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POWER RANKINGS
Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
07/07/2009
27
28
Sad.
06/30/2009
28
27
I wonder: Does Brandon Webb have his mail sent to his place of residence, the D-Backs' clubhouse or the local surgi-center? It depresses me that one of the great pitchers of the last half-decade now calls an MRI tube his home away from home ... On the plus side, newbie reliever Clay Zavada should be a Best Mustache list mainstay for years to come.
06/23/2009
27
27
Franchises we want to love but can't, because while we admire the thought and discipline that went into team assembly at some point they should, like, win something, exhibit B: the Snakes of 'Zona. Against the D-backs on Sunday, the Mariners trotted out a lineup that included Chris Woodward, Mike Carp, Ronny Cedeņo and Jamie Burke. If there's any better commentary on the seriousness with which teams take the D-backs on days when somebody other than Dan Haren is on the hill, I'd love to see it ... They lost, by the way, when first baseman Tony Clark dropped a routine throw from across the diamond. Somehow stuff like that never happens to good teams.
06/16/2009
27
23
If you proposed a roto deal in which you'd give up Mark Reynolds for, say, Dustin Pedroia or C.C. Sabathia, you'd be turned down with great prejudice and shredded on the league message board. But given Reynolds' numbers so far (.280-ish, 13 steals, 17 HRs, 45 RBI), you'd be the one getting completely reamed in that trade. Clearly it's the strikeouts -- 89 in 62 games through Sunday, which make him something of a real-world albatross -- that keep Reynolds in the lower quadrant of third basemen perception-wise ... Nice to see Scott Schoeneweis back on the mound on Saturday.
06/09/2009
23
20
If I were Dan Haren, I'd be miffed at the namby-pamby bullpen, too. ... Surrendering a game-tying pinch-hit dinger to David Eckstein, the most inspiring human being this side of the Dalai Lama, is as clear a sign as humanly possible that Chad Qualls' current forearm tightness might portend something far more serious.
06/02/2009
20
21
Dan Haren's strikeout/walk ratio is an ungodly 71-9. ... Justin Upton probably hates his teammates about now. He can't do much about it, though: He's only 21 and looks like he's 18, so he probably needs them to buy him beer.
05/26/2009
21
25
They were just starting to register a pulse, then came Monday's come-from-ahead implosion. Nonetheless, a 6-3 road trip is something you can build on ... If I were young D-Backs hurler Billy Buckner, I'd start every interview by getting in the reporter's face and saying, all burly-like, "Yeah, he's totally my dad and it's Bob Stanley's fault they lost that game." Later, he can quietly admit that there's no relation.
05/19/2009
25
26
New skipper A.J. Hinch seems to know the names of at least 21 of his 25 active players, only one of whom yelled at him in public view during his first week on the job. That's progress.
05/12/2009
26
24
I don't know enough about A.J. Hinch's player-development moxie to comment with any authority on his past life, but I wonder how a guy who's never managed before -- in the bigs, in the minors, in a 7-11, etc. -- will handle his new high-profile gig ... There's talk of sending Chris Young to the minors, which would send a powerful message -- though less about performance/professionalism than about economics ("we're going to stick with Eric Byrnes and hope against hope that he plays well enough for us to shed his contract").
05/05/2009
24
28
Days after I publicly called Justin Upton out for acting like a baby (I believe the precise wording was something along the lines of "Justin Upton, I'm calling you out for acting like a baby!"), the guy has gone berserko on opposing pitchers. Over the last 11 games, he has put up a .378/.465/.757 line, with six walks against seven strikeouts ... Alas, the team is still batting .212 with runners in scoring position and .227 overall, with a .300 on-base percentage. Eesh.
Preseason Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
02/16/2009
6
-
Their record will look better than it should, because they'll spend a good chunk of the season pounding on the nancies of the NL West. ... The young talent here remains borderline intimidating. Imagine if Chris Young (25 on opening day), Stephen Drew (25) and Justin Upton (21) all happen to take the expected leap forward at the same time. ... Fetchingly tousled free spirit Eric Byrnes provides gnarly-dude-isms and sporadic kamikaze dives into home plate for a mere $22 million through 2010. Gosh, every team needs one of those.
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