There’s no denying it: the last ten games, if not fatal to the Diamondbacks’ post-season hopes, were seriously problematic. They went 4-6 overall, which would have been bad enough in general. Making things worse was that seven of those ten games were against the Orioles and Marlins, two of the worst teams in the majors this year. They are exactly the sort of opponents against whom any self-respecting team should be looking to pick up ground. Arizona did manage to edge Baltimore, taking two of three, albeit only outscoring them narrowly (13-12). But they then went to Miami, and dropped three of four, conceding three more runs than they scored (18-21).
The Diamondbacks’ playoff odds: 110 games in
