Diamondbacks sign Brandon McCarthy to a Two-Year Deal
The Arizona Diamondbacks continued their off-season spending spree as they signed pitcher Brandon McCarthy to a two-year, $15.5 million contract on Saturday pending completion of a physical, according…Read More
Eric Chavez A Good Signing . . . At First Glance
The Diamondbacks and GM Kevin Towers were busy during the MLB Winter Meetings this week. While there weren’t any “splash” signings or trades, like some expected, there were several smaller…Read More
Upton Deserves Better
I’ve long been a Justin Upton defender – even apologist, at times. There’s no doubt that Upton had a bad year, for his standards, last season. But there’s also no doubt that Upton has been treated…Read More
Trade Allows Adam Eaton to be the AZ D’Backs Everyday Center Fielder
This past Saturday’s trades closed one era for the Arizona Diamondbacks and began another. Chris Young, the every day Center Fielder for the past six seasons was traded to the Oakland A’s. …Read More
Andrew Chafin Struggles In First Full Season
As the second part of a series of updates on some of the Diamondbacks’ top prospect, I’ll take a look at Andrew Chafin. Archie Bradley was the feature of the first entry HERE. As Bradley was…Read More
Overshadowed Bradley Looking To Shine In 2013
With two picks in the top top seven overall draft slots in the 2011 Amateur Draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks…Read More
Stephen Drew A New Deck Of Cards
The D-backs and Oakland A’s hooked up once again in trade, this time the D-backs sent shortstop…Read More
Tyler Skaggs Next In Line?
Top pitching prospect Tyler Skaggs was a healthy scratch from yesterday’s start for the Triple-A…Read More
Rookie Trahan Impresses Early In Career
Arizona Diamondbacks’ first-round pick Stryker Trahan has impressed so far for the Arizona Rookie…Read More
Johnson Only Slight Upgrade
As fellow Venom Strikes’ contributor Nicholas Valenzuela wrote here, the D-backs acquired 27-year-old…Read More
Blum Released, Wheeler Called Up
Geoff Blum announced his release from the D-backs on his Twitter (@blummer27) earlier today. It was something…Read More
Tyler Skaggs: Remember Him?
There has been a wave of young pitchers that have spent significant amounts of time with the…Read More
The Curious Cases Of Upton And Kennedy
Justin Upton and Ian Kennedy were, without a doubt, the two leaders and the two most important players…Read More
Wade Miley is the D-Backs’ MVP
He is a starting pitcher, taking the ball every fifth day. Of all the names that started higher…Read More
Holmberg Striking, Borchering, Owings Still Striking Out
Like the upper levels of the D-backs farm system with Bauer, Skaggs and Charles Brewer, the arms…Read More
D-Backs’ Justin Upton Needs to Carry His Young Squad
Let’s face it, the Arizona Diamondbacks are struggling. Since opening…Read More
J.J. Putz can’t close the door on Bryce Harper and the Nats
It was another rough night for J.J. Putz in the bullpen Wednesday night against the Washington Nationals…Read More
Patrick Corbin Beats Marlins While Trevor Bauer Waits
Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Patrick Corbin started today in place of Josh Collmenter and picked up his…Read More
Diamondbacks to keep Miley in Rotation, Saunders looking like an Ace
The Diamondbacks are going to stick with Wade Miley in the starting rotation for the foreseeable future…Read More
Time for Ian Kennedy to Pitch Like an Ace
If there was ever a time for Ian Kennedy to pitch like the ace he was in 2011, tonight would…Read More





















