Since Mike Hazen became the Diamondbacks GM, one imperative is to sustainability compete. More specifically, the imperative is to compete every year.
Although reaching for the World Series would be ideal, more realistically, reaching or nearly reaching the playoffs every season would be mission accomplished, at least from my viewpoint. By that definition, sustainability has not yet been accomplished.
Are the Diamondbacks on the road to sustainability?
The Diamondbacks farm system is making waves. In 2020 and 2021, MLB.com consistently ranked the Diamondbacks farm system as the 9th best in the Majors.