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Coming into the 2009 season, the Arizona Diamondbacks were well-aware that when it came to offensive depth, there just wasn't that much in the system.

The Arizona Diamondbacks made a move to plug one of their most pressing needs when they acquired right-handed reliever Aaron Heilman from the Chicago Cubs last week.

The team selected the contracts of infielder Cole Gillespie, right-handed pitchers Roque Mercedes and Daniel Stange and left-handed pitcher Jordan Norberto.

Going into this offseason the Arizona Diamondbacks identified three areas they wanted to address before Spring Training 2010 arrived.

This will be an important offseason for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they try to rebound from a last-place finish in the National League West.

Arizona Diamondbacks It was a tough year in Arizona and it ended even worse when the D-Backs No.

Josh Bell, 3b, Chattanooga 11. Jay Jackson, rhp, Tennessee 12. Todd Frazier, of/2b/1b, Carolina 13.

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.

Tracy hit an 0-2 pitch from Luke Gregerson an estimated 432 feet into the swimming pool area in right-center field to conclude the scoring.

The Diamondbacks will have at least one hole to fill in their starting rotation for 2010, maybe two depending on what they do with injured ace Brandon Webb .

It is still too early to say definitively, but both Mark Reynolds and the Diamondbacks front office expect the third baseman to fall short of qualifying for arbitration for 2010, a scenario that would save the team a huge chunk of change.

When Gerardo Parra hit a long fading fly ball to right field in the seventh inning Friday night, nobody could have been sure what was going to happen.

Only three games separate the San Diego Padres from last-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West, but the differences between the two recently have been much greater.

A.J. Hinch wasn't asking for much from his relievers. All he wanted was one out, and he couldn't get it.

Alcides Escobar drove in a pair of runs, as the Milwaukee Brewers used a four-run seventh inning to defeat Arizona, 5-3, and complete a three-game sweep at Chase Field.

To say that the Aces roster was fluid this season would be an understatement. Just half the players on the 24-man active roster on Monday were here when the season began in April.

Billy Buckner allowed only one run and five hits in seven innings against Los Angeles.

Ronnie Belliard hit the last of Los Angeles' five two-out singles in the eighth inning, breaking a tie and giving the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

Closer Chad Qualls will undergo season-ending surgery on the left knee he damaged on the final play of Sunday's game, but manager A.J. Hinch wouldn't immediately name a ninth-inning replacement.

Jason Giambi came through in the clutch again, delivering a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth to lift Colorado to a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.