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Top 5: Snakes with Mojo
Who's feeling the mojo for the Diamondbacks these days? We got our Top 5 right here.
1. DAN HAREN - Can you be a National League Cy Young favorite on a sub-.500 club? Yes, if you're as good as Haren (5 GS, 2 W, 35 IP, 21 H, 5 BB, 36 K, 1.54 ERA, 0.74 WHIP). With any kind of support, he'd be 5-0. His teammates owe him more runs, wins.
2. JARROD PARKER - Arizona's best prospect whipped through Class A+ in less than a month. If his AA performance is as impressive, Parker could be pitching in Phoenix by September. The Diamondbacks won't want to rush the 20-year old right-hander, so Parker must earn it.
3. JUSTIN UPTON - The wunderkind is working counts deep, drawing walks, and making hard contact to all fields. Opponents fear him, especially his arm. That bomb he Upton against Randy Johnson ... has it come down yet?
4. AUGIE OJEDA - His defense has sparkled. He's setting the table with plenty of walks and hits. He has pop to the gaps and enough speed to stretch singles into...
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Top 5: Reasons To Be Happy About The Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks Nation has been feeling a bit frustrated about the start to the season for the Snakes.
Perhaps our expectations were too high. Our sense is that this team is capable of much more than they have consistently shown so far. But we have not lost faith.
Rather, we think the team is capable to achieve great things in 2009. We only want to see the Diamondbacks play to the true level of their abilities.
There are plenty of reasons to be happy about the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here are our Top 5 --
1. The Rotation Is Strong. The win-loss record does not show it, but the Snakes' starting pitchers have been incredible in 2009. Through thirteen games, Arizona’s rotation has made five quality starts (defined as at least six innings pitched with three runs or fewer allowed). But even when they've not met the QS-standard, the starters have kept the team in games.
Only twice in the first thirteen have the Diamondbacks starters really taken it on the chin. Those games featured...
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Top 5: Favorite Arizona Diamondbacks
1. Justin Upton, Superstar.
2. Junior Spivey. Was the only youthful starter (27) on a 2002 team full of old men. Pop in his bat, 3x the speed of the vets, home grown. Smiled like he meant it, glowered when needed. Unforgettably! appeared on the cover of SI after the 2001 World Series.
3. BK got a bum rap. Maybe he was a bad apple, cos there was always that subtext. I don't think so. He wanted to be a starter, big deal. Had a cup of coffee as a 20-year old in 1999, then this:
2000: 70.2 IP, 6 W, 6 L, 14 SV, 52 H, 9 HR, 46 BB, 111 K, 4.46 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
2001: 98 IP, 5 W, 6 L, 19 SV, 58 H, 10 HR, 44 BB, 113 K, 2.94 ERA, 1.04 WHIP
2002: 84 IP, 8 W, 3 L, 36 SV, 64 H, 5 HR, 26 BB, 92 K, 2.04 ERA, 1.07 WHIP
2003: 122.1 IP, 9 W, 10 L, 16 SV, 104 H, 12 HR, 33 BB, 102 K, 3.31 ERA, 1.12 WHIP (combined ARI/BOS totals)
What more can you really ask from a kid?
4. Brandon Webb is the most valuable player in Arizona Diamondbacks history, as measured by how he's performed v....
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