Christian Walker was among the 12 players who declined a one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer on Tuesday, ensuring the D-backs will receive Draft pick compensation if the veteran first baseman signs elsewhere this offseason. Reds right-hander Nick Martinez was the only one of the 13 recipients to accept this year’s

The D-backs added right-hander Joe Elbis and infielder/outfielder Tim Tawa to the 40-man roster on Tuesday, protecting the two prospects from the Rule 5 Draft next month. The moves leave Arizona with 37 players on its 40-man roster. Elbis and Tawa aren’t featured on MLB Pipeline’s list of Top 30

While this year’s MVP races have two clear frontrunners coming off historic offensive campaigns, that doesn’t mean the competition is lacking. The other four finalists also delivered exceptional performances in 2024, more than one of which would have secured the MVP Award rather handily in many other years. Here's a

The Arizona Diamondbacks hosted the official grand opening of their Dominican Academy at the Las Américas Complex in the Dominican Republic. With a perfect backdrop of blue skies and sunshine, the celebration was attended by over 200 guests, including senior leadership, current players, alumni, Dominican dignitaries, sports authorities from various

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The 6 p.m. ET deadline to add players to their 40-man rosters and protect them from the Rule 5 Draft has come and gone. We've listed every organization's ranked prospects who are Rule 5-eligible and whether they were protected or not. There were four Top 100 prospects who required protection

This page will be updated throughout the offseason as news happens.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – As the Salt River Rafters posed with their Arizona Fall League champions banner, they held their pinky fingers and thumbs pointed out in the form of “the shaka” or hang-ten as they cheered. “Kala’i Rosario is from Hawaii, he's been one of our team leaders here,” Rafters

When he was left off the National League All-Star team in 2023, Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was upset. Arizona legend Luis Gonzalez pulled Marte aside. “I basically just told him, ‘You know that it happens,’” Gonzalez said of the All-Star snub. “I mean, unfortunately only so many guys are

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For all 30 Major League teams, some of the biggest decisions of the offseason had to be made by Tuesday's deadline for setting 40-man rosters. Any player eligible for the Rule 5 Draft and not added to his organization’s roster by 6 p.m. ET now will be available to be

MLB’s best hitters were feted Tuesday night as the 2024 Silver Slugger Award winners were announced on MLB Network. The hitting hardware, which is voted on by Major League managers and coaches, is given to the top offensive player at each position in each league. That includes three outfielders (regardless

When he was interviewing Brian Kaplan for the vacant pitching coach job, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo couldn't get over how in sync the two seemed to be. "I felt an immediate connection," Lovullo said. "The way he was explaining things to me is how my mind works and I could

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When he watched second baseman Ketel Marte in Spring Training last March, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo sensed something different about him. Arizona was coming off a run to the World Series thanks in part to the contributions Marte made during the regular season and in the NL Championship Series, when

The best of the Arizona Fall League took the field at Sloan Park on Saturday night for the Fall Stars Game. A plethora of baseball's best prospect got their chance to showcase their skills, including Tigers No. 6 prospect Thayron Lirizano, who was named the game's MVP after delivering a

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The Arizona Diamondbacks will get compensation if they’re unable to re-sign free agent Christian Walker after extending a qualifying offer to the first baseman at the start of this offseason. A team can extend a QO to any of its impending free agents who have never received a qualifying offer

Defense is increasingly becoming a young man’s game. From 1957, the year they were first handed out, to 2012, only nine rookies won Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. The same number have captured the game’s top defensive prize since 2013, including six in the past three seasons alone. Red Sox right

MESA, Ariz. -- Put yourself in the shoes of Caden Rose and Dylan Ray. Best friends since childhood growing up in North Alabama, they dreamed of being professional ballplayers. Now they're beginning to see those dreams materialize. Invited to the Arizona Fall League, they've finally gotten to spend time together

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PHOENIX -- Once again, Christian Walker's glove was made of gold. The D-backs’ sure-handed first baseman was awarded a Rawlings Gold Glove Award for the third straight season, matching the total accumulated by Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona’s only other first baseman to win the award. Walker, who took over for Goldschmidt

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Life as a Minor League reliever has thin margins. Your ERA can be torpedoed by one bad outing. There’s also the obvious caveat that the fewer innings you throw, the less often scouts, evaluators and members of the organization get to see your stuff. But the quickest