Arizona Diamondbacks Rumors & News

Denver Post "There was a moment in Wednesday afternoon's game that illustrated just how far Jorge De La Rosa has traveled on his return to being a quality big-league starter. The lefty had just given up a fifth-inning infield single to the Diamondbacks' A.J. Pollock, followed by a bloop single to Didi..." May 23

Denver Post "The child grew up to be a childhood hero, but now he's a child again, sitting 25 feet from his own childhood hero. Brandon McCarthy, a kid from Colorado Springs, sat in the Coors Field visitors' dugout Tuesday, watching Vinny Castilla play catch. "It's where you went and saw big-league..." May 22

Denver Post "Walt Weiss was hired Nov. 8. He officially became the Rockies' manager Tuesday night. As he walked to the mound to remove Jhoulys Chacin, Weiss was booed. Not lustily, or with vigor, but there was enough noise to provide a clear signal of the fans' agitation over sticking with Chacin through..." May 22

Arizona Republic "Daniel Hudson already had thrown simulated games and faced hitters in a batting practice environment, but he didn’t feel like his return from elbow surgery was getting closer until he pitched to hitters wearing different uniforms on Friday morning. “The light at the end of the tunnel is..." May 19

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "For the 15th time this season, the Marlins were limited to five hits or fewer in Sunday’s series finale against the Diamondbacks. Unlike most of the previous 14 occasions, they made one of the hits count. Marcell Ozuna’s one-out, two-run double off the left-field wall in the sixth brought home..." May 19

Arizona Republic "Paul Goldschmidt clubbed two home runs and added two more hits in the Diamondbacks’ 9-2 rout of the Miami Marlins on Friday night, and perhaps the ultimate compliment for the burgeoning superstar is that no one seemed the least bit surprised. “Every time he goes to the plate,” third baseman..." May 18

Arizona Republic "Third baseman Eric Chavez drove in three runs, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt had three doubles and Ian Kennedy won his first game since Opening Day in the Diamondbacks’ 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves Wednesday. Arizona, which had scored three runs or less in its previous seven games,..." May 16

Fox Sports Arizona "Randy Johnson. Chipper Jones. Patrick Corbin’s remarkable start has drawn him into an elite crowd. Corbin became the only left-hander other than Johnson in franchise history to begin a season 6-0 when he threw seven shutout innings in the Diamondbacks' 2-0 victory over the Braves at Chase..." May 15

Atlanta Journal-Constitution "For one night, at least, Justin Upton and Chris Johnson made sure that Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers’ worst fears were fully realized. Upton and Johnson, the two players Towers dealt to the Braves in January, combined for seven hits including a pair of two-run homers in a 10-1..." May 14

Arizona Republic "The weirdest part will probably be the beginning, when he walks into Chase Field as an away player for the first time and steps foot in the visitors’ clubhouse. But as for facing someone in a Diamondbacks’ uniform — the only jersey he wore during his first six years in the majors — Justin Upton..." May 12

Arizona Republic "Heath Bell’s transition back into the closer role, with J.J. Putz on the shelf with an elbow injury, wasn’t the challenge. That job was old hat. The tough part was cleaning up his mechanics after allowing 10 hits and four runs in his first five appearances this season. “I knew something..." May 11

Arizona Republic "Diamondbacks outfielder A.J. Pollock has finally found some consistency in life. After being sent up and down several times from the majors to minors in 2012, Pollock has been with the big club since Opening Day this season. The 30 games he’s played are just one away from the total he spent..." May 10

Arizona Republic "For a supposed No. 5 starter, Pat Corbin sure is turning into one heck of an ace. The Diamondbacks left-hander continued his torrid start to the season Thursday night at Chase Field against the Philadelphia Phillies. And he made a little history along the way. In allowing just one earned run..." May 10

