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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