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An early injury concern rears its head for the D-backs

Tuesday’s developments did little to inspire confidences in this team moving forward.

The D-backs look to recover from a disastrous 2020 season.

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Know your enemy: Miami Marlins Share this story Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images KEY ADDITIONS: Starling Marte, Adam Cimber, Dylan Floro, Anthony Bass, Adam Duvall KEY SUBTRACTIONS: Caleb Smith, Brad Boxberger, Francisco Cervelli, Logan Forsythe, Brandon Kintzler, Ryne Stanek, Jose Urena, Jordan Yamamoto The Marlins defeated the Cubs in their 2020 Wild Card Series largely because Cubs hitters couldn’t handle Marlins pitchers’ steady diet of high fastballs. That was a very young pitching sta...

Predicted Diamondbacks Bullpen - Way Too Early Share this story Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The competition for roles in the Diamondback bullpen is wide open. Although spring training games will provide useful information, they have not yet started. Insider information would help, but I don’t have any. Experience working with pitchers would help, but I don’t have any. Deep baseball knowledge (think of Jack Sommers) would help, but I lack that depth. Therefor...

A new bill is set to amend election laws in Kansas which includes prohibiting the acceptance of incomplete advanced ballot applications and expanding the crime of electioneering. Opponents of the bill said the changes would “disenfranchise Kansas voters” if implemented. The bill, introduced by Rep. John Toplikar, R-Olathe, would prevent ballot processing for individuals who submitted an incomplete advanced ballot application, charge a candidate who assisted a voter in applying f...

As he reflected on the 2020 season, D-backs left-hander Alex Young pointed out the mental challenges of playing during a global pandemic. "Last year was probably the biggest mental grind of my life," Young said. "Anyone could probably say the same thing. Just because the rules they had in place,

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