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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Patrick Corbin has been the model of consistency this year. He's the only pitcher in the major leagues to pitch at least six innings and give up two runs or fewer in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Brandon McCarthy pitched his best game of the season without any doubt Sunday, but the bullpen cost him a chance for his first victory since Aug. 30, 2012. Heath Bell...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH D-backs closer J.J. Putz has a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament, Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said Thursday, but the injury will not require surgery. It seemed like a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Shortstop Didi Gregorius was acquired to be an everyday player, and it appears that time has come. Gregorius had two hits Thursday while making his fifth consecutive start in 2-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Some wondered why the Diamondbacks would add another closer this winter when they acquired Heath Bell in a three-team trade for a bullpen that featured closer J.J. Putz and heir...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The Diamondbacks saved a game but may have lost a closer in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Closer J.J. Putz was forced to leave a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers with right elbow discomfort...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH There is not much of a shelf life for 40-save seasons, it appears, at least in San Diego. Heath Bell got as much grief as applause in his first appearance in Petco Park with the D-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH J.J. Putz is and will be the Diamondbacks' closer, manager Kirk Gibson reiterated in San Diego over the weekend, but Putz may not be the only reliever used in save situations going...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH If you could not tell the new Diamondbacks without a program early this season, there was no rush. The D-backs are built for the long haul, and the huge offseason commitments prove...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The Diamondbacks did not get to see much at all of new shortstop Didi Gregorius this spring because of a right elbow injury that limited him to DH appearances in spring training...

While the 2012 Major League Baseball season was arguably Brandon McCarthy's most impressive, it was also one in which he was yet again plagued by injuries. But it was seemingly the former that the Arizona Diamondbacks took note off, as they signed the...

When Dan Duquette was hired roughly a year ago as the club’s executive vice president, the Orioles pointed to his impressive track record in the past with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was in charge of some very good teams –...