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Arizona Diamondbacks pitching prospect Jarrod Parker will have Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Oct. 28.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired infielder Tony Abreu from the Dodgers to complete a trade that sent pitcher Jon Garland to Los Angeles.
Arizona manager A.J. Hinch says third base coach Chip Hale and first base coach Lorenzo Bundy will not return.
Doug Davis gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a win over the Chicago Cubs in the finale of disappointing seasons for both teams.
Arizona Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. have been ejected from a game against the San Francisco Giants.
Tim Lincecum struck out seven in his final start of the season, and Andres Torres homered and hit an RBI triple and the San Francisco Giants finished their home schedule with a 7-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.
Augie Ojeda had three hits and drove in three runs, Chad Tracy hit his second home run in two games and Arizona beat San Diego 7-4 Sunday.
Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds broke his major league strikeout record by fanning three times against San Francisco on Tuesday night.
Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and San Francisco's bullpen backed Jonathan Sanchez with 3 2-3 innings of scoreless relief as the Giants gained a game in the NL wild-card race with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
Jason Giambi homered for the second consecutive game and Ubaldo Jimenez outpitched Dan Haren to help the Colorado Rockies tighten their grip on the NL wild card with a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
One whiff at a time, Mark Reynolds is closing in on his own single-season strikeout record.
Everth Cabrera's game-ending single in the bottom of 10th inning gave the San Diego Padres a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
Rookie Casey McGehee homered twice, drove in six runs, and went 4 for 5, and David Bush earned his first victory in almost four months as the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2 on Saturday night.
Mark Reynolds drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 4-3 on Wednesday night to slice the Dodgers' NL West lead to 2 1/2 games over the surging Colorado Rockies.
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes has been activated from the disabled list.
Chris Young hit three home runs for Arizona, but Seth Smith homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs as the Colorado Rockies completed a three-game sweep with a 13-5 romp Sunday.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired right-handed pitcher Kevin Mulvey off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
Jon Garland, facing the team that traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers just three days earlier, retired his last 14 batters and Manny Ramirez homered to lead the NL West leaders to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night and a split of the four-game series.
Dan Haren threw seven sharp innings, Justin Upton hit his 22nd home run and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
A tearful Luis Gonzalez announced his retirement as a player Saturday and joined the Arizona Diamondbacks as a special assistant in the front office.
The Minnesota Twins have acquired right-hander Jon Rauch from the Arizona Diamondbacks to fill another hole in their bullpen.
Sidelined for four days with the flu, Mark Reynolds didn't expect much when he decided he was well enough to play Thursday.
Ryan Roberts matched a career high with four hits, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Sunday and snap a season-high seven-game skid.
Cliff Lee keeps finding ways to outdo his previous performance.
Justin Upton was putting together one of the greatest seasons in baseball history for a 21-year-old, batting .301/.374/.541 with 20 homers, 48 total extra-base hits, 66 RBIs, 68 runs, 16 steals, and 45 walks through 103 games before suffering a strained oblique Wednesday.
Edinson Volquez wasn't the only NL starter put on the shelf in the past couple of days:
Mets should go after Snyder Mets get: Chris Snyder Diamondbacks get: Nick Evans and Eddie Kunz Why it should happen:
Chris Davis' pursuit of the single-season strikeout record came to a screeching halt this morning when the Rangers demoted the struggling first baseman to Triple-A, making room on the roster for the return of Josh Hamilton.
Zack Greinke has obviously been the big story for the Royals this year, but Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star notes that Billy Butler is at least giving fans a second reason for optimism while the team tries to avoid losing 90-plus games for the eighth time in a dozen seasons …
Another month is in the books, so it's time to take a look at the most valuable players in baseball according to Fan Graphs' tremendous Runs Above Replacement (RAR) stat that combines offensive and defensive contributions while comparing everyone to "replacement-level" players at …
Cliff Lee's win-loss record has suffered from a lack of lineup and bullpen support all season and that continued Thursday night, as he got stuck with a no-decision despite tossing seven innings of two-run ball against the Pirates.
There's no official diagnosis yet on Brandon Webb's shoulder injury following multiple MRI exams and he's expected to seek a second opinion later this week, but the Arizona Republic now reports that "surgery appears to be a strong possibility."
Brandon Webb has undergone two MRI exams since canceling a bullpen session last Friday after a setback with his injured shoulder and manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday that "it's hard to say" if Arizona's ace will pitch again this season.
Call it the Jerod Morris hex or merely a coincidence, but Raul Ibanez was put on the disabled list Thursday for the first time since 2004.
- You know Dusty Baker didn't want to do it, but with Ramon Hernandez getting a day off, Ryan Hanigan was moved up to the fifth spot against the Braves. It was the first time this season that Hanigan, who entered with a .395 OBP, hit higher than seventh.
* Former Yankees, Indians, Cubs, and Giants outfielder Mel Hall has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl who he coached on a basketball team.
- The latest evidence that Trey Hillman is a joke as a major league manager: Kyle Farnsworth, who had allowed one run in eight weeks, wasn't the reliever of choice with the Royals down 6-2 tonight. Nor was he the reliever of choice with the team down 7-2.
The third and final day of the draft is taking place right now, but a couple of yesterday's mid-round picks caught me eye ...
Tommy Hanson's much-anticipated MLB debut was a bust Sunday as Milwaukee got to the 22-year-old right-hander for seven runs, including three homers.
* Clay Zavada is a relatively unknown prospect who was called up by the Diamondbacks earlier this week and he's already one of my favorite players. Why? Greatest. Mustache. Ever. * One day, one game-winning run for Tony Gwynn Jr. in San Diego.
* Prior to rejecting the trade to Chicago yesterday, Peavy called ex-teammate and current White Sox reliever Scott Linebrink to ask him about playing for manager Ozzie Guillen.
* Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times reports that the Mariners and Pirates have discussed a Yuniesky Betancourt-for-Jack Wilson trade. On the surface that may seem like an even swap of good-glove, no-hit shortstops, but the good-glove part no longer actually applies to Betancourt.
Dontrelle Willis rejoined the Tigers' rotation Wednesday against the Twins and predictably struggled, allowing four runs on eight hits without making it out of the fifth inning.
-With 21 stolen bases through 31 games, Carl Crawford is on pace for about 109 steals this year, which would tie him for 10th all-time with Vince Coleman and Arlie Latham. Coincidentally, Coleman stole 109 in 1987, the last time a player has gone over 100.
Quick! Make a move while everyone is distracted! The Diamondbacks have fired Bob Melvin and are bringing in A.J. Hinch: The Arizona Diamondbacks will name farm director A.J. Hinch to replace Bob Melvin as manager on Friday, a baseball source said.
Arizona could make a move with Young. It looks like changes are in store for the Diamondbacks after their disappointing start.
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