Next up in our “Key” player series is the key player for each National League West team. Without any further adieu, let’s get to it. Arizona Diamondbacks – Stephen Drew: Drew saw his season end after 86 games last year due to a brutal ankle injury. He wasn’t having a typical Drew year, but losing [...]
With spring training right around the corner and all of the major free agents signed and ready to go with their respective teams, I thought it would be interesting to see which teams have positioned themselves for a playoff run in 2012. Obviously things are going to change from now to Opening Day, but it’s [...]
Which Team Has Had The Best Offseason So Far?
As we make our way around the Major Leagues and take a look at the projected starting lineups and starting rotations for each Major League team, our next stop is Arizona. The Diamondbacks have made a couple of moves to their starting lineup this offseason — one pretty obvious move and one not so obvious. [...]
Of all the places we thought OF Jason Kubel would sign, Arizona would be the last place. After all, the Arizona Diamondbacks already had three quality outfielders in Gerardo Parra, Chris Young, and Justin Upton. But the Diamondbacks didn’t feel as comfortable with their outfield as everyone else did because Arizona signed Jason Kubel to [...]
In little over a year and a half, Arizona Diamondbacks’ GM, Kevin Towers has done a phenomenal job of rebuilding the DBacks’ bullpen. In 2011, Towers added J.J. Putz and David Hernandez, both of whom really helped to stabilize his bullpen. This offseason, he has added Craig Breslow to the mix and now he has [...]
