Snakes on the Diamond is the home run hitting podcast covering the Arizona Diamondbacks and Major League Baseball. Hosted by Michael McDermott, a credentialed beat writer for FanNation's Inside the Diamondbacks on Sports Illustrated's website, and Wes Baier, a baseball hobbyist who occasionally writes for the SBNation's AZ Snake Pit.
I’m really glad they pulled the trigger on this trade. As mesmerizing as it is to see DDLS hit insane home runs in Reno, having Puk in the bullpen is exactly what we need against teams like the Phillies. If we want to get back to the WS, the path is almost certainly through them again.
And Philadelphia has the best left-handed power bats in the league between Schwarber and Harper. Plus you also have to account for Jake Cronenworth (mentioned in video), Matt Olson, and Freddie Freeman. Those are matchups the D-backs need to get through in order to make another postseason run.
I'm with Spencer, I want 3 prep guys. That of course being that no legit college guy slides but I'm just not interested in Moore or Janek. We need one of the prep arms amd we shod do everything we can to slide them down the board. As far as guys with a decent chance to be there for our trio of picks I like Schmidt, Mayfield, Sloan, Caldwell and gillen in that order. College guys who would intrigue me are Tommy White, Dakota Jordan and cijnie (sp?)
The one issue with that strategy comes down to signability. Because of the team's unique draft pick situation, they can for sure do that with one high school arm/bat. Dakota Jordan is the only college guy you named who has a legit chance of dropping to 29. Cjintje is rising fast, White still not likely to fall out of Top 25 (if he does, he's a slam dunk pick at 29). Janek will stick at catcher and is a good enough player to start but he'll be the weakest bat in the lineup. Moore is a coin flip to stick at catcher but Arizona lacks a left-handed bat in their system that easily projects 15 homer power without significant warts. The only reason to take either guy would be max savings (my preference is Janek) and sign high schoolers at 31 and 35. However I like the idea of Gillen or Lindsey at 29 if they don't.
Bob Nightengale's column, worth a read for yourself: www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/06/09/mlb-players-starting-to-fear-for-their-safety-from-gamblers/74028741007/
Wouldn't be that worried if Lawler doesn't make the team by the end of the year. Hurt this year and needs to get back into a rhythm. He wasn't ready last year
Final results, rolled together in this spreadsheet. We actually forgot to include Ricardo Yan when we did this exercise. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DWeFSWoajgdW3VhXqmDUSyORXdNz0JI1Ne21da58kNI/edit#gid=0
Braves swept a series even with Strider pitching through a torn elbow and Max Fried getting blooped to death and the best catcher in the national league Sean Murphy being on the IL.
Like I said in the video, the Braves are still good, and are running back basically the same team. The strider injury is unfortunate, but I still expect 95 wins as the floor for this team
The sooner Montgomery and e rod are back the better and I pray Torey stops being so so so so ducking obsessed with the platoon when it doesn’t matter or is minimal enough to be dumb especially with a hot hitter.
Update from manager Torey Lovullo: Rodríguez will begin the season on the injured list. MRI revealed a lat strain, with the severity not disclosed. Grade 1 lat strain is a 2-3 week absence according to MLB, Grade 2 is a month.
Check out Michael's story on Eduardo Rodriguez here: www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/news/family-played-key-role-in-eduardo-rodriguez-decision-to-sign-with-diamondbacks
That's the only real risk with signing Martinez. His batted ball metrics are otherwise elite. The question is can this lineup afford to have two sluggers with a 30% strikeout rate between him and Suarez.
3 seasons without time in the minor leagues what do you guys expect. He hit a combined .283 with .915 OPS between 4 leagues. Galo is a stud in the outfield btw. Cmon now
The swing and miss is an issue because MLB pitchers and coaches can better exploit it. Unlike Gallo, Robinson is a right handed bat so he’ll have the platoon advantage fewer times. It’s not a strong profile for a major league regular or even part-time player. The swing and miss rates have to improve when he repeats AA. If Robinson gets anywhere close to peak Gallo, that’s a win for Arizona.
@@SnakesOnTheDiamond I don’t think it’s a issue if he only has 230 ABs in the last 3 seasons. Power hitters always have swing and miss issues look at Judge
im high on kristian robinson .. he once was a top prospect.. i think if he keeps his head on straight works on his game he can fit our current style perfectly
I would say that 2024 is a make or break year for him. Reducing the strikeouts without sacrificing quality of contact will be the main key. In terms of raw talent I’d only put Druw Jones ahead of him.
It was pretty crazy watching the review too. I knew it hit the knob of Wade’s bat but didn’t notice the part where Herrera corralled the deflection with his midsection until after the review was announced.
