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The candidacy of the undersized, hard-throwing lefty continues to gain momentum.

A solid and efficient 5 innings from Taylor Widener was nice to see, and another one of our rookies got to be the big goddamned hero.

Caleb Smith gave us a good starting effort, the bullpen didn’t completely bork it up, and some very timely offense allowed us to walk it off in extras....

Corbin Martin had a rough second outing, and while the Diamondbacks managed a hit in every inning, the box score for us was just zero after zero after zero...

Diamondbacks 1, Los Angeles 9: But There’s Actually a Bright Spot Tonight! Share this story Photo by Harry How/Getty Images I know our starting lineup has been decimated by injuries, and that our starting rotation has as well, while our bullpen has been decimated partly by the problems with our starters staying healthy, but more by the front office’s chronic and ongoing underinvestment in staffing it properly. Still, I was very excited to see Corbin Martin’s first MLB start (and third sta...

Diamondbacks 5, Padres 1: Kellys, Heroes! nother scoreless outing, and Carson Kelly topped it off with some gratuitous but satisfying fireworks.... Share this story Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Over the past couple of years, I feel like I’ve wound up recapping an awful lot of Merrill Kelly starts, and I’ve generally been pleased to watch him perform. I was a bit nervous this time out, however, because he’s been off to a slow start so far in 2021, entering today with an unsight...

It’s not about how you start, but how you finish Share this story David Berding-USA TODAY Sports The Minnesota Twins are going through a rough patch, and everyone is up in arms. Let’s just pump the breaks. COVID-19, injuries and newcomers have all played a role in this current 2-12 stretch. Take a deep breath and think back to 2006. In early June, the piranha-filled team was sub-.500. By the end of July they were still 8+ back from the AL Central-leading Tigers. The Twins won the divisi...

Welcome to the battle of Rocky Colavito and Lonnie Chisenhall. There was no doubt that Chisenhall and Colavito would take the top two spots of this list, but determining who would be No. 1 was a challenge. Putting Chisenhall on top does not take away from Colavitos four-homer game (well get to this shortly), but Chisenhall’s five-hit, three-homer, nine-RBI performance gives him the slightest of all edges in this race. Chisenhall’s nine RBIs matched a club record set by Chris James in 1991, ...