BY: ED COLE PHOENIX – Mark Trumbo has been at the center of trade rumors for quite a while. Those rumors turned into reality on Thursday, as Trumbo was sent to the Seattle Mariners, along with pitcher Vidal Nuño in exchange for catcher Wellington Castillo, pitcher Dominic Leone, infielder Jack Reinheimer and outfielder Gabby Guerrero. Trumbo batted .259 with nine ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE TEMPE, Ariz. – Tackle D.J. Humphries was the only Cardinals draftee to not have a contract. The other six – David Johnson, Markus Golden, Shaq Riddick, Gerald Christian, J.J. Nelson and Rodney Gunter – all signed their four-year contracts. Now all seven are signed after Humphries and the Cardinals came to terms on a four-year deal on ... Read More »
By: Kayla Mortellaro PHOENIX, Ariz.— The Arizona Diamondbacks used great defensive plays, solid pitching and hot bats to take Sunday afternoon’s game from the Chicago Cubs, 4-3 at Chase Field. Jeremy Hellickson got the start against his former manager Joe Maddon and pitched a solid 6.2 innings, giving up four hits, three earned runs with four strikeouts. Hellickson did give ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Arizona Diamondbacks’ hitters did their jobs against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night. They put six runs on the scoreboard – five of them coming with two outs – but their bullpen mates couldn’t hold up their end of the bargain. Arizona took a 6-4 lead into the eighth inning. The Cubs would ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – The good news from Monday night’s game between the Diamondbacks and Rockies: Arizona snapped a 20-inning scoreless streak. The bad news: The Diamondbacks got their runs when they were behind. Arizona was 0-9 coming into the game with Colorado when trailing after eight innings. Make that 0-10 now, after their 5-4 loss to the ... Read More »
By: Kayla Mortellaro PHOENIX, Ariz.— The Diamondbacks received another quality start from a pitcher Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, although the Dbacks lost 2-1 at Chase Field. Rubby de la Rosa delivered a 7 inning, 4 hit, 1 earned run and 8 strike out performance in the losing effort. De la Rosa tied a career-best performance with his eight ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX, Ariz. – Archie Bradley has been in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ organization for five years. It’s taken him that long to get his shot at being a full-time starter at the Major League level. Bradley got his shot on Saturday night, and it just so happened to be against the reigning NL Cy Young winner, Clayton Kershaw, ... Read More »
By: Kayla Mortellaro PHOENIX, Ariz.— The bats heated up for the Diamondbacks against the reigning NL Cy Young Winner Clayton Kerhsaw and the Dodgers Saturday night. A crowd of 37,636 at Chase Field witnessed Arizona outlast Los Angeles 6-0. The top of the order for the Dbacks was stellar against Kershaw. Combined, Pollock, Inciarte, Goldschmidt and Trumbo were 8 of ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX, Ariz. – It wasn’t quite the birthday present Jeremy Hellickson wanted. On the day Hellickson celebrated his 28th birthday and his first start with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the San Francisco Giants didn’t feel like celebrating with him. Instead, they flipped Hellickson’s big day completely on its side, chasing him out of the game after 4 1/3 ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – The 1-2-3 portion of the San Francisco Giants’ lineup went 8-for-9 against starting pitcher Josh Collmenter in Monday night’s season opener at Chase Field. Not quite the way Collmenter and the Arizona Diamondbacks wanted to kick off the 2015 season. San Francisco beat up on Collmenter. In his 4.2 innings pitched, Collmenter gave up ... Read More »