Diamondbacks News
Here are six candidates the Diamondbacks have in mind for their GM opening - Earlier this week, the Diamondbacks parted ways with general manager Dave Stewart following a thoroughly disappointing 2016 season. The team spent big to acquire Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller in the offseason, and the result was a 69-93 record, sixth worst in baseball. Tony La Russa's future as baseball operations head is said to be uncertain as well.
Diamondbacks set to begin talking to general manager candidates - Just days after letting general manager Dave Stewart and manager Chip Hale go, the Arizona Diamondbacks are set to begin their search for a new general manager, according to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro.
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Arizona Diamondbacks Notebook – Stewart Provided Puzzling Reaction - Ultimately, running a professional sports franchise is a results-based business. The Arizona Diamondbacks determined that it was time to go in a “new direction” and, as club president Derrick Hall said, the team “hit the reset button.”
Heyman: Former D-backs GM Stewart not bitter over firing - It was no surprise that the Arizona Diamondbacks blew it all up, not after early hints here and elsewhere for weeks that they were contemplating big moves, and of course their decision to defer decisions on chief baseball officer Tony La Russa and GM Dave Stewart from the end of August until the end of the season.
After a rude awakening, D-backs prospect Colin Bray figures out High-A - The Arizona Diamondbacks’ former sixth-round pick was given a job manning the outfield for the Visalia Rawhide to start the season, but just nine games in he was only 5-for-34 (.147) with nine strikeouts. Bray crawled out of the sub-.200 hole quickly, and yet through April, May and June, he never got into gear and was stuck hitting just .228/.310/.319 by the time July rolled around.
Kendrick challenge met; $1 million raised for southern West Virginia flood relief - More than $1 million is going to assist flood victims in southern West Virginia thanks to West Virginia University alumni and friends who met a $500,000 challenge match by alumnus Ken Kendrick.
Fun, hard work and caffeine: New parents Paul and Amy Goldschmidt talk about raising their son - Paul Goldschmidt has a strict coffee regimen during the baseball season, but he generally tries to curtail his coffee intake during the offseason.
Other Baseball News
Each National League team's most disappointing player in 2016 (No surprise it’s Miller for the DBacks)