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Diamondbacks release veteran shortstop Elvis Andrus

Andrus, 35, signed a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks earlier this month. He batted .118 in six spring training games. The D-backs also optioned infielder/outfielder Pavin Smith and left-hander Andrew Saalfrank to Triple-A Reno and reassigned LHP Jose Castillo to minor league camp. Andrus is a two-time All-Star with 2,091 career hits over 15 […]

Spring training 2024: Meet MLB’s oldest, wildest pitching coach

His body might someday tell him it has had enough, but that time hasn’t yet arrived for 75-year-old Brent Strom, and with a freshly signed two-year contract, his entire focus is on getting the D-backs one step further than the team went in November. “I’ve been conditioned to lose the World Series,” Strom said between […]

2023 World Series preview: Predictions, inside intel, odds

More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan tells Scott Van Pelt about the “clash of styles” between the Rangers and Diamondbacks ahead of their World Series showdown. (1:27) The 2023 World Series begins tonight in Arlington, Texas. The Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks punched their tickets in two thrilling league championship series that went the distance. […]

D-backs top Phillies in Game 7, make 1st World Series since ’01

More Teams. More Games. Diamondbacks celebrate reaching their second World Series in franchise history after defeating the Phillies in Game 7, their first appearance since 2001. (0:38) PHILADELPHIA — Doubted and dismissed when baseball’s postseason began, the Arizona Diamondbacks have spent October embodying the words of their manager, Torey Lovullo. “Anything can happen,” he likes […]

‘Scrappy’ D-backs rally again to top Phillies, tie NLCS in Game 4

More Teams. More Games. The Diamondbacks go up 6-5 in the eighth inning after Gabriel Moreno takes a 100-mph fastball to left-center field. (0:33) PHOENIX — First they took down the National League Central champions. Then they knocked out the NL West champions. Of all the rousing Arizona Diamondbacks victories this October, though, their 6-5 […]

Ketel Marte plays hero as D-backs top Phillies in NLCS Game 3

More Teams. More Games. Ketel Marte comes up clutch with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Diamondbacks a 2-1 win in Game 3 over the Phillies. (0:51) PHOENIX — With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 3 on Thursday, the Arizona […]

Diamondbacks to start Brandon Pfaadt in Game 3 of NLCS

More Teams. More Games. Geraldo Perdomo’s two-run home run shortens the Diamondbacks’ deficit to three. (0:21) PHILADELPHIA — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced rookie right-hander Brandon Pfaadt will start Game 3 of the National League Championship Series when the series returns to Phoenix on Thursday. Pfaadt has had a roller coaster of a season, finishing with […]

MLB playoffs 2023: 5 moments that led to Dodgers’ NLDS exit

More Teams. More Games. Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw try to make sense of the Dodgers NLDS sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks. (1:07) In the aftermath of another early-round disappointment, this time at the hands of the young, scrappy Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy delivered a harsh but accurate […]

Diamondbacks sweep Dodgers for first NLCS berth since 2007

More Teams. More Games. The Diamondbacks sweep the Dodgers with a 4-2 win in Game 3 to advance to the NLCS. (0:40) PHOENIX — The hard-hitting Arizona Diamondbacks rode a record-setting barrage of solo homers in the third inning to a 4-2 win in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Wednesday night, sweeping […]

Dodgers fail to ‘cash in’ at plate, now look to ‘flip script’ in NLDS

For a second straight game, the Dodgers, a 100-win team that surged through most of the summer, saw their starting pitcher fall flat and their offense waste what little opportunities they had to make up for it. They lost once again to a young, scrappy Arizona Diamondbacks team that compiled 16 fewer regular-season victories, this […]