Arizona Diamondbacks - The Obama / Trump Years (2010-2019)

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Top Diamondbacks Players of the Twenty Teens

2011 - Won Division, lost LDS to Milwaukee

2017 - WC (Beat Colorado), NLDS (Lost to LA)

Pitchers:

Zack Greinke (16.6 ) - 40

BallPark:

Ian Kennedy (8.26 ) - 31

Chase Field (renamed from Bank One Ballpark in 2006)

Patrick Corbin (11.42 ) - 28

Robbie Ray (10.19) - 25

Team Name:

Brad Ziegler (7.21 ) - 23

Diamondbacks

Wade Miley (5.03 ) - 20

JJ Putz (3.43 ) - 19

Owner:

Zack Godley (2.67 ) - 14

Ken Kendrick and Jeffrey Royer

Josh Collmenter (7.39 ) - 13

Trevor Cahill (1.23 ) - 11

General Managers:

Daniel Hudson (3.47 ) - 11

Kevin Towers (2010-2014)

Rubby De La Rosa (0.99 ) - 10

Dave Stewart (2014-2016)

Archie Bradley (5.7) - 9

Mike Hazen (2017-2019)

Merrill Kelly (4) - 9

Managers:

Catchers:

AJ Hinch (2010)

Miguel Montero (11.12 ) - 41

Kirk Gibson (2010-2014)

Welington Castillo (3.44 ) - 11

Chip Hale (2015-2016)

Torey Lovullo (2017-2019)

First Basemen:

Paul Goldschmidt (40.13 ) - 91

No Hitters:

Edwin Jackson (2010)

Second Basemen:

Ketel Marte (11.49 ) - 22

Hall of Famers:

Aaron Hill (6.24 ) - 20

None

Jean Segura (5.47 ) - 13

Kelly Johnson (5 ) - 12

Rookie of the Year:

Brandon Drury (4) - 9

None

ShortStop:

MVP:

Nick Ahmed (10.05) - 25

None

Stephen Drew (5.5 ) - 15

Didi Gregorius (2.56) - 6

Cy Young:

None

Third Base:

Jake Lamb (6.65 ) - 16

Notable Events:

Martin Prado (3.68 ) - 10

2010 - Not a good decade in Arizona. One Division title, one wild card, five

Outfield:

seasons around .500, and three just plain bad. It could have been worse. Other

AJ Pollock (19.99 ) - 49

than slugging first baseman Paul Goldschmidt (who, surprisingly for a first sacker,

Chris Young (11.99 ) - 32

can also run), and outfielder Justin Upton who is traded away to the Braves

David Peralta (14.14 ) - 36

at the tender age of 25, there is no one close to having star power on the club.

Justin Upton (9.46 ) - 27

It starts at the top and Arizona's owners are not big spenders, altho' not

Gerardo Parra (11.22 ) - 26

cheapskates either. Their GM's leave a lot to be desired, however. I never

Chris Owings (3.19 ) - 16

understood how Kevin Towers keeps finding jobs as a GM as he never gets

Ender Inciarte (8.55 ) - 15

it done anywhere he goes. Replacing him with Dave Stewart wasn't going to

help, however, and it didn't.

Notable Events:

2011 - Arizona wins 94 games and wins the Division. At this point in franchise

2016 - Arizona splurges on free agent righthander Zack Greinke, 32. It was an

history every time they've 'that they've won 90 or more games, they've also

odd deal as this is the kind of guy you go after when you think you

won the division. This was the fifth time that they've done it in their brief history.

are one big pitcher away from contending. Arizona was clearly not

The previous time was in 2007. Unfortunately for the Diamondbacks, they've

in 2016.

only been able to go ninety back to back just once, 2001-2002. 2012 was a

typical hangover season after a Division title season for the Dbacks as they

2016 - In an absolutely dumb deal, the Dbacks give up righty Aaron Blair, 24, a

fell back to a .500 mark.

first round pick in the 2013 draft, young outfielder Ender Inciarte, 24, who

hit .303 in 2015, and shortstop Dansby Swanson,22, the first overall

2011 - The Dbacks gain a whopping 29 games in the standings.

pick in the 2015 draft to the Braves for journeyman righthander

The improvement was due almost entirely to the pitching.

