The D-backs finished their campaign with a record of 74-88. While still only good for fourth in the division, that’s still a 22-win improvement over the previous season, and better than most pre-season predictions. The team even challenged the Giants for third, being just a game back in mid-September. All told, although they were still a long way back of a play-off spot, finishing 13 back in even the expanded wild-card race, the strong performance of some young players does suggest there is perhaps light at the end of the tunnel. Let’s just hope, as the old joke says, that it’s not an oncoming train.
Arizona Diamondbacks: November confidence poll
