Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports Team News Diamondbacks bats remain in deep freeze in latest loss to Mariners https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2024/04/27/quality-slade-cecconi-start-spoiled-by-anemic-dbacks-offense/73489487007/ Diamondbacks’ Slade Cecconi notches career-high 8 strikeouts in loss to Mariners https://arizonasports.com/story/3546922/diamondbacks-slade-cecconi-notches-career-high-8-strikeouts-in-loss-to-mariners/ Cecconi making most of unexpected opportunity https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/slade-cecconi-makes-most-of-opportunity-with-d-backs Per @Dbacks GM M ..read more

Slade Cecconi was nails again, but it wasn’t enough. So the Diamondbacks are having a rough time right now, with the offense often not showing up, the starting rotation increasingly diminished by injuries, and our bullpen being, well, our bullpen. After Zac Gallen left last night’s game prematurely with a hamstring issue and Scott McGough came in and did what he often does, things weren’t looking good coming into tonight. Fan morale was low, I imagine, or maybe I’m just projecting. My morale was low. Tonight’s starter, Slade Cecconi, was a boss for us in his emergency call-up from Reno last S ..read more

Bringing the real rattle... Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS MARINERS Jake McCarthy - RF Josh Rojas - 3B Lourdes Gurriel - LF Julio Rodriguez - CF Ketel Marte - 2B Cal Raleigh - C Christian Walker - 1B Mitch Haniger - RF Joc Pederson - DH Jorge Polanco - 2B Eugenio Suarez - 3B Ty France - 1B Gabriel Moreno - C Mitch Garver - DH Corbin Carroll - CF Luke Raley - LF Blaze Alexander - SS Dylan Moore - SS Slade Cecconi - RHP George Kirby - RHP Greetings from Albuquerque Day 2. Spent the morning wandering around Old Town, and felt obliged to go into the Rattlesnake Mu ..read more

Joe Rudis / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Kelly is injured and Gallen’s hamstring is spasming and you’re laughing? Welcome back. Last week, I asked you to come up with a new catchphrase for our leader, Torey Lovullo. He had been frequently saying “I can’t run from him” usually in reference to Jace Peterson. However, with Jace Peterson gone, he needed a new quotable line, and I asked you fine folk to come up with it. In third place we find gzimmerm! Debated disqualifying this on the grounds it violated the literal only condition I put on the catchphrase, but needed someone on the podium ..read more

The Diamondbacks might need to change their mascot from a snake to a zombie as the organization continues the walking wounded tradition with a few more names suffering knocks. Diamondbacks News Arizona 1, Seattle 6 Arizona’s offense could not solve Emerson Hancock. Meanwhile, Zac Gallen was forced to depart the game early. Zac Gallen Departs Early Due to Hamstring Tightness Zac Gallen allowed only three runs to score in his 5+ innings of work before he signaled for Gabi Moreno to come to the mound. Shortly after, he left the mound with a trainer due to a tight hamstring. Thankfully, the Arizo ..read more

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports This game was closer than it looked. But #McGoughHappens and Gallen got hurt Record: 12-15, 135 Games Left, 4th in NL West (pending SF game) Lineups Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS MARINERS Ketel Marte - 2B Josh Rojas - 3B Joc Pederson - DH Julio Rodriguez - CF Lourdes Gurriel - LF Cal Raleigh - C Christian Walker - 1B Mitch Haniger - RF Eugenio Suarez - 3B Jorge Polanco - 2B Gabriel Moreno - C Ty France - 1B Corbin Carroll - CF Mitch Garver - DH Kevin Newman - SS Luke Raley - LF Pavin Smith - RF Dylan Moore - SS Zac Gallen - RHP Emerson ..read more

Photo by Olivia Vanni/MLB Photos via Getty Images How does Seattle sound? Today's Lineups DIAMONDBACKS MARINERS Ketel Marte - 2B Josh Rojas - 3B Joc Pederson - DH Julio Rodriguez - CF Lourdes Gurriel - LF Cal Raleigh - C Christian Walker - 1B Mitch Haniger - RF Eugenio Suarez - 3B Jorge Polanco - 2B Gabriel Moreno - C Ty France - 1B Corbin Carroll - CF Mitch Garver - DH Kevin Newman - SS Luke Raley - LF Pavin Smith - RF Dylan Moore - SS Zac Gallen - RHP Emerson Hancock - RHP I'm currently sitting in a theater in Albuquerque, so tonight and tomorrow's Gameday ..read more

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Old friend alert. How do you get from San Francisco to Seattle? The route from San Francisco to Seattle is an epic drive through redwood forests, wine valleys, mountains and some of the county’s most gorgeous coastline. You’ll cover three states, at least three national parks, and see sweeping coastal views and no end of charming towns. Instead of making a 680 mile flight from San Francisco to Seattle, climate activists will be happy to know that the Diamondbacks first made a 1,800 mile flight from San Francisco to Saint Louis and then another 1,800 mile f ..read more

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images So far, he has been the biggest disappointment of 2024 on the D-backs. Twenty-six games into the season last year, Corbin Carroll was hitting .311/.374/.556, good for a .929 OPS, which got him started on the road to unanimous selection as the National League Rookie of the Year. He was the team’s MVP as they made their way to the World Series, and his performance made Mike Hazen look like a genius for signing Carroll to a long-term contract before the 2023 campaign. There was always the potential for something of a sophomore slump: as I wrote in February, m ..read more

After many years of stagnation, we have more innovation in the Churro Dog sector When the Diamondbacks announced their new menu items for the 2024 season, they also announced that the Churro Dog was finally getting the respect it thinks it deserves by getting a full location, rather than the cart that it had been sold out of since its inception. Now long time friends of the program will remember that I have a long history with the Churro Dog, reviewing the original which was unveiled in 2015 (which I can no longer find), as well as the revamped Churro Dog 2.0 which they followed up with in 20 ..read more