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2024 Arizona Diamondbacks Season
The 2024 Arizona Diamondbacks season is the franchise's 27th season in Major League Baseball and their 27th season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They are managed by Torey Lovullo in his eighth season with the franchise. They enter the season as the defending National League champions and runner-ups of the World Series. They also opened this season with their best opening game in franchise history to date with a 16–1 blowout win at home over the Colorado Rockies. After starting the game with two runs in the first inning and a Rockies run in the second, the Diamondbacks responded with a new franchise record for runs in an inning with 14 runs scored in the bottom of the third inning. Offseason Transactions November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 Season standings National League West National League Wild Card Record vs. opponents Game log Regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League West
The National League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was formed for the 1969 season when the National League expanded to 12 teams by adding the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos. For purpose of keeping a regular-season of 162 games, half of the teams were put into the new East Division and half into the new West Division. Within each division, the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates (90 games), and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division (72 games), totaling 162 games. Geography Despite the geography, the owners of the Chicago Cubs insisted that their team be placed into the East Division along with the teams in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Also, the owners of the St. Louis Cardinals wanted that team to be in the same division with their natural rivals of the Cubs. The league could have insisted on a purely geographical alignment like the American League did. But the owners were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Suárez
Eugenio Alejandro Suárez (born July 18, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds. Suárez was an All-Star in 2018. Career Detroit Tigers Suárez originally signed with the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent on October 9, 2008. He played for the Venezuelan Summer League Tigers in 2009 and 2010. He played for the Gulf Coast Tigers of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and the Connecticut Tigers of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League in 2011 and the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Class A Midwest League in 2012. With the Whitecaps, he had a .288 batting average and 21 stolen bases in 135 games. He started the 2013 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and was promoted to the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League during the season. He was added to the Tigers' 40-man roster on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waivers (baseball)
Major League Baseball transactions are changes made to the roster of a major league team during or after the season. They may include waiving, releasing, and trading players, as well as assigning players to minor league teams. Active, expanded, and postseason rosters As of the 2022 season, each Major League Baseball team maintains a 26-man active roster, a 28-man expanded roster, and a 40-man reserve list of players. Players on the 26-man roster are eligible to play in official major league games throughout the season. The 40-man reserve list includes the players on the 26-man roster plus as many as 14 players who are either on the team's seven-, ten-, fifteen-, or 60-day injured list, who are on paternity leave for up to three days, or who are in the franchise's farm teams in Minor League Baseball. From September 1 through the end of the regular season, each team is required to expand its active roster to 28 players. (Before the 2020 season, any player on the 40-man reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jacques (baseball)
Joseph Jacques (born March 11, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox. Early life Jacques is from Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He attended Red Bank Regional High School and Manhattan College, where he played college baseball for the Manhattan Jaspers, joining the team as a walk-on. He also played collegiate summer baseball during 2016 in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Jacques graduated from Manhattan College in 2018. Career Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Jacques in the 33rd round, with the 984th overall selection, of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He spent his first professional season with the rookie–level Bristol Pirates, also appearing in one game for the Low–A West Virginia Black Bears, and struggled to a 6.33 ERA across 17 appearances. Jacques split the 2019 season between the Single–A Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Designated For Assignment
Designated for assignment (DFA) is a contractual term used in Major League Baseball (MLB). A player who is designated for assignment is immediately removed from the team's 40-man roster, after which the team must within seven days, return the player to the 40-man roster, place the player on waivers, trade the player, release the player, or outright the player from the 40-man roster into Minor League Baseball. Governance MLB player transactions are governed by '' The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book''. Rule 2(k), titled "Designated Players", along with Rule 10(g), titled "Player Limit", govern the transaction known as "designated for assignment". It is not specifically named as such, although within Rule 10(b), titled "The Procedures for Obtaining Waivers", the term "designate for assignment" is used. Media use of the phrase dates to at least 1976. Contractual moves Place the player on waivers Typically, a player is placed on waivers after being designated for assignmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jace Peterson
