While the Diamondbacks are certainly not favored to win their division in 2024, especially after the Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani, there are undeniably elevated expectations for Arizona going forward.
Coming off a remarkable Cinderella postseason run that started in the Wild Card round and ended in the World Series, the Diamondbacks have all of a sudden emerged as a “threat” in the MLB.
Torey Lovullo acknowledged what this will mean for the team going forward by stating during the Winter Meetings, “I’ve already been talking about it, to embrace it. So we have to learn to embrace that, accept what we are and that we deserve it.