Just about 10 days ago, the race for the National League West division was filled with promise and excitement. The front-running Los Angeles Dodgers were on a five-game losing streak, the San Francisco Giants were floundering and the Diamondbacks...

After the trading deadline had passed, Colorado Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich talked to members of the Denver media about the “pedigree” of Carlos Gonzalez and how that made possible trade partners tough to find. With every...

The Tampa Bay Rays (66-67) are better than just a .500 baseball team, but the Rays haven't played up to their potential all year long. Maybe this is just simply who the Rays are. The Rays racked up three straight wins before the bullpen blew...

The Oakland Athletics won a nice game on Monday night at the O.co Coliseum against the Los Angeles Angels before experiencing an absence of starting pitching on Tuesday night and today in the other two games of the three-game set. As a result, the...

After tying the game in the eighth with a two-run homer, Kris Bryant went from hero to goat as his error with two outs led to a Joey Votto three-run blast to give the Reds a 7-4 victory over the Cubs on Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field.Votto&...

When the Diamondbacks traded Justin Upton during the 2012-13 off-season, the former number one pick overall received the vast majority of attention. After all, here was Upton, called by one club official as “an enigma,” vilified by...

When the month of September opens up, most teams are trying to make a push for the postseason. And the last thing you need is for an injury bug to bite your team...or in this case, an outbreak of chickenpox. But that's exactly what happened to...

Though the Diamondbacks’ season, for all practical purposes, ended with that disastrous home stand last week, the team could finish with a notable consequence. Heading into September, Arizona is the only team in the majors with their first...

The Cincinnati Reds rode two big innings including a six-run ninth as the last place Reds throttled Cubs at Wrigley Field on Monday,13-6.In their last three victories, the Reds(54-76) have scored at least 12 runs, but are just 3-5 in that stretch...

Every time Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta takes the mound Cub fans wonder whether that day will be the day he finally throws his first no hitter. Arrieta has flirted with no-no’s many times, But last night was the magical night. Arrieta...

The week started with hope and promise. Within six days, the optimism and potential generated from a surge in winning nine of 14 games crashed and burned in the desert.After the Diamondbacks returned from sweeping the Reds in Cincinnati and found...

After yet another blown save today by the Oakland Athletics bullpen—the number is now an MLB-worst 21 blown saves this year by the A's, by the way—Oakland showed what kind of resiliency its always shown under Manager Bob Melvin,...

With a flurry of activity late Saturday, one might think the Diamondbacks are seriously in the middle of a pennant race. In reality, the rationale remains that the organization is committed to building for the future and harbors the desire to...