Diamondbacks Make More Moves
This week the Arizona Diamondbacks continued to make headlines, by giving Stephen Drew a contract extension and singing relievers Chad Qualls and Aaron Heilman. Meanwhile, former Dbacks pitcher Doug Davis signed with the Milwaukee Brewers, his team prior to coming to Arizona in 2007. I like what Davis did for the Dbacks. I know he wasn’t popular all the time and had some rough stretches, however for the most part he was very serviceable, even coming close to a couple of no-hitters in his time here. Good luck to him with the Brew Crew. Spring training is just around the [...]
LaRoche Added to the Mix
Free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche was signed today by the Arizona Diamondbacks to a one year contract with an option for 2011. Interesting signing. In an off-season that has almost screamed “if you are breathing, come sign with us, ” the Diamondbacks could have done worse. Not sure they could have done much better either. The pickings are slim right now. for a career .275 hitter who averages 25 home runs a game, I suppose it couldn’t hurt. The idea in this signing was to allow Conor Jackson the freedom to move to left field and provide another strong [...]

