Arizona Diamondbacks News

With the Fanfest yesterday, there wasn't any time to do a Snakebytes, so let's get caught up as we gallop towards pitchers and catchers reporting for the Diamondbacks, in about a week.

Holding a baseball in one hand and blue ballpoint pen in the other, Cary Erickson ogled about a dozen South Korean pitchers doing drills at the Surprise Stadium on a recent morning.

According to ColorWerx and Chris Creamer's sportslogos , the Diamondbacks will be sporting a new primary logo in 2012.

Let's get this party started. It's a whole different vibe to an off-season when you come off a division title.

Name: Joe Saunders Known Aliases: Bazooka Joe, Colonel Saunders, Abrananaham Lincoln Age on opening day: 29 Salary: $5,500,000 2011 stats: 33 games, 212.0 IP, 3.69 ERA, 12-13, 108:67 K:BB 2010 stats His career 3.76 ERA for AZ is now the second-best by a left-hander with 250 IP in franchise history.

Back in the middle of last month, we promoted XFINITY's 'Ultimate Sports Social Media' contest , which promised to give one fan a chance to become a professional Tweeter.

Oct 5, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez celebrates with teammate George Kottaras after hitting a two run home run in the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks during game four of the 2011 NLDS at Chase Field.

Remember when everyone picked the Giants to win the 2011 NL West? That was fun. Can't go against them defending champs, nosiree.

Oct 7, 2011; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Ian Kennedy throws a pitch in the second inning of game five of the 2011 NLDS against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.

I believe this is the first of the major "independent" Top 100 prospect lists to come out .

With spring training just around the corner, you can almost smell the fresh-cut grass and hear the crack of a bat colliding with a baseball.

Left-handed reliever Craig Breslow and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a one-year contract worth $1,795,000, a deal that avoided salary arbitration.

The Diamondbacks will enter the 2012 season having one of the strongest pitching rotations in the game.

After reading Tyler Grote's post this morning where he examined the reasons why the Reds were baffled by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011, I got to thinking about how each team in the division has progressed over the last few years and wondered if I could use the numbers to project where each team is going in 2012.A Do the Reds have what it takes to ... (more)

I hope you enjoyed Sunday's Super Bowl and the commercials that accompanied it. Man, what a game - you can't help but be happy for Eli Manning and the New York Giants.

NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing next week, agreeing to a $19 million, two-year contract.

Sep. 25, 2011; Phoenix AZ, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks fans hold up a poster before the game against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field.

Bill Hall #6 of the San Francisco Giants bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the Major League Baseball game at Chase Field on June 15, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona.

I got the group outing chart through from Geno last week, and took a look at it over the weekend to begin the process of looking for dates that might be suitable for SnakePitFest v5.

Oct 7, 2011; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Ian Kennedy takes batting practice before game five of the 2011 NLDS against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.