Jace Ryan Peterson (born May 9, 1990) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers. Early life Jace Peterson was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on May 9, 1990, as the eldest of three children to Scott and Shawn Peterson. He was a three-sport athlete at Hamilton Christian Academy in his hometown, playing baseball, basketball, and football. Upon graduation, Peterson attended McNeese State University, where he played football and baseball for the McNeese State Cowboys. In his three-season collegiate baseball career, Peterson set a school record for stolen bases, with 78. He was drafted by the Padres in the supplemental first round (58th pick overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and signed with the team for $624,600. Professional career Minor leagues Peterson made his pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Montgomery
Jordan Blackmon Montgomery (born December 27, 1992), nicknamed "Gumby", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also played for the New York Yankees. Before his professional career, Montgomery played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Yankees selected him in the 2014 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2017. The Yankees traded Montgomery to the Cardinals in 2022. Amateur career Montgomery attended Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina. He played for the school's baseball team, and was named the state's player of the year as a senior. Montgomery enrolled at the University of South Carolina, and played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team. He was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week on April 9, 2012, and a Freshman All-American. He earned the nickname " Gumby" in college after a senior baseball player used it to make fun of his lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randal Grichuk
Randal Alexander Grichuk (born August 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays. Grichuk was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, Texas. He played five seasons in the Angels' minor leagues system, losing time to injury but also developing home-run hitting ability throughout before the Angels traded him to the St. Louis Cardinals in November 2013, with whom he made his major league debut on April 28, 2014. He spent four seasons with the Cardinals before he was traded to the Blue Jays prior to the 2018 season. After four seasons with Toronto, he was traded to the Rockies. Early life and amateur career In 2003 and 2004, Grichuk participated in the Little League World Series for Lamar National of Richmond, Texas. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Fletcher
Dominic Paul Fletcher (born September 2, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Amateur career Fletcher attended Cypress High School in Cypress, California. As a senior in 2015, he was named the ''Orange County Register'' Player of the Year after batting .365 with 27 runs batted in (RBIs). After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Arkansas where he played college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. As a freshman, Fletcher started 56 games in centerfield and hit .291 with 64 hits, 12 home runs, and 37 RBIs, earning freshman All-American honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Baseball America, and the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team. In 2019, his junior year, he hit .317/.386/.537 with 11 home runs and 61 RBIs over 64 games. Professional career Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Mena
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Chicago White Sox organizations and rosters of their affiliates: Players Sean Burke Sean Michael Burke (born December 18, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. Burke attended Saint John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and played college baseball at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft. Burke spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Kannapolis Intimidators. He started 2022 with the Winston-Salem Dash before being promoted to the Birmingham Barons. Andrew Dalquist Andrew R. Dalquist (born November 13, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. Dalquist was born and grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and attended Redondo Union High School. As a senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and plays its home games at Guaranteed Rate Field, located on Chicago's South Side. The White Sox are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL) Central division. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the White Sox were established as a major league baseball club in as the Chicago White Stockings, before shortening their name to the White Sox in . The team originally played their home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in , where they played until . They moved into their current home, which was originally also known as Comiskey Park like its predecessor and later carried sponsorship from U.S. Cellular, for the 1991 season. The White Sox won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joc Pederson
Joc Russell Pederson ( ; born April 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. He is a two-time World Series champion, and a two-time All Star. The son of former MLB player Stu Pederson, Joc was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB draft out of Palo Alto High School. By virtue of his Jewish heritage, he played for the Israel national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He was ranked the Dodgers' top prospect by ''Baseball America'' after the 2013 season. In 2014, he was named the Pacific Coast League (PCL) Most Valuable Player after hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases, and he made his major league debut that September. Beginning the 2015 season as the Dodgers' starting center fielder, Pederson was selected to start for the NL All-Star team. He became the first Dod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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