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| As always, looking for names of players that (a) are of interest and (b) are available in your league.
Among the players we'll be covering are Clayton Kershaw, Jacque Jones, Doug Davis, Jake Westbrook, Dontrelle Willis.
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Recent Arizona Diamondbacks Player News
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| Chad Qualls (P) AZ |
11/21/2009 |
| Qualls (knee) was removed from the 60-day DL on Friday. |
He's supposed to be back at full strength in time for the start of spring training, but the D-Backs haven't provided any updates about his health since the end of the regular season. |
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| Jordan Norberto (P) AZ |
11/21/2009 |
| Norberto was added to the D-Backs' 40-man roster on Friday. |
He's pitching very well in the Dominican Winter League with a 13:0 K:BB ratio in 13 appearances (10 innings). Norberto dominated at High-A Visalia before struggling at Double-A Mobile, so he'll likely have to return to Mobile before getting a chance at Triple-A Reno in the second half of 2010. |
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| Daniel Stange (P) AZ |
11/21/2009 |
| Stange was added to the D-Backs' 40-man roster on Friday. |
He made 39 appearances at Double-A Mobile and had a 44:15 K:BB ratio in 51.2 innings. Stange spent some time in the closer's role (10 saves), but was victimized by a .316 batting average against. |
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| Roque Mercedes (P) AZ |
11/21/2009 |
| Mercedes was added to the D-Backs' 40-man roster on Friday. |
He was the key component in the Felipe Lopez trade last season. Mercedes could see time in the Arizona bullpen at some point in 2010 after a successful season between High-A Brevard County and Double-A Mobile after the D-Backs acquired him from the Brewers in July. Mercedes had a combined 70:25 K:BB ratio and just two homers allowed in 60.2 innings. |
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| Cole Gillespie (OF) AZ |
11/21/2009 |
| Gillespie was added to the D-Backs' 40-man roster on Friday. |
The move was made to protect him from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. Gillespie will face an uphill battle for playing time with the D-Backs this season, so he'll likely open the year at Triple-A Reno unless there's a trade or an injury or two that pave the way for him to carve out a reserve spot on the Arizona bench during spring training. |
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| Aaron Heilman (P) AZ |
11/19/2009 |
| The Cubs traded Heilman to the Diamondbacks on Thursday for prospects Scott Maine and Ryne White, ESPN Chicago reports. |
Heilman had a 4.11 ERA in 70 relief appearances for the Cubs in 2009 and should be a nice piece for Arizona's bullpen. |
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10/16/2007 |
| It may be a relatively quiet winter for Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes, the Arizona Republic reports.
Compared with his other two off-seasons with Arizona, Byrnes' winter could be a quiet one. Two years ago, he traded Javier Vazquez for Chris Young. Last year, there were deals for Doug Davis and Randy Johnson. His to-do list doesn't appear to be quite so long heading into the 2008 season. Livan Hernandez
will be a free agent and isn't expected to be re-signed. First baseman Tony Clark is also a free agent, and seems likely to be brought back. The Diamondbacks still have more corner infielders and corner outfielders than corners. Aside from Clark, the position players that Arizona manager Bob Melvin used most of the season are either under contract or under team control for next season. The Diamondbacks anticipate continued improvement. "We have talented guys that have the ability to get better," Melvin said. "With the experience they're getting here, I think it's the start of something very big for us and we're excited about the future of the Diamondbacks." The 2008 rotation figures to include Brandon Webb, a healthy Johnson, Davis and Micah Owings, who finished with an ERA (4.30) more than half a run better than that of Hernandez (4.93). The team has several internal candidates for a fifth starter - Edgar Gonzalez, Yusmeiro Petit, Dustin Nippert, not to mention a host of minor leaguers - but Byrnes could try to use his excess of position players to find another arm. If Clark returns, the team will have four infielders - Conor Jackson, Chad Tracy and Mark Reynolds the others - for two positions. Tracy's microfracture knee surgery could complicate trade scenarios. In the outfield, Eric Byrnes, Young and Justin Upton appear entrenched, leaving no room for Carlos Quentin or, potentially, prospect Carlos Gonzalez, both of whom could be appealing trade bait.
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Majors
Allen, Brandon 1B
Augenstein, Bryan P
Boyer, Blaine P
Buckner, Billy P
Byrnes, Eric OF
Carlin, Luke C
Drew, Stephen SS
Gutierrez, Juan P
Haren, Dan P
Heilman, Aaron P
Hester, John C
Jackson, Conor 1B
Montero, Miguel C
Mulvey, Kevin P
Ojeda, Augie 2B
Parra, Gerardo OF
Qualls, Chad P(Out)
Reynolds, Mark 3B
Roberts, Ryan 2B
Rosales, Leo P
Ryal, Rusty 2B
Scherzer, Max P
Schlereth, Dan P
Snyder, Chris C(Out)
Upton, Justin OF
Vasquez, Esmerling P
Webb, Brandon P(Out)
Young, Chris OF
Zavada, Clay P
AAA
Abreu, Tony 3B
Ambriz, Hector P
Blackley, Travis P
Gillespie, Cole OF
Marte, Jose P
Romero, Alex OF
Spottiswood, Billy P
Valdez, Cesar P(Out)
Whitesell, Josh 1B
Woody, Abe P
AA
Ciriaco, Pedro SS
Elliott, Matt P
Ellis, Josh P
Enright, Barry P
Frey, Evan P
Hallberg, Mark SS
Hankerd, Cyle OF
Mercedes, Roque P
Newby, Kyler P
Norberto, Jordan P
Parker, Jarrod P(Out)
Rahl, Chris OF
Roemer, Wes P
Sanchez, Yunesky 2B
Septimo, Leyson P
Skelton, James C
Stange, Daniel P
Torra, Matt P
A+
Collmenter, Josh P
Cowgill, Collin OF(Out)
Easley, Ed C
Harden, Trevor P
Shaw, Bryan P
A
Conner, Clayton 3B
Davidson, Matt 3B
Krauss, Marc OF
Miley, Wade P(Out)
Morgan, Sean P
Navarro, Reynaldo SS
Parker, Justin SS
Pollock, A.J. OF
Side, Joey OF
Wheeler, Ryan 1B
Worthington, Tyrell OF
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Belfiore, Michael P
Borchering, Bobby 3B
Broxton, Keon OF
Eichhorn, Kevin P
Hagens, Bradin P
Nick, David SS
Owings, Chris SS
Smith, Eric P
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