January 17, 2026January 1, 2026 by admin

Diamondbacks All Time Leaders – Through 2025

To paraphrase from a famous movie, the one constant through all the years has been baseball. As we head into 2026, we continue our look at the all-time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. Today, we take a deeper dive into the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Diamondbacks began life in 1998, joining the league along with the Devil Rays. I’ve seen 152 players donning the Diamondbacks uniform in the 21 games I’ve seen them play live, starting in their inaugural season and most recently this past summer, including the final game of their 2007 sweep of the Cubs in the NLDS.

Home Runs

Name	Total
Luis Gonzalez	3
Steve Finley	3
Stephen Drew	3

Hits

Name	Total
Luis Gonzalez	10
Stephen Drew	7
Alex Cintron	7
Conor Jackson	7

Runs

Name	Total
Luis Gonzalez	11
Steve Finley	6
Troy Glaus	5

RBI

Name	Total
Orlando Hudson	7
Steve Finley	6
Eric Byrnes	6

Doubles

Name	Total
Luis Gonzalez	4
Chad Tracy	3
6 tied with	2

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November 8, 2023November 7, 2023 by admin

2023 BBWAA Award Predictions

The Baseball Writers of America have announced the finalists for their awards for the just completed baseball season, which will be announced next week. It is a good bet that few of my original predictions for the winners will be accurate. Hopefully, these new predictions will be slightly better, especially since I’ll have a 33% chance of being right.

American League

Most Valuable Player: Shohei Ohtani, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien

Shohei Ohtani should run away and hide with this award. But, an early end to his season and perhaps some burnout from voters picking the same name every year may open the door a bit. That said, these awards were voted on prior to the post-season, so the Rangers World Series win won’t move the needle at all, so I’m going to guess Ohtani still gets it.

Cy Young Award: Gerrit Cole, Kevin Gausman, Sonny Gray

Gerrit Cole seems the obvious choice here. He leads the three finalists in nearly every category and managed a WHIP below one in over 200 innings.

Manager of the Year: Bruce Bochy, Kevin Cash, Brandon Hyde

As usual, I didn’t make any predictions for this award prior to the season. If voting took place after the World Series, then Bochy would be a shoo-in. However, since the early playoff exits of the Orioles and the Rays don’t get taken into account, Brandon Hyde should win this award after leading the Orioles to an AL East title.

Rookie of the Year: Tanner Bibee, Triston Casas, Gunnar Henderson

Another award I didn’t predict prior to the season. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Gunnar Henderson will win, since he in the only one of these three that I have heard of previously.

National League

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October 5, 2023October 2, 2023 by admin

2023 Final Batting Leaders

Another season of baseball season is in the books, with the White Sox disappointing their fans with their worst record since 1970 while the Cubs teased their fanbase with expectations of the postseason before their September swoon. Let’s take a look back at the offensive leaders for the 43 games that I attended this season.