PHOENIX -- After using all four of their picks Sunday night on position players, the Arizona Diamondbacks took five pitchers with the eight selections they had during Monday’s second day of the 2024 MLB Draft.

• Carroll's latest contribution: Top-30 Draft prospect Thanks to a pair of compensation picks, the

PHOENIX -- As he was chasing the NL Rookie of the Year Award last season, D-backs outfielder Corbin Carroll wasn’t so much focused on what winning it would mean to him personally. Instead, he knew that because of the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and players, since he

PHOENIX -- It was a busier than usual first day of the 2024 MLB Draft for the Arizona Diamondbacks who had four picks, their own first and second round picks, along with a Competitive Balance Round A pick and a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick they received when Corbin Carroll won

Whether it’s Daulton Varsho or Alek Thomas or Corbin Carroll, the D-backs have had success in the MLB Draft in selecting players that some consider undersized. So they had no qualms about taking high school outfielder Slade Caldwell with their first pick (No. 29 overall) in the 2024 Draft, which

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PHOENIX -- Monday night started out well for the D-backs thanks to Yilber Diaz. The 23-year-old dazzled in his big league debut allowing just one run over six innings, showing maturity beyond his years as he left with the D-backs leading and seemingly on the way to a victory over

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This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert’s D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PHOENIX -- The D-backs were excited when they acquired right-hander Cristian Mena from the White Sox in exchange for outfielder Dominic Fletcher on Feb.

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Jordan Lawlar came up Aces in his return to Triple-A. With his rehab assignment complete following a seven-game stint in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, MLB's No. 8 prospect picked up where he left off with Reno last year prior to his Major League debut. Lawlar homered, doubled and drove

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This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert’s D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PHOENIX -- The bad luck with injuries is not just limited to the D-backs' players in the big leagues. It has also spread to

The role of the reliever continues to evolve in baseball, but there’s still something to be said about closers. They’re the ones who get the entrance music and the light show just for coming out of the bullpen in the biggest of spots. (Think of what Edwin Díaz has done

In a sport full of statistical oddities and eye-opening achievements, Jhosmer Alvarez found a unique path to etch his name in the annals of the game. Entering the game for Single-A Visalia in the seventh inning of an eventual 4-3 win, the right-handed Arizona prospect unleashed one of the quirkier

This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert’s D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PHOENIX -- With the Minor League season in full swing, we checked in with D-backs farm director Shaun Larkin to see who is off

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the D-backs’ Top 30 prospects are projected to start: 1. Jordan Lawlar (MLB No. 11), SS – Triple-A Reno injured list (right thumb surgery) 2. Tommy Troy (MLB No. 70), SS -- Hillsboro (High-A) 3. Druw Jones (MLB No. 74),

The D-backs dropped in MLB Pipeline’s farm system rankings this spring thanks to the graduations of players like NL Rookie of the Year Award winner Corbin Carroll and right-hander Brandon Pfaadt, who came up big for Arizona during last year’s run to the World Series. That doesn’t mean the cupboard

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This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert's D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PHOENIX -- It’s hard to catch Blaze Alexander without a smile on his face. The D-backs infielder is perpetually happy, someone who can find

D-backs top prospect Jordan Lawlar, MLB Pipeline's No. 11 overall prospect, will undergo right thumb surgery that will sideline him for a couple of months. Lawlar had been reassigned to Minor League camp on March 10 after a 3-for-17 showing in Major League Spring Training. He was set to start