Email a copy of '5 Surprises: Arizona Diamondbacks' to a friend
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Email a copy of '5 Surprises: Arizona Diamondbacks' to a friend
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iains
Mustn’t forget the Barret Loux debacle
Dave_Gershman
Good call.
Barry Enright has also been a nice surprise as well.
fitz
How about Justin Upton (unexpected) and Mark Reynolds (expected) taking a fairly significant step backwards from their 2009 seasons. They needed more out of those two and a healthy Webb and they would have had an exciting team to watch. Also, to see their ace Dan Haren struggle so badly early on in the season must have been tough. I had high expectations for this team heading into the season.
mikecav19
Not this season, but there was debate as to who won the Velverde/Qualls, Guity trade and many pointed out that the D-Backs did OK because they got so much of the players under team control as opposed to only 2 years of Velverde for the Astros. I am not, by any stretch of the imagination a Wade apologist (though I am an Astros fan), but that trade was awesome for the Astros as they also got 2 draft picks this year from the A status free agent Velverde.
TheReturnOfMrBlanks
Worst bullpen ever
jwredsox
TBay’s is 07 was pretty terrible.
YanksFanSince78
Ian Kennedy had to be a surprise to most. He gained a few ticks on his FB as I’ve seen him throw as high as 92-93. He definetly has an impressive change that he didn’t really use while with the Yanks and I don’t think anyone expected him to have as many k’s as he has now.
Vote_For_Pedro
Hey Tim, It would be cool if you did this for every team. 5 Surprises San Diego Padres, 5 Surprises Boston Red Sox ect…
EdinsonPickle
Definitely, I was going to say the same thing. This is a great article.