Fox Sports Arizona "Heath Bell knows what he would do with Paul Goldschmidt. “I’d walk him,” Bell said. The Dodgers should consider it. Goldschmidt’s two home runs were all the offense Wade Miley and two relievers needed in the Diamondbacks’ 3-2 victory on Wednesday, when they completed a three-game sweep at..." May 09

Arizona Sports "For the first time in 2013, the Arizona Diamondbacks have to reshuffle their bullpen. Closer J.J. Putz was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the club Wednesday and right-handed reliever Will Harris was recalled from Triple-A Reno. Putz left Tuesday night's win over Los Angeles after..." May 08

Fox Sports Arizona "Paul Goldschmidt fought through an 11-pitch at-bat against Dodgers closer Brandon League and got a huge payoff at the end. Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers 5-3 on Tuesday night, sending last-place Los Angeles to its..." May 08

Fox Sports Arizona "The Diamondbacks ran into another obstacle Tuesday, discovering that even when they convert a save situation, the news can be distressing. Heath Bell got the final three outs after Paul Goldschmidt’s big home run in the Diamondbacks’ 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, but..." May 08

L.A. Daily News "Dodgers left fielder Carl Crawford dove a moment too late when Trevor Cahill's sinking line drive failed to sink into his glove in the second inning Monday, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks their first two runs. Crawford dropped Didi Gregorius' fly ball just a moment too soon for the umpires'..." May 07

Arizona Republic "It hasn’t so much been the number of runs the Diamondbacks have scored that’s been problematic. It’s been the distribution of them. It’s true, as General Manager Kevin Towers pointed out, that the Diamondbacks are the only team in the majors yet to be shut out. But he also noted that they..." May 07

Arizona Republic "There were certain things manager Kirk Gibson expected out of his team heading into the season, areas in which he figured the Diamondbacks might struggle. Protecting leads late in games was not one of them. “I don’t think anybody thought this would be one of the things we (wouldn’t) do well in..." May 04

Fox Sports Arizona "J.J. Putz remains the Diamondbacks’ closer, but he may not be the only reliever placed in save situations in the near future. The D-backs saw Putz’s fastball velocity drop from 95 mph to 89 mph when he was used three times in four days recently, and manager Kirk Gibson said he will try to do a..." May 04

San Francisco Chronicle "A night after he chattered Pablo Sandoval into a game-winning home run in the ninth inning, Hunter Pence stood on second base in the eighth inning Wednesday night with the Giants trailing again and no way to communicate to hitter Brandon Belt. Except telepathically, of course. Pence smiled and..." May 03

Fox Sports Arizona "Right now, there isn't even much more to be said about the Diamondbacks bullpen, which on Wednesday notched a blown save for the second straight night to increase its major league lead to 10. Overworked? Probably. Too many mistake pitches? Perhaps. Whatever the explanation, the D-backs bullpen..." May 02

San Francisco Chronicle "A night after he chattered Pablo Sandoval into a game-winning home run in the ninth inning, Hunter Pence stood on second base in the eighth inning Wednesday night with the Giants trailing again and no way to communicate to hitter Brandon Belt. Except telepathically, of course. Pence smiled..." May 02

MLB.com "Four days after being hit in the helmet with a 93-mph fastball, D-backs shortstop Didi Gregorius cleared all concussion tests Tuesday and resumed normal baseball activities. "He'll take ground balls, swing and do everything today except play the game," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He has..." May 01

San Francisco Chronicle "It comes from a Kanye West song, a rap that goes, "Clique, clique, clique, clique ..." Hunter Pence knows the song. He hears it in the clubhouse. Before Pablo Sandoval batted in the ninth inning at Chase Field on Tuesday night with the Giants down 1-0, Pence approached Sandoval and said, "Feel..." May 01

Arizona Republic "The Diamondbacks outfield this season hasn’t exactly unfolded the way the team envisioned, at least in terms of the names on the lineup card. As far as production, though, it’s been right on track. The Diamondbacks’ plan of a four-man outfield rotation featuring Jason Kubel, Adam Eaton, Cody..." April 28

