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Get To Know the Diamondbacks’ Farm System

Each MLB team has its own minor league baseball system to develop their prospects. This includes a complex league team at the rookie level, a Low-A team, a High-A team, a Double-A team, and a Triple-A team. Each of those teams plays a full season, with teams at the Triple-A and Double-A levels playing 138 […]

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The Giants Will Have a Trio of Young Players on Their Opening Day Roster

Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi made an appearance on the NBC Sports broadcast during the Giants’ loss to the Guardians last night, and he talked about four young players that have been performing well in camp. Blake Sabol was a Rule-5 draft pick who was selected by the Reds and then immediately traded […]

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Padres Left-Handed Pitch Blake Snell Mid-Wind Up Set to Deliver Next Pitch

Padres Name Blake Snell as the Opening Day Starter

The San Diego Padres have officially named left-handed pitcher Blake Snell as the team’s opening-day starter. The Padres will open up the season at Petco Park in San Diego as the friars host the Colorado Rockies on Thursday, March 30th. Last season for the San Diego Padres’ Blake Snell had an extremely promising season. After […]

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Tyler Glasnow Throwing a pitch
Tyler Glasnow in the middle of his wind-up, Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images

2023: The Year of the Oblique Injury

About a week ago, I was listening to my daily dose of the Just Baseball podcast, which you can find all their information on their website here. During one of their episodes, they prompted a question about Oblique Injuries and that there seemed to be more of them during this year’s spring training. Aram Leighton […]

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Hillsboro Hops Set to Build New Ballpark

The Hillsboro Hops, the High-A affiliate for the Diamondbacks, are set to build a new ballpark to meet the new standards set by MLB when they realigned the minor leagues. In a press conference, Hops President and General Manager K.L. Wombacher said that when they signed the new professional development league contract with MLB in […]

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Rockies Sign Jurickson Profar To 1-Year Deal

With the injury of 26-year-old outfielder Sean Bouchard, who is expected to miss some time this season, the Rockies on Sunday signed veteran outfielder Jurickson Profar to a one-year, $7.75 million contract. Multiple reports say that Profar will be Colorado’s starting left fielder. Kris Bryant is expected to move from left field to right field, […]

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Giants Sign Sergio Romo to a Minors Contract, Letting Him Pitch Once More in Front of the Fans He Loves

Sergio Romo beat all the odds. After bouncing around between three colleges, Romo was drafted as a 28th-round pick by the Giants in 2005. Not much is ever expected of such late-round picks, and Romo was only one of two 28th-rounders from that draft that even made it to the big leagues. But unlike the […]

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Giants Reassign Top Prospect Kyle Harrison to Minors Camp

The Giants announced on Tuesday that they’d assigned top prospect LHP Kyle Harrison to minors camp. Harrison was a revelation in 2022 for an otherwise struggling Giants farm system, jumping from a fringe Top-100 prospect to a top-20 prospect and the best LHP prospect in baseball. Harrison split time between High-A and Double-A last season, […]

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This Player is Forcing His Way Onto the Giants’ Opening Day Roster

Not much is typically expected of Rule-5 draft picks, with the majority of them getting cut before Opening Day and most of them not making it to the end of the season on the team that claimed them. However, the Giant might have found a gem in C/OF Blake Sabol. Sabol was originally a Rule-5 […]

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Padres Infielder Manny Machado Celebrates Home Run

Predicting the Padres Team Awards Heading Into the 2023 Season

The San Diego Padres are among the most highly touted teams coming into the 2023 season. After an offseason that saw management make some serious additions, from big-name players like Xander Bogaerts and Nelson Cruz to depth additions like Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo. It’s safe to say that the San Diego Padres are planning […]

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