Just four years after taking the field as an expansion team, a veteran-laden Arizona Diamondbacks roster pulled off what seemed almost impossible: Toppling the three-time defending champion New York Yankees in the bottom of the ninth inning of World Series Game 7 against Mariano Rivera. A quarter-century later, that rapid

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PHOENIX -- It will still be a couple of weeks before the Hot Stove begins, as the baseball world remains focused on the postseason. "We're just starting to have some conversations with teams that didn't make the playoffs or got eliminated in the first round," Arizona GM Mike Hazen said.

You can only make one first impression. Organizations handle recent Draft picks in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, they’ll hold them back for lighter work at the Spring Training complex, work that continues into fall instructs or bridge-league play. Sometimes, they’ll push them out to an affiliate to get their

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Patrick Forbes played both ways as a University of Louisville freshman and for one plate appearance as a Cardinals sophomore until a broken hand put an end to that, forcing him onto the mound full-time. The move paid off. He went to the D-backs with the 29th

The 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, with the winners set to be unveiled on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 1. Each league has three finalists at each position, including the utility spot, which was awarded for the first time in 2022.

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

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PHOENIX -- Diamondbacks pitching coach Brian Kaplan will not return to the club next season, a source told MLB.com. Kaplan's contract, which he signed in Nov. 2024, had expired, and the team elected not to bring him back. Kaplan replaced Brent Strom following the 2024 season after serving as the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- No player has been born in Arizona, played high school ball in the state, been drafted by the Diamondbacks out of that program and gone on to debut with the hometown club. That all could change in 2027 as Nogales’ own Demetrio Crisantes knocks on the door

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

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The Minor League season may be over, but that doesn't mean the prospect action has stopped. The Arizona Fall League began its 34th iteration on Oct. 3, giving many of the game's future stars a platform to put their skills on display. Each week, we'll recap the circuit's top performers.

PHOENIX -- Torey Lovullo believed his Diamondbacks team was going to be in Atlanta this week, battling the Braves in the National League Wild Card Series. Others might have given up hope with Arizona trailing the Phillies by four games with six to play, but Lovullo was not among them.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There were 2,402 pitchers who accrued at least 30 innings this season across the Minor Leagues -- and nobody struck out a higher percentage of hitters than the D-backs' Joe Ariola (45.8%). The 6-foot-2 southpaw doesn't throw in the triple digits. He doesn’t spin the ball at

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

SAN DIEGO -- By the time the Diamondbacks finished up their at-bats in the top of the first inning Sunday, they were already behind. With the final NL Wild Card spot on the line, Arizona knew it needed to win and the Phillies had to lose in order for the

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

It’s never too late to make a statement. A trio of perennial All-Stars proved that point during the final week of the 2026 regular season. Pete Alonso and Nolan Arenado went on offensive tears, finishing on resounding high notes to earn the year’s last Player of the Week Awards, while