It's nice to be on the happy end of a sweep again!
Bring on the Braves- then it's all business at SD and LA, and hopefully back in first place!
Not quite. It was a four-game series. Micah Owens vs. Byung-Yyun Kim tonight. Should be a solid game for Owens (if he can handle Chicago, you'd think he can handle Florida) and if the Diamondbacks can stay patient with Kim's pitching, then they should get him out early.
OK, tsb, you can get your brooms out! Byrnes with a walkoff!!!
Six in a row, all alone in second... Are things finally looking up?!
and the wild card lead now
Good thing is Teixeira isn't yet a Brave. Diamondbacks need to take two of three here. I'd love, LOVE a sweep, but I'm a bit more realistic than that. They need to win tonight, then take one of the last two.
Byrnes is a fa
do you want them to resign him?
I'd like to resign him, but he's asking for a five year, 45 million dollar deal from the Diamondbacks, and that's WAY too much for Byrnes, especially when you consider the D-backs outfield depth in the minors. They already have five guys capable of big things in Young, Quentin, Hairston, Salazar and Gonzalez, then they have the top overall outfield prospect in the minors in Justin Upton. Each and every one of those named is a top-100 prospect, and Young, Hairston and Upton have been top-20 prospects, with Quentin being a top-30. Gonzalez is a top-20 and Salazar has proven himself worthy of a prolonged second look with his play last month.
Too many players who need playing time to commit to such a pricy and longterm player, no matter how much he means to this potential playoff team.
All that said, EB is the fire of the team. I really hope they keep him. I wouldn'ty mind a couple of those young guys packaged for a starting pitcher with a decent ERA so the DBacks can really make a run.
I would love that as well, but they won't be keeping Byrnes for 5 years, nor for 9 million a season. If he was willing to go for 3 years, 20 million, the Diamondbacks would sign him, but Byrnes is looking for his first big payday, and I ain't talking about no kingsized candy bar...
I want the Diamondbacks to keep Young, Upton and Quentin. If they can keep those three, while trading Hairston, Gonzalez and maybe Jackson for a quality pitcher, then signing Byrnes sounds a lot better. If they can't, then they shouldn't resign him. They'd be much smarter to invest that kind of money into Hudson, who's up after next season, one because he's a great, great defender who improves the largely groundball pitching of the Diamondbacks and two, he's at a position where there isn't near as much prospect conjestion.
According to Sports Illustrated, after inquiring about Abreu and Dye, the Diamondbacks have decided neither is worth the asking price, Double-A outfielder Carlos Gonzalez.
Just shows, they aren't about overpaying NOW, when they have soo much cheap talent at their disposal.
They did trade Hairston to the Pads for a reliever. Check azcentral for the details (I'm lazy)
-and apparently Unit's season is over; he's going to have surgery.
I hope the DBacks make a move for a starter; that's their biggest need.
I saw the triple-A reliever's stats. Not too shabby. Allows a ton of hits, but it's an offensive league. His ERA is 3.3, so that's not bad. He has a 3-1 strikeout/walk ratio, so he seems like a quality prospect, but 24 hits in 27 innings pitched is a bit much.
Johnson being done sucks. I hope this isn't the end end... I'd hate to see him fade on such a down note.
Going after a Matt Morris wouldn't be a bad idea.
HATED to see the pitching blow a 7-0 lead, but I'm exstatic the offense showed up, that the bullpen pitched pretty well for as long as they were asked to, and that Clark's walkoff saved the game, and the wildcard lead for the moment.
Another 0-for performance for Carlos Quentin. This kid needs to do in the bigs whatever it is that he has done in the triple-A to bat .350 with power. I'm sick of seeing this kid's potential go unrealized, and I hate that with every whiff and hard out, his trade value is fading.
Good win, but lots to improve upon!
you, Tony Clark.
Only a game out of first.
Unreal considering how bad they went there for a while.
This isn't real hitting, though. It's them seeing the ball for a time. It's great, but it won't last. Of their last 15 runs scored, 13 came by way of the homerun. For a team that doesn't have any "homerun" hitters, nor even good depth for "power" hitters, that's a ton! It's impressive, but I'd much prefer to see them start hitting with runners in scoring position. Yesterday, in the 7th and 10th innings, they had bases loaded and nobody out and two on and one out, and not a single run scored.
That concerns me...
another w for the diamondbacks
you, Chad Paronto.
Wow... this was the game I expected to lose! I hate watching Davis pitch. Still, he really stepped up after that fourth, eating another three innings despite already having almost 80 pitches at that point.
Good to see some timely hitting with runners in scoring position, but they still need to work on it.
Arizona is the first team with three straight game-winning hits since the Milwaukee Brewers on May 13-17, 2006. The Diamondbacks previously had three straight game-winners from May 10-12, 1999. ... The Diamondbacks led 7-0 on Friday before pulling out an 8-7, 11-inning victory over the Braves. ... Young also led off Arizona's 7-0 win over Florida with a home run. ... It was the second time this season Smoltz had not walked a batter. ... Byrnes' sacrifice fly was the Diamondbacks' major-league leading 45th of the season. ... Davis leads the NL with 72 walks in 131 1-3 innings pitched.
Knew this game was coming. The Diamondbacks, however, do strike a bit of luck in that they face four pitchers that they can beat between San Diego and Los Angeles in the upcoming six games. I'd like 4-2. I'll settle for 1-2 vs. Padres, 2-1 vs. the Dodgers.
Yeah, Atlanta had to be a little ticked after losing the two games to a walk off.
Off to the left coast!
you, um, uh...
Whoohoo!
o first place!
Hopefully the Diamondbacks will prop their feet and make themselves at home!
Diamonbacks wouldn't part with Gonzalez
Wednesday, Aug 1, 2007 11:16 am EDT
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The New York Mets and Washington Nationals tried to involve a third club, the Arizona Diamondbacks, in an attempt to complete a deal that would have involved Washington closer Chad Cordero.
The Nationals' main Arizona target was outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, who was ranked as the 18th-best prospect in the game by Baseball America before the season.
Cordero would have gone to the Mets, but sources said the Diamondbacks would not part with Gonzalez.
Source: Washington Post
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