Weather could not stop the D-backs, it could only slow them down. Recaps [AZ Central] Zac Gallen returns to form in win as DBacks maintain wild card lead - Gallen sounded hopeful he had identified a mechanical flaw that had been at least a contributing factor to struggles in recent weeks, including poor outings in back-to-back starts and four of his past five. He said his hand might have been getting “stuck behind” in his delivery, a timing thing that he thinks might have affected his command and life on certain pitches, including his...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 25, 2023
SnakePit Round Table: Gut-check time
John Jones-USA TODAY Sports The last week, and all to play for from the Diamondbacks Predict Arizona’ final win total and wild-card position. DBacksEurope: 86 wins and final Wild Card position. Just pure guessing and keeping faith. James: Since DBE already said 86, I’ll be the optimist for a change and go with 87 wins and the third WC position. Justin: I am writing this after the Reds’ collapse Saturday. I will go with 85 wins and WC #2. Spencer: 86 and wild card #2 Makakilo: 87 wins and second wild card position behind Phillies. The key race will be between...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 24, 2023
Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #155: 9/23 @ Yankees
Photo by Warner Brothers/ We’ll see “weather” or not this gets played... Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS YANKEES Ketel Marte - 2B DJ LeMahieu - 1B Corbin Carroll - RF Aaron Judge - DH Tommy Pham - DH Gleyber Torres - 2B Christian Walker - 1B Austin Wells - C Lourdes Gurriel - LF Anthony Volpe - SS Evan Longoria - 3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa - LF Gabriel Moreno - C Oswaldo Cabrera - RF Alek Thomas - CF Oswald Peraza - 3B Geraldo Perdomo - SS Estevan Florial - CF Zac Gallen - RHP Carlos Rodon - LHP I’m going to keep...
AZ Snake Pit Sep 24, 2023
Snake Bytes 9/24: Postponed Edition
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Marlins, Reds and Cubs all won their respective matches yesterday, so no ground was lost. That was going to be my dek. Then I saw the following an hour or so later (Saturday evening). YCPB. Down by 9, Pirates stun Reds with 13(!) unanswered runs https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-mount-historic-rally-to-beat-reds Team News Diamondbacks-Yankees rained out on Saturday in New York; Game rescheduled for Monday For now, the Diamondbacks are planning to start right-handers Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly on Sunday and Monday,...
