Patrick Breen/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLCAt 32-40, .444 W% the Diamondbacks are on pace for a 72-90 season. If they were to finish the season with that record it would be a 20 game improvement over the 52-110 debacle of 2021
Both fans and ownership might consider that the minimum bar to cross to feel like the team is moving in the right direction. This would actually represent better than average improvement compared to teams that were similarly bad as the D-backs were in 2021. Last year I looked at teams that finished with a sub .350 W% over the last 50 years , and how they did in the following three seasons. (The D-backs had a .321 W% last year). On average, in year one…
