By Thom Henninger The Arizona Diamondbacks dealt away two promising pitchers to acquire two others in last week’s Curtis Granderson trade. In the three-team deal, the Diamondbacks added Edwin Jackson from Detroit and Ian Kennedy from New York, and traded away Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to get them.
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By Jeremy Tiermini Reports out of MLB’s Winter Meetings indicate that a 3-team trade was just completed between the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona would acquire starting pitchers Edwin Jackson (from the Tigers) and Ian Kennedy (from the Yankees), the Yankees would get outfielder Curtis Granderson,
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By James Bailey The standings may not offer much optimism to the Arizona Diamondbacks, but their season hasn’t been completely void of positive stories. Right fielder Justin Upton has emerged as one of the top young players in the game. Third baseman Mark Reynolds is second in the majors with 37 home runs. Starter Dan [...]
By Bill Begley The key to staying in contention is timely hitting and solid pitching … and, well, a little bit of luck doesn’t hurt. Consider the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. Even with two straight losses, the Pale Hose are two games over .500 now, thanks in large part to nine wins [...]
By Michael Cooper Not a lot has changed over the last month in the National League’s Western Division. It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers and everybody else – even without Manny Ramirez. The Dodgers young stars are playing admirably and they’ve got just enough veteran leadership to be a big factor in the NL. But one [...]
By James Bailey Max Scherzer vs Andrew Miller Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins May 21, 2009 These guys were among the highest rated pitchers available in the 2006 draft and were plucked 11th and 6th respectively in the first round. Scherzer held out until just prior to the ’07 draft before inking with Arizona for [...]
By Ron Thompson On Wednesday, the punchless Diamondbacks called up Gerardo Parra and inserted him as their center fielder and No. 2 hitter, capping a rise from High A ball in less than a year for the talented outfielder, who turned 22 on May 6. In his first major league at-bat, Parra homered off Reds [...]
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By Michael Cooper Before the season, it wasn’t very difficult to make a prediction on who would win the National League West Division. It was the Los Angeles Dodgers and everyone else. One month into the season, the script is writing itself true to form. With the way the Dodgers are playing, this race could [...]
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