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Dbacks Can Relate to A’s Magical Season

When the Dbacks finished the 2010 season with 97 losses it seemed as though the club would be a minimum of two years away from a playoff berth. It was the second consecutive year with 92+ losses and you…Read More

Trevor Cahill Needs to be Big Down the Stretch

  If the Arizona Diamondbacks are to make it back to the playoffs in 2012, they are going to need some big performances over the next six weeks. Perhaps the player that needs to step up his game…Read More

Tyler Skaggs: Remember Him?

  There has been a wave of young pitchers that have spent significant amounts of time with the Diamondbacks this season. Trevor Bauer and Patrick Corbin have made their big league debuts in 2012…Read More

D-Backs About to Step up a Notch in Competition

  Wow.  It is hard to believe that we are already 60 games into the 2012 season.  It seemed like yesterday that all of us at Venomstrikes.com were unified in picking the Diamondbacks to win the…Read More

How Surprising Were Moves for Young Pitchers Like Trevor Cahill and Michael Pineda?

When a team is willing to deal a young starter, buyer beware. Read | Share

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Former D-Backs Top Prospect to Make Debut for Oakland A’s

As you may have heard, the D-backs traded top prospect Jarrod Parker this past offseason to the Oakland…Read More

Trevor Cahill’s Spring: Annual Rite or Harbinger of Things to Come?

  Yes, I know the games don’t count.  And yes, we shouldn’t be too alarmed if a pitcher…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

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-Backs Proving that With Talent Comes Lack of Headlines

As Tom Lynch noted, the D-Backs appear to have become the Rodney Dangerfields of MLB. No respect. Read…Read More

Where is the Love for the D-Backs?

  Throughout much of this offseason and now into the early days of Spring Training, the chatter…Read More

Kirk Gibson Trying to Achieve Rare Combo of Great Career, Great Manager

There is a saying in baseball that, for the most part, great players do not make for a successful manager.…Read More

Diamondbacks Pitching Trio Highlight MLB Top 100 Prospect List

MLB.com released their first Top 100 Prospects list this morning, and the Diamondbacks top three pitching…Read More

Arizona Diamondbacks Trade Jarrod Parker for Oakland A’s Trevor Cahill

The Arizona Diamondbacks have finally made some news.  As rumored all week, the Dbacks were trying to…Read More

Arizona Diamondbacks Now Willing to Bet the Farm

So, all during this off-season the Arizona Diamondbacks have said how much they like the makeup of…Read More

Brad Ziegler Talks About Joining the Diamondbacks

Newly acquired reliever Brad Ziegler was interviewed by local media upon joining the Arizona Diamondbacks. …Read More

Brad Ziegler Traded To Diamondbacks For Brandon Allen, Jordan Norberto

The Arizona Diamondbacks got a reliever as promised on Sunday morning.  It was a reliever from the…Read More

Dbacks Look for Some Relief on Trade Deadline Day

The Arizona Diamondbacks are rumored to still be working on trying to obtain a relief pitcher to bolster…Read More

60 Lines About 30 Teams

The first half of the baseball season has ended.  We are about 90 or so games into a 72 game season…Read More

Tragedy in Arlington at Rangers-A’s Game

I was stunned and shocked to learn of a fan’s passing this evening after injuring himself in a…Read More