Anyone remembers the 2020 baseball season? It was a season to forget. Not just because of the whole COVID-situation, the shortened season and the farce that certain team was named World Series winner after a 60-game season and a couple of playoff games, but also because the Diamondbacks were bad. Very bad. The Diamondbacks ended in 5th place in the NL West, 18 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers...over just 60 games.
The team’s big offseason signing, Madison Bumgarner, has underperformed and has dealt with a back injury. Robbie Ray, the team’s No. 2 starting pitcher, couldn’t get out of innings and the team’s offense, upgraded on paper with the acquisition of outfielder Starling Marte, has gone quiet more than it has woken up.