Jordaan Westburg is related to a partially torn UCL. “Don’t worry,” a fantasy baseball player once said, “There are some mid-level second basemen and third basemen that need to be drafted.” Another fantasy baseball pert said, “There is no worrying, but worrying about oneself,” he said, misquoting FDR as if he were a 1950s Southern […]
Many teams have expanded their rotations this offseason. Some opted to raise their ceiling by signing big-name free agents. The Blue Jays came in Dylan stopssigned the Red Sox Ranger Suarezand the Tigers added Framber Valdezjust to name a few. Others tried to preserve their floor by retaining existing starters and acquiring depth. The Padres […]
In Episode 522, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig talk Iron Chef, the matcha adaptation, and narrative video games, then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Clark, Excluded: A shake-up at the MLBPA, although perhaps not for the reason you might think2. It’s not so sunny in Philadelphia: Nick Castellanos is finally cut, while Bryce Harper is […]
According to Grid sourceAccording to estimates, the Diamondbacks spent approximately $191.3 million on payroll in 2025, which translated into a luxury tax number of $214.8 million. The Snakes are currently projected for a payroll of $195.2 million and a tax amount of $223.7 million, such as team manager Ken Kendrick’s statement last September that his […]
Zac Gallen doesn’t need to move. The right-handed pitcher, perhaps the best lefty on the free agent market, has agreed to a one-year contract worth approximately $22 million to return to the Diamondbacks. The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed this. According to Heyman, the 30-year-old received multi-year offers but liked the idea of staying with Arizona. […]
The impact position players own the majority of the market right now, and yesterday the remaining top starter followed suit Framber Valdez landed with the Tigers on a three-year, $115 million deal. That leaves right-handed Zac Gallen as both the last remaining qualified free agent and the best starting pitcher still available. Gallen’s market has […]
One of the best remaining pitchers available in free agency wouldn’t mind a reunion with his old club. Right-hander Zac Gallen, a 2023 All-Star who remains unsigned with pitchers and catchers set to officially report to spring training next week, said it would be “great” to re-sign with the Diamondbacks. “It was humiliating,” Gallen told […]
Zac Gallen is one of two unsigned players who turned down a qualifying offer at the start of the offseason. The former All-Star righty is also arguably the second-best pitcher available behind Framber Valdez. Nevertheless, it’s been a quiet winter in terms of rumors, and the likelihood of Gallen settling on a cushion contract likely […]
Zac Gallen Is one of the more intriguing pitchers on the free agent market this winter, because interested clubs have to balance the solid track record of the right -handed by his shaky season 2025. Theoretically, the situation could offer an opening for Galen to accept a qualifying offer of the Diamondbacks, although John Gambadoro […]
The D-Backs were sold at the Handelsdeadline of 2025, in particular shipping Josh Naylor And Eugenio Suarez to Seattle in individual deals and trade Merrill Kelly To the Rangers. Despite the fact that the white flag was effectively waved with that series of movements in the season ’25, Arizona gathered in the last two months […]