Arizona Republic "Diamondbacks third baseman Eric Chavez learned early on in his major-league career that playing good defense at his position wasn’t an option. It was a priority. “I had two balls go through my legs and the pitcher just kind of looked at me like he wanted to kill me,” said Chavez, a six-time..." April 27

CBSSports.com "Baseball commissioner Bud Selig seemingly has planned to step down, retire or vacate his job almost since he took office back in 1992. But this time, he is much more emphatic about his retirement pronouncements, even to the point of believability. “You can believe it,'' Selig said, pretty..." April 26

Arizona Republic "The Diamondbacks opened their series against the Colorado Rockies with a victory. Starting pitcher Trevor Cahill lasted five innings, giving up four hits and an unearned run while walking four. Cahill struck out six but hit a batter and had two wild pitches. The Diamondbacks took a 1-0 lead in..." April 26

MLB.com "J.J. Putz has struggled with the location of his split-finger fastball this year, but the D-backs right-hander will remain as the team's closer. "His split isn't very good right now," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. Putz blew his third save of the year Tuesday when Brandon Belt hit a..." April 25

Arizona Republic "Cody Ross processed the question and then pondered it. His team’s nine-game road trip had ended on a positive note, the Diamondbacks coming away with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants to win a series, and Ross was trying to decide how to evaluate it. “We went 4-5?” he asked. “It..." April 25

Arizona Republic "So it’s getaway day and the final game of a series for the Diamondbacks Wednesday in San Francisco, which naturally can mean only one thing. Or maybe two: They’re going to win. And they just might have to play extra innings to do it. That’s been the pattern for the Diamondbacks, who are..." April 24

Arizona Republic "In his first four games with his new team, rookie Didi Gregorius displayed a line-drive swing, a smooth glove and a strong arm. But in his fifth game on Tuesday night, it was his aggressiveness on the bases that helped the Diamondbacks avoid another gut-wrenching loss at AT&T Park. Gregorius..." April 24

San Francisco Chronicle "Now that their three-game sweep of the Padres is finished, with Barry Zito pitching seven more inspired innings and Buster Posey hitting his first home run of the year in Sunday's 5-0 win, the Giants are ready for the Grit Bowl. On Monday night, they open a three-game series against the Arizona..." April 22

MLB.com "The sun came out, and after days of freezing temperatures the air was a little nicer at Coors Field on Friday night. It wasn't quite summer, but jackets and Jhoulys Chacin's masterful pitching kept Rockies fans among the 23,445 warm for 6 1/3 innings. That was before the first significant storm..." April 20

New York Post "On the night the Yankees lost Derek Jeter until after the All-Star break, they also lost their series finale against Arizona. The Yankees wasted Phil Hughes’ bounce-back start, squandered Francisco Cervelli’s game-tying ninth-inning homer, as David Phelps’ dismal outing dooming them to a 6-2,..." April 19

MLB.com "D-backs starter Patrick Corbin can get used to this. The last time Corbin, a native of Clay, N.Y., took the mound, he outdueled Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. On Thursday, he'll square off against Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes, who is seeking his first win of the season after two rough..." April 18

New York Post "The loud sound that filled a half-empty Yankee Stadium immediately let those who remained know the home team was going to present Mariano Rivera with a one-run lead to work the final inning. There was no need to follow the flight of Travis Hafner’s solo homer, because the sound was loud enough..." April 18

New York Post "On the night the Yankees and Diamondbacks honored Jackie Robinson by each wearing No. 42, two Yankees with deep ties to the former Dodgers star carried the hosts to victory. Mariano Rivera, the last player to wear No. 42, and Robinson Cano, who was named after Robinson, helped the Yankees cop..." April 17

Arizona Republic "The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed infielder Aaron Hill on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left hand and reinstated infielder Didi Gregorius from the 15-day disabled list. Hill, 31, is hitting .306 (11-for-36) with 3 doubles, 2 home runs and 6 RBI in 10 games with Arizona this season...." April 16