Archive for January, 2010

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 [...]

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 [...]