SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After taking over as D-backs general manager last October, Mike Hazen and his baseball operations staff took a long look at the organization and decided that the team's core deserved another shot at competing for the postseason rather than initiate a full-on rebuilding.
How the D-backs perform in the first few months of the 2017 season will likely determine whether they continue along that course or change directions.
If the D-backs get off to a good start and are contenders come the non-waiver Trade Deadline, they believe that they have the money as well as the Minor League talent it would take to improve.