#Mike Hazen

One of my favorite baseball (if not all of sports) tropes is the, "Unheralded prospect reaches the majors and succeeds beyond expectations." It is exactly the type of underdog, perseverant, hopeful story and dynamic that sports so uniquely deliver on a seemingly endless basis. Josh Rojas absolutely typifies that trope from his biography and…

Expectations are high in Diamondbacks land. Not only are they coming off an encouraging 85-win season, the team is fresh off an offseason in which it made several high-profile additions. For those wearing the rosiest of glasses, the moves left them dreaming not just about the Diamondbacks reaching the playoffs, but about them chasing down the Los…

SAN DIEGO - A little less than a week ago, Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen framed the possibility of trading one of his talented young outfielders as roughly a 50/50 proposition. Those odds make a trade seem fairly likely, particularly coming from a GM who often remarks on the difficulty of deal-making. Hazen seems to be getting the sense…

The first ever draft lottery for the MLB Draft will take place tonight at 8:30pm Eastern Time, 6:30pm MST. The lottery itself only covers the first six picks of the draft, with the next 12 based on reverse order standings of the teams remaining. In previous years, the draft was based solely on reverse order standings. Here are the odds for the No.…

At the turn of the new year, Fangraphs' Effectively Wild - one of the best baseball podcasts around - dropped an episode where they discussed what baseball will look like in the 2020s. It is worth the listen if you have an hour, it's fun to imagine what the game will look like over the next ten years. Here at the Snakepit, we have spent most…

Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen and manager Torey Lovullo have worked together since 2017. Theirs is one of the longest current partnerships in baseball for a head of baseball operations and manager. Only the Dodgers (Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts), Guardians (Chris Antonelli and Terry Francona), and Mariners (Jerry Dipoto and Scott…

During Diamondbacks' GM Mike Hazen's ZOOM media session last night he made clear that he is going to pursue a right handed outfield bat this off season. At the same time the team just designated for assignment two such players, removing them from the 40-Man roster, Jordan Luplow and Stone Garrett. Part of that decision had to do with the roster…

Bo Jackson: MLB has brighter future than the NFLLegendary two-sport athlete Bo Jackson recently told Sports Seriously why he thinks baseball has a brighter future than football. LAS VEGAS - There were no free-agent signings, and only a couple of small trades, but when the Major League Baseball General Manager meetings ended in Las Vegas on…

WagerTalk MLB analyst Brian Ochsner offers his analysis of Thursday's Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks clash at Coors Field. Through 16 games against one another this season, both the Rockies and Diamondbacks have eight wins. The Arizona Diamondbacks travel a mile high to play the Colorado Rockies in the first of a three game weekend…

Let's kick off my 2023 off-season stuff with a look at several positions the Diamondbacks will have to cover. I will take a look at candidates in free agency. We start with the hottest vacancy: closers. For this article we have to assume that we don't have any in-house candidates that are a lock to fill in the closer role. We know the profile Mike…

ST. LOUIS - It was a season where teams were either really, really good, or were really, really bad. There were four 100-victory teams this season, tying a major-league record. There were four 100-loss teams, also tying a major-league record. The expanded postseason took the drama of races, but if not for the third wild-card spot, the Philadelphia…

WagerTalk MLB analyst Brian Ochsner offers his analysis of Monday's Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers clash at Chase Field. This game between the Diamondbacks and Dodgers is the first of eight remaining games between these two teams in the regular season. The Arizona Diamondbacks host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first of a three game…

I'm taking a break from building my shrine to Ronald Acuna Jr. to put together the Wednesday edition of the article. I know there are a lot of things we can complain about when it comes to Major League Baseball, but the incredible amount of young, exciting talent is the best it has ever been. Every day, we're treated to watching some awesome…

The Diamondbacks have been playing good baseball since the All Star Break, resulting in a 25-17 second half record, which is the 8th best in MLB. Their overall record is now 65-69, giving them an outside chance to finish at.500 in 2022. Coming off a 52-110 season in 2021, they'll need to go 16-12 the rest of the way to achieve that mark. That will…