Tag Archives: Zack Greinke

Posted on March 2, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine After making the playoffs as a wild-card team last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks are hoping to take another step forward in 2018. However, replicating their 93-win season from last year will be difficult in one of the most competitive divisions in baseball. Will the Diamondbacks continue to […]

Posted on January 11, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The baseball offseason has been historically slow this winter. Unfortunately, there appears to be no end in sight. At the top of the market is outfielder J.D. Martinez. In many ways, teams and other free agents are waiting for him to sign to set the market price. […]

Posted on January 2, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The baseball hot stove has been quite cool this offseason. Even with Christmas and New Year’s behind us, there has been little movement outside of a few marquee moves. Many of the top free agents remain available, most notably outfielder J.D. Martinez. Agent Scott Boras had high […]

Posted on November 16, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Major League Baseball announced the 2017 Cy Young Award winners on Wednesday evening, and both winning pitchers happen to be previous winners of the award. Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals won in the National League, taking home the award for the second consecutive year and third […]

Posted on November 9, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine There is little debate that Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder J.D. Martinez is the best hitter on the free-agent market this winter. He’s coming off an outstanding season, hitting .303 with 45 home runs, posting an OPS of 1.066. With Scott Boras now serving as his agent and Martinez […]

Posted on October 9, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine The Los Angeles Dodgers are one game away from returning to the NLCS for the second straight season. Considering the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks had the two lowest ERAs in the National League during the regular season, the pitchers haven’t exactly performed up to expectations this series. […]

Posted on October 5, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine After a truly wild game against the Rockies in the Wild Card Playoff, the Arizona Diamondbacks are moving on to the NLDS to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. As division rivals, these two know each other quite well, playing 19 games against each other during the regular […]

Posted on October 3, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine For months, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies appeared to be on a collision course to meet in the National League Wild Card Playoff. The Dodgers left both in the dust long ago, but both have proven over the course of the season that they are worthy […]

Posted on October 2, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine After 162 games, the 10 teams in the MLB postseason have been decided. Despite a disappointing lack of drama in September, with most division races decided by huge margins, the playoffs should be epic after the league appeared to be quite top-heavy this season. Picking a winner […]

Posted on July 14, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine After a long all-star break, the second half of the 2017 MLB season is finally ready to get underway. It’s finally time to start getting serious about what teams have a chance to win this year’s World Series and what teams are long shots. Naturally, not everything […]

Posted on March 14, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke has made just one official start this spring. However, after an exhibition against Team Mexico last week, Greinke was grilled by the media about the lack of velocity on his fastball, as he failed to hit 90 mph on the radar gun. […]

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Just when he was starting to turn things around, it appears that Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke has suffered a set back. Greinke left his start Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies after just two innings due to what the team is calling tightness in his left […]