Team-wins over/under analysis: NL West
The emergence of Madison Bumgarner gives the San Francisco Giants one of the best rotations in the NL. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images) The Arizona Diamondbacks are the defending division champs, but I think it’s coming back to the Giants comfortably. The numbers used here are courtesy of LVH Sportsbook. This is the last of the over/under series. See More...
Offseason grades: NL West
The San Diego Padres are hoping Yonder Alonso's bat can stir up some offense at PETCO Park. (Norm Hall/Getty Images) There was a fair amount of movement in this division, particularly by the Arizona Diamondbacks More...
Arizona D-backs 2012 roster, part II: Bullpen
David Hernandez was a key component of the Arizona Diamondbacks' bullpen in 2011. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) What a turn-around for the worst bullpen in major league history from 2010! The Diamondbacks bullpen More...
Touring with Taylor: Who’s your favorite coach?
Dan Taylor's summer job. Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI… We all find ourselves trying to reel in the honest truth, and, for me right now, it’s simple: We are without baseball until next spring training. More...
Arizona D-backs 2012 roster, part one: starting rotation
Starting pitcher Ian Kennedy will anchor the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation again in 2012. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) For the Arizona Diamondbacks, there were many questionable pieces to the puzzle at More...
With Skaggs, Parker and Bauer, D-backs future rotation should be scary
Arizona fans should be looking forward to the day that Tyler Skaggs makes his debut. (Ken Weisenberger / Visalia Times-Delta) When the Arizona Diamondbacks won the World Series in 2001, they did it riding the coattails More...
Unpredictability is predictable in MLB playoffs
Jorge "no triples in the regular season" Posada hitting a triple in the postseason is as unpredictable as it gets. (Ron Antonelli/News) People follow sports for so many different reasons – the More...
Touring with Taylor: Minor leaugers play vicariously in October
Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI … The last sounds of a bat crack and glove clapping has come and gone for the 2011 minor-league season. As all of the leagues came to an end last month, it leaves all of us More...
2011 playoff preview: Baseball with the stars
The Phillies did everything they could to prevent the Braves from making the postseason. They started all starters, brought in Hamels from the bullpen and finished with their closers when the games didn't mean More...
Dad-gum fired up about Kershaw snub on ESPN
If a Phillies pitcher wins over Kershaw ... It takes a lot to get me fired up. I don’t mean fired up in a good way like when the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw punk Tim “Dude, Where’s My Car?” Lincecum and More...
