Roundup: Missed Frames and Mixed Signals
The human brain is a wonderful thing. To make sense of vast quantities of information, we put it all in categories, effortlessly. Much the way it would be difficult to walk if you had to will each...
View ArticleIn Trading Mark Trumbo, D-backs Get Real, Get Better
We’ve seen this new front office be a little all over the place at times, but the trait that emerged at the end of spring training was ruthlessness. In trading Mark Trumbo in early June and in...
View ArticleWelington Castillo Makes Choice Between Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Oscar...
Of all of the things the D-backs have done well since the front office was assembled in September, the most impressive thing may be the timing of their decisions. Three, or four, or six weeks into the...
View ArticleThe Inside the ‘Zona 2015 Midseason Plan
This July, the D-backs are less at a crossroads, as they may have been last year, and more at a mountain peak, finally seeing the journey ahead with a high degree of clarity. The team has built for...
View ArticleRoundup: Coming Around on Saltalamacchia; David Peralta Getting Noticed;...
The second Jarrod Saltalamacchia was designated for assignment by the Marlins, a connection to the D-backs seemed obvious. Atrocious work behind the plate in 2014 seemed to disqualify him for a lot of...
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