By: Kayla Mortellaro PHOENIX— On a night at Chase Field that the Arizona Diamondbacks were honoring one of the greatest pitchers of all-time in Randy Johnson, current right- handed pitcher Rubby De La Rosa pitched a gem against the Milwaukee Brewers. De La Rosa pitched 8 scoreless innings, striking out 6 batters, giving up 4 hits and walking 2 en route ... Read More »
By: Kayla Mortellaro PHOENIX— The end result to Wednesday night’s game for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Miami Marlins was a 5-3 loss, but the game itself was not so simple. Robbie Ray was on the mound for the Diamondbacks against Jose Fernandez, setting up for a young pitching duel. Ray started off the 1st inning going one-two-three but the 2nd ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX — There are going to be nights in baseball when you’re stuck in a pitcher’s duel, and the slightest mistake made by either team could turn tragic for them. That happened to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Arizona pitcher Jeremy Hellickson and Miami pitcher Mat Latos were locked into a fierce battle on the mound, with ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – All-Star Paul Goldschmidt would be the last one to talk about All-Star Paul Goldschmidt; he just won’t do it. He’ll deflect all the attention away from him, and onto the Arizona Diamondbacks before he’ll take individual credit after a win, or even playing in the All-Star Game for the second straight year. Goldschmidt is ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX — If you’re the Arizona Diamondbacks, this is what you want to hear coming out of the mouth of your No. 1 draft pick, Dansby Swanson: “I have a lot of belief in myself that one day I can be one of the better players in this league,” Swanson said. Swanson wasn’t the No. 1 overall ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX — It was that kind of night for Chase Anderson and the Arizona Diamondbacks; on Star Wars Night of all nights. The first four hitters in the San Francisco Giants’ lineup – Angel Pagan, Joe Panik, Matt Duffy and Buster Posey – seemed to hit the ball into outer space against Anderson and his relief. They ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE TEMPE, Ariz. — The negotiations between the Arizona Diamondbacks and No. 1 overall pick Dansby Swanson literally went down to the last minute. They got as close as you can get to the 2 p.m. signing deadline before a deal got done. Young people nowadays are fearless – Swanson being one of them. Even this process had ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE TEMPE, Ariz. — Randy Johnson has his Hall of Fame induction speech ready to go for next weekend. He’s going to try to do two things when he takes the stage at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum next Sunday: keep the speech to 11 minutes, and not be nervous as he’s delivering it to ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Bronson Arroyo signed a two-year, $23.5 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks prior to last season, and based off what he was able to do with the Cincinnati Reds in the eight years prior to his arrival in Arizona, that was going to be money well spent – so the Diamondbacks thought. Arroyo never ... Read More »
By: Kayla Mortellaro PHOENIX— The Arizona Diamondbacks were hopeful the ninth time would be the charm. Unfortunately for the team, the Dbacks lost to the San Diego Padres 8-1 Saturday night. The Dbacks are now 0-9 in chances to get back to .500 on the season dating back to April 24 when the club was 8-8. Left-handed pitcher Robbie Ray started ... Read More »