Source: www.azsnakepit.com - Monday, October 28, 2019
Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Things are looking brighter than they were. The last part of this series, and we take a look at the pitchers who arrived in Arizona before or during the 2019 season. This might have been the results of trades over the previous off-season, or because they were promoted up from the farm system at some point in the year. We don’t distinguish. But I feel quite optimistic about the future, with the arrival of Luke Weaver and Zac Gallen appearing to give us a solid couple of pitchers for the next few years. That’s something which Arizona needed, especially with the departure of Patrick Corbin, the trade of Zack Greinke and the looming, likely loss of Robbie Ray at the end of next season. Weaver and Gallen are a good foundation on which the team can build. But it wasn’t all about them. There were a full dozen pitchers who made their debut as Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019, for one reason or another. The table below lists them all, along with their 2018 bWAR where appropriate (not in Arizona, obviously), along with the bWAR this year (just for us, in cases like Gallen, where they arrived mid-season). They are in declining order of 2019 production, and we’ll see you on the far side for some player-specific commentary. Luke Weaver If you watched Weaver this year, it’s probably hard to believe how poor he was in 2018. Over 25 starts, and five relief appearances, he had a 4.95 ERA, and deserved the gr
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Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Things are looking brighter than they were. The last part of this series, and we take a look at the pitchers who arrived in Arizona before or during the 2019 season. This might have been the results of trades over the previous off-season, or because they were promoted up from the farm system at some point in the year. We don’t distinguish. But I feel quite optimistic about the future, with the arrival of Luke Weaver and Zac Gallen appearing to give us a solid couple of pitchers for the next few years. That’s something which Arizona needed, especially with the departure of Patrick Corbin, the trade of Zack Greinke and the looming, likely loss of Robbie Ray at the end of next season. Weaver and Gallen are a good foundation on which the team can build. But it wasn’t all about them. There were a full dozen pitchers who made their debut as Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019, for one reason or another. The table below lists them all, along with their 2018 bWAR where appropriate (not in Arizona, obviously), along with the bWAR this year (just for us, in cases like Gallen, where they arrived mid-season). They are in declining order of 2019 production, and we’ll see you on the far side for some player-specific commentary. Luke Weaver If you watched Weaver this year, it’s probably hard to believe how poor he was in 2018. Over 25 starts, and five relief appearances, he had a 4.95 ERA, and deserved the gr
Source: Breaking News
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