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Diamondbacks Hospital

Another off-day, time to report on the latest progress (or not), by the occupants of the Diamondbacks' disabled list.

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No surgery for Putz, and other injury news

Some good news on our closer today, as it appears there is no need for surgery on his elbow. Here's the latest on J.J. Putz and some of the other walking wounded.

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Putz to DL, Will Harris Recalled

The Diamondbacks placed closer J.J. Putz on the disabled list with a right elbow strain. The team has recalled Will Harris, closer at Triple-A Reno. In 12 games, he has earned two saves and a 4.63 ERA.

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J.J. Putz: cause for concern

Diamondbacks' closer J.J. Putz left last night's game against the Dodgers after four pitches. What was up?

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Didi Gregorius Activated; Alfredo Marte Optioned

Didi Gregorius has been activated from the 7-Day DL, and in the expected corresponding move, Alfredo Marte has been optioned to Reno.

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Diamondbacks Hospital

Let's take a look at those members of the Diamondbacks who are on the disabled list, and see what progress they have made.

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Jason Kubel Reinstated From DL

Everyone's favorite bearded slugger has been activated from the 15-Day DL. As of writing the corresponding move has yet to be announced.

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Aaron Hill to the DL; Didi Gregorius Called Up

Aaron Hill to the DL with a broken left hand. Didi Gregorius recalled from Triple-A Reno. — Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) April 16, 2013 HEY DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT DIDI GREGORIUS IS HTE...

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Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 5: D'Backs Get Hadoken'd

Ian Kennedy was hit hard and Hyun-Jin Ryu did everything right. A late comeback fell short as the Diamondbacks drop the second game of the series. It was also the season debut for Cody Ross, who "struck out" in his only plate appearance.

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Diamondbacks Hospital

Since it's an off-day, thought I should take a look at the Arizona wounded warriors, and give you an update on their progress back to the major-leagues.

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Corbin, Marte take last roster spots

Corbin built on his very good spring to win the final spot in the rotation, sewing up the only real battle of the exhibition period. Marte came out of almost nowhere to take the backup outfielder position.

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Towers and Goldschmidt discuss the extension

Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers and long-term first baseman Paul Goldschmidt break down the latter's five-year extension with the club

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Short History of D-Backs Early Extensions

Signing a young player early has inherent risk. What if he doesn't work out? We look at the various players that were extended early by the Diamondbacks to see in what company Goldschmidt now stands.

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Report: D'Backs and Goldschmidt Agree to Extension

Reports have surfaced that the Diamondbacks and Paul Goldschmidt have agreed to a 5 year/$32 Million extension.

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Forbes: Diamondbacks valued at $584m, up 31%

Forbes magazine has produced their annual survey of baseball franchise values, and in it, the Diamondbacks saw their value increase by close to a third last year, and are ranked 19th. Mind you, they weren't the only ones to see a sharp uptick.

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Willie Bloomquist To DL

While it seems neither Aaron Hill nor Jason Kubel suffered lasting damage from last night's Injurypalooza, the same can not be said for Willie Bloomquist, as a stint on the DL is required for him.

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Diamondbacks Questions and Answers

We came in to spring training with a number of unresolved issues. It's now a week until Opening Day - so have those questions been answered? Or have more questions arisen?

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Diamondbacks Release Rod Barajas

One question was answered today: this move means Wil Nieves is now apparently locked in as our backup catcher.

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Replacing Adam Eaton

Adam Eaton, expected to be our sparkplug,lead-off man and center fielder for Opening Day a week Monday, is now unlikely to be seen until sometime in May. What does it mean for the team, and what are the likely replacement options?

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Pirates Acquire John McDonald

The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired John McDonald, for a player to be named later, or cash considerations.

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Tyler Skaggs Optioned To Triple-A and other moves

And then there were two. The battle for the fifth starter spot comes down to Patrick Corbin vs. Randall Delgado, after the news this morning that Tyler Skaggs has been sent to Reno. This was just one of the morning's moves.

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Spring Training Round-Up: Shipping Up To Tucson

Two wins yesterday for the D-backs runs the spring record to within a game of .500. Meanwhile, there'll be a new winner of the WBC, our manager spoke positively about Trevor Cahill and news broke that the woman who helped inspire The Natural had died

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Spring Training Round-Up: Off Day = Day Off

No game for the D-backs yesterday: they're back at it this afternoon, with Brandon McCarthy facing his old pals in the Athletics. There was a loss for Team USA, we may have the name of the new restaurant opening at Chase this year and...bacon!

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Spring Training Round-Up: Burnt Out

Today, Wade Miley gets skipped, our young outfielders are profiled and the Angels and Indians fail to score.

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Spring Training Round-Up: Miami, Nice!

In this edition: Team USA left it late, but moves on to Miami for the second round of World Baseball Classic action, Tyler Skaggs doesn't care about his numbers, and Josh Booty sees game action.

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Spring Training Round-Up: Cheers For Peers

The bats came awake for Arizona yesterday, matching the entire Monday-Friday tally of runs scored [well, discounting the rained out game, anyway]. There was plenty of WBC action too, and the rookies duly got their cheer on!

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