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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 […]
Continue readingWorld Series Game 4 live: D-backs, Rangers meet in Arizona
We’ll have all the Game 4 action, from lineups and live updates and analysis during the game, to takeaways and more after the final pitch. Key links: Full playoffs schedule and results | How Game 4 pitching plans will differ Texas Rangers (Andrew Heaney) at Arizona Diamondbacks (Joe Mantiply) 8:03 p.m. ET, FOX Lineups Rangers […]
Continue readingRangers’ Andrew Heaney to start Game 4 vs. Joe Mantiply
The veteran will be opposed by Arizona Diamondbacks opener Joe Mantiply, as both teams are likely to use several relievers to get through the night. Heaney is filling in for Jon Gray, who was supposed to start but was called into action in Game 3 when Max Scherzer left early with back tightness. The Rangers […]
Continue readingHow the D-backs’ young stars got them to the World Series
More Teams. More Games. Gabriel Moreno hits his fourth home run of the postseason to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 advantage. (0:20) PHOENIX — Tonight, under the roof of Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, a scene few predicted months, weeks or even days ago will play out: The Arizona Diamondbacks will host Game 3 of […]
Continue readingGarcía’s 11th-inning HR caps Rangers’ rally to doom D-backs
More Teams. More Games. Adolis Garcia keeps up his hot postseason as he crushes a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning in Game 1 of the World Series. (0:27) ARLINGTON, Texas — Adolis García hit an opposite-field homer in the 11th inning, after Corey Seager‘s tying two-run shot in the ninth, […]
Continue readingD-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 […]
Continue reading‘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 […]
Continue reading2023 MLB playoffs: Live updates, analysis from Day 6 of LCS
In the American League, the Houston Astros have come into Arlington, Texas, after going down 0-2 at home and tied the series. Can the Texas Rangers regain their lead or will the series shift back to Houston with the Astros one win from a chance to defend their title? In the National League, it seemed […]
Continue readingDiamondbacks place RHP Merrill Kelly (calf) on 15-day IL
The club placed right-hander Merrill Kelly on the 15-day injured list with right calf inflammation. The move is retroactive to Sunday. The D-backs also recalled right-hander Kevin Ginkel and Justin Martinez from Triple-A Reno. The club previously optioned left-hander Joe Mantiply, a 2022 All-Star, to Reno after Sunday’s game. Kelly, 34, is 9-4 with a […]
Continue readingD-backs reinstate Carson Kelly, Joe Mantiply, Kyle Lewis from IL
Catcher Carson Kelly (right forearm fracture) was reinstated from the 60-day IL, left-hander Joe Mantiply (strained right hamstring) from the 15-day IL and outfielder Kyle Lewis (illness) from the 10-day IL. Arizona also optioned Lewis, right-hander Kevin Ginkel and catcher Jose Herrera to Triple-A Reno and designated left-hander Anthony Misiewicz for assignment. Kelly, 28, broke […]
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