In case you were wondering, I changed up the alphabetical-order-by-city routine I usually use for these in order to run this one on a day the Cubs were actually playing the team in question. The Cubs meet the D-backs this afternoon — second time they’ve played them this week.
Most people focusing on the Diamondbacks this spring are noting their trade of Paul Goldschmidt to the Cardinals and the narrative is, “Face of the franchise gone, this team is in decline.”
That might not actually be the case. Sure, the D-backs went from a playoff year in 2017 to an 8-19 September collapse in 2018 to this deal, but they still have a lot of very good players.