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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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?

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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!