Shelby Miller who was coming off a 6-17 season. Miller, 25, would

Arizona overachieved a bit in relationship to their runs totals, but,

proceed to go 3-12 with a 6.15 ERA for Arizona. For this deal alone, Dave

that being said, this edition of the club was a good team. They were led by

Stewart should be banned from ever entering the state of Arizona again.

their pitching, particularly twenty six year old righthander Ian Kennedy who

went a gaudy 21-4. It was, by far, his best season in the big leagues, but Ian

2017 - Mike Hazen is hired as GM, one year too late, unfortunately.

was still a pretty good pitcher outside of the 2011 season. The rest of the

starters all hit double figures. Twenty four year old righty Daniel Hudson had a

2017 - In one of the most productive mid season trades in history, the Dbacks

career year going 16-12, Lefty Joe Saunders, picked up in 2010 for Dan Haren,

send three youngsters to the Tigers for slugging outfielder JD Martinez.

won 12 and twenty five year old Josh Collmenter won ten. The bullpen was

All Martinez does is go 29-65-.302 in 232 at bats as he, along with Paul

anchored by JJ Putz, a free agent pickup in 2011, who saved 45 games.

Goldschmidt and Jake Lamb, carry Arizona's offense on their Dbacks.

The rest of the bullpen was solid with lefty Joe Patterson, righty David

Martinez leaves for Boston as a free agent after the season, but he more than

Hernandez, righty Micah Owings who went 8-0 and righty Brad Ziegler, a trade

did his job.

deadline pickup from the A's, who had a 1.74 ERA. On the offensive side of

things, the squad was young and homegrown. Other than twenty three year old

2017 - Arizona comes out of nowhere to gain 24 games in the standings and

Justin Upton (31-88-.289), no one had a particularly big year, but Arizona did

make it to the post season as a wild card. This season extends the

have a lot of nice young players who had come up in the Dbacks farm system:

Dbacks' streak to six of making the playoffs whenever they top 90 wins.

catcher Miguel -Montero, 27; shortstop Stephen Drew,28; leftfielder Gerardo

In the previous five, they won the division, they are a wild card this time.

Para, 24; centerfielder Chris Young, 27 and first baseman Paul

The offense improved, scoring 60 more runs than in 2016, but it was

Goldschmidt, 23. Unfortunately for the Dbacks, other than Goldschmidt,

the pitching that really made the difference as Arizona gave up 153 runs less

none of these position players would do much for Arizona moving forward.

than the previous season (that's one run a game). Twenty five year old

lefty Robbie Ray comes into his own, going 15-5.

2012 - Lefty Patrick Corbin, 22, is a rookie. He had been acquired from the

Zach Greinke makes the 2016 trade look prescient as he posts a 17-7 mark.

Angels in 2010 in a deal for Joe Saunders

Another lefty, Patrick Corbin, still only 27, is a steady innings eater in the

middle of the rotation and three youngsters Taijuan Walker, 24, Zack Godley, 27,

2012 - CF David Pollock, 24, is a rookie. He was a 1st round pick in 2009

and Archie Bradley, 23, become solid contributors on the mound.

2013 - Utility man Chris Owings, 21, is a rookie. He was a 1st round pick in 2009

2018 - Arizona drops eleven games in the standings as their offense significantly

weakens from 2017, scoring 119 less runs in 2018. The primary culprits

2014 - 3B Jake Lamb, 23, is a rookie. He was a 6th round pick in the 2012 draft

for the decline were JD Martinez who took his 29-65-.302 in less than half

a season to Boston where he helped them win the 2018 World Title and

2014 - OF David Peralta, 26, is a rookie. He was picked off the scrap heap in 2013

third baseman Jake Lamb who fell off a cliff going from

30-105-.248 to 6-31-.222

2015 - Lefty Robbie Ray, 23, is obtained in a three way deal with the Tigers

and Yankees for shortstop Didi Gregorius. At first blush, this trade was a

2019 - Despite losing three key players, LHP Patrick Corbin, OF AJ Pollock

disaster, but Ray is beginning to make this deal a good one for the Dbacks.

and the greatest Diamondback of all time, 1B Paul Goldschmidt

The Tigers have become a frequent and productive trading partner with

to free agency, the Dbacks gain three games in the standings. They finish

Arizona in recent years.

second in the Division with 87 wins, not quite good enough to make the playoffs.

Arizona is led by stars 2B Ketel Marte, 25, and RHP Zack Greinke, 35.

The Dbacks also get unexpected power surges from 1B Christian

Walker, 28, and 3B Eduardo Escobar, 30.