The 2018 Diamondbacks will stage their first workout on Valentine’s Day. What better time to resume a budding love affair with sports fans in Arizona?
The relationship has great momentum and promise. It also has issues. This franchise has a history of one-hit wonders, souring the audience just when the romance starts to flourish. They have never won a playoff game in the year following a playoff appearance. And like most of Major League Baseball, it’s been very quiet around here lately.
There were hopes that a soft free agent market might compel J.D. Martinez to stick around for another season.