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Dbacks Bullpen Collapses, Frustration Mounts

Oh the adjectives that could open up this piece to describe just how the team and fans are feeling following Tuesday’s defeat at Chase Field. If helmets and bats weren’t thrown after that debacle I…Read More

Diamondbacks vs N.L. West Wrap-up: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Diamondbacks are coming off a pair of two game series against the L.A. Dodgers and Colorado Rockies to start off the week. They split each series on the road winning on Tuesday against the Dodgers…Read More

Diamondbacks vs. Cardinals Series Wrap-up: The Good, Bad and Ugly

The Diamondbacks struggled through another series this week, getting swept by the reigning world champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was the first time the Dbacks have been swept this season and extended…Read More

D-backs Bullpen Quietly Struggling

The D-backs have already endured their fair share of injuries this year including DL stints by star outfielder Chris Young and starter Daniel Hudson. Plus, Justin Upton has been battling a sore thumb for…Read More

Diamondback’s Miley great in loss

The Arizona Diamondbacks lost a heart breaker of a game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday 8-7.  The D-backs had battled back after falling in an early hole 5-1 after four innings and had the lead…Read More

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Despite Numbers, D-Backs Bullpen needs to Improve

All three of the D-Backs loses this season have been credited to the bullpen.  Thought to be a strength…Read More

D-backs Series Preview: Arizona at San Diego

Today the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-0) will start a three-game series in California against the San Diego…Read More

Diamondbacks find unlikely hero

The Arizona Diamondbacks offense jumped all over San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner, scoring…Read More

Final Spring Weekend in Review

There are several things the Diamondbacks can take away from the final weekend of Spring Training games…Read More

Which Diamondback Players Are the Best for Fantasy Baseball?

    The calendar is steaming toward April which means that it is time for many fans across…Read More

After Wild Start to Career, Brad Ziegler Settling in

Diamondback’s reliever Brad Ziegler has settled into an unassuming role in the Diamondback’s…Read More

Spring Rundown: A Very Rough Spring for the Diamondbacks so Far

  A third of the way through Spring Training and it’s been rough to say the least for the…Read More

Bullpen Preview: The Closer

  This is the final post in my preview of the Diamondbacks’ bullpen and we have reached the…Read More

Bullpen Preview: Middle Relief

  This is the second post in a three-post series on the bullpen of the Arizona Diamondbacks.  The…Read More

D-Back GM Kevin Towers Looking to Bring a World Series Title to Arizona

  With Spring Training games set to begin this weekend and the focus here at Venomstrikes is giving…Read More

Arizona Loses? A Different View of the 2012 D-Backs

      Most, if not all of us here at Venomstrikes think the Arizona Diamondbacks will…Read More

Bullpen Preview: The Setup Man

This is the first in a three-blog segment about the bullpen for the Arizona Diamondbacks.  I will start…Read More

D-Backs’ J.J. Putz Hoping For Another Dominant Season

  Question:  How does a person miss a 6-5, 250 pound closer with over a 150 career saves?  …Read More

The Diamondbacks: Moving Forward by Looking Back

As I begin this journey covering the baseball team I have loved for the last 14 years of my life, the…Read More

D-backs Pitcher Takashi Saito Could Be the Seventh Inning Gem

If there was one weakness for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011, and I use that term loosely for lack…Read More