With Spring Training fast approaching, MLB.com will take a look at a different aspect of this year's D-backs squad each day this week. Today's topic: What's the vision?
PHOENIX -- When Mike Hazen took over as D-backs' general manager last October, managing general partner Ken Kendrick and team president/CEO Derrick Hall made it clear that it would be Hazen who decided what direction the organization would take after a disappointing 69-93 finish.
Over three months later, it seems clear that Hazen believes he has a team that can compete for the postseason in 2017. But at the same time, he's keeping an eye on the future.