31 August 2010, 7:53 am
Soon the Arizona Diamondbacks will probably be the fifth team in baseball to be officially taken out of 2010 playoff contention (their "elimination number" is 11). They currently have the second-worst record in the National League with 53-79 (.402), ahead of only the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Arizona Diamondbacks are historically an average team. Since starting in 1998, the franchise has a roughly even record of 1,023 wins and 1,053 losses. The Diamondbacks have made it to the playoffs 4 times, and won the World Series in 2001, after defeating the New York Yankees in 7 games. They've had winning seasons as recently as 2007 and 2008. Let's look at the facts about this season: First game of season: Defeated the San Diego Padres 6-3 in Phoenix (April 5) Worst Loss of Season: Beaten by the Milwaukee Brewers 3-17 (May 8) Longest losing streak of season: Lost 10 consecutive games to the Blue Jays, Rockies, Giants, and Dodgers (May 23-June 2) SP Edwin Jackson (4.66 ERA) threw a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg (June 25) MANAGERIAL CHANGES: Diamondbacks replace manager AJ Hinch with Kirk Gibson, and GM Josh Byrnes with Jerry DiPoto (July 1) Best Victory of Season: Defeated the Mets in New York 14-1 (August 1) TRADES: - The Diamondbacks traded minor leaguer Rey Navarro to the Kansas City Royals for P Carlos Rosa (4.44 ERA) - The Diamondbacks traded RP Billy Buckner (5.74 ERA) to the Detroit Tigers for SP Dontrelle Willis (4.04 ERA) - The Diamondbacks traded OF Conor Jackson (.277) to the Oakland Athletics for minor league pitcher Sam Demel - The Diamondbacks traded SP Edwin Jackson (4.66 ERA) to the Chicago White Sox for SP Dan Hudson (3.52 ERA) & minor league pitcher David Holmberg - The Diamondbacks traded SP Dan Haren (3.70 ERA) to the Los Angeles Angels for RP Rafael Rodriguez (5.51 ERA), SP Joe Saunders (4.29 ERA), plus minor league pitchers Patrick Corbin & Tyler Scaggs - The Diamondbacks traded C Chris Snyder (.232) & SS Pedro Ciriaco to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RF Ryan Church (.263), IF Bobby Crosby (.236), & P DJ Carrasco (4.39 ERA) - The Diamondbacks traded RP Chad Qualls (3.76 ERA) to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named later So far the Diamondbacks have lost 10 of their 12 games against the Los Angeles Dodgers The Diamondbacks have lost 10 of their 16 games against the San Diego Padres The Diamondbacks have lost 8 of their 12 games against the San Francisco Giants The Diamondbacks have won 6 and lost 6 against the Colorado Rockies Best Diamondback batting average: SS Stephen Drew (.276 average) Most Diamondback home runs: 3B Mark Reynolds (31 home runs) Most Diamondback RBI: 1B Adam LaRoche (87 RBI) Most Diamondback wins: SP Ian Kennedy (8 wins, 9 losses) Best Diamondback ERA: SP Ian Kennedy (4.22 ERA) Most Diamondback saves: RP Aaron Heilman (6 saves)* * [Not counting former Diamondback RP Chad Qualls [12 saves]) Arizona Diamondbacks team batting average = .252 Arizona Diamondbacks team ERA: 5.01 Arizona Diamondbacks team fielding percentage = .981 What are your thoughts on the Arizona Diamondbacks? What do you have to say about the trades, about the season, the players, the management, next year, etc? http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/ http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=ari http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics... Read More »
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