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Which is Better - Diamondback Starters or Relievers? Share this story Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images “It depends how you look at it.” Let’s look at it three ways: Directly compare stats for starters vs relievers. Compare stats to league average for starters and relievers. Determine which is better compared to league averages. Find a team with similar pitching characteristics. Determine what they do better as a possible path forward towards improving Diamondback pitching. An important...

One month into the season, the AL East has demonstrated that the division’s ceiling on the mound is sky high.

Pittsburgh Pirates Series Preview: They’re surprisingly not terrible Share this story Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The Royals will get their first taste of pitchers batting since 2019 when they take on the Pirates in Pittsburgh for a two-game set. The Pirates were widely expected to be one of the three worst teams in baseball this season, along with the Rangers and Orioles, and they still might be, but they’ve gotten themselves off to a nice start. They started the season 1-6, but have g...

Close In this file photo from October 2016, St. Louis Cardinals Jedd Gyorko watches his solo home run during the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Louis. AP FILE PHOTO By Bob Hertzel | For The Times West Virginian Apr 26, 2021 3 hrs ago In this file photo from October 2016, St. Louis Cardinals Jedd Gyorko watches his solo home run during the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Louis. AP FILE PHOTO ...

Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images On April 8th, the A’s were in disarray. The defending AL West champions had been embarrassed by the rival Astros in a four-game sweep in Oakland to start the season, and after narrowly avoiding another sweep at the hands of the Dodgers with an extra-inning win on April 7th, they’d lost to Houston again. They were 1-7 and looked absolutely lost ... until they weren’t. They won on April 9th. Then again on April 10th. As a matter of fact, they just kept ...

This week, I went to a Cardinals game for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, and I was able to see a lot of great players including Yadier Molina.  I definitely think Yadier Molina is a guaranteed Hall of Famer.  I have read that some people disagree with that opinion.  Here are four reasons which would easily prove those people wrong. (1)  Yadier Molina is easily one of the best defensive catchers ever.  Baseball Reference’s defensive WAR (Wins Against Replaceme...

Week 3 Recap: Rise on the Road and Fall at Home Could’ve been better, could’ve been worse Share this story Series record: 2-3 Rangers won a four game series against the reigning AL champs, winning game four in 10 innings to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays for their first road series win of 2021. After scoring just four runs over four games over the weekend and Monday, the Rangers bats came alive in the last three games against the Rays for 19 runs. Ronald Guzman was injured early in Monday’s ...

Series Preview #1 : Diamondbacks @ Padres Share this story Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Lets’ look at three numbers: 12 was the sum of wins minus losses against the Padres in the last 5 seasons. Diamondbacks win-loss record against the Padres was 49-37. That would be a great sign, except this season the Padres team seems much improved. Nevertheless, the Diamondbacks could surpass expectations. On March 13, the Diamondbacks won a spring training game against the Padres ...

April 1, 2021 Bold prediction season is the best. Just a chance to lay it on the line and lean in on the guys I am most excited about (or most unexcited about). For my bold predictions, going to go with an Ottoneu focus. And let’s get right to it. 1. Nick Castellanos is a top 10 FanGraphs Points OF. His Depth Charts projection pegs him at a .337 wOBA, 32nd highest among OF. The market likes him a bit more – his $19.50 average salary in first-year FanGraphs Points leagues is 24th among OF. ...

Snake Bytes 3/16: Moving Closer Share this story [D’backs.com] Weaver welcomes feedback in sim game - After he let go of what he thought might be a good curveball that the batter instead made solid contact on, D-backs right-hander Luke Weaver wanted to know why. So, in between innings he asked the hitter. Of course, you can’t get away with that during a regular season game, or even a Cactus League one, but you can do it if you’re facing a teammate on a backfield in a simulated game. That�...