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D-backs have top prospects all over field By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2013041 1&content_id=44506066&vkey=news_ari&c_id=ari

D-Backs rotation can be better; farm report; & other stuff By Nick Piecoro / http://www.azcentral.com/insiders/nickpiecoro/2013/04/11/d-backs- rotation-can-be-better-farm-report-other-stuff/

Pollock, Marte giving D-backs tough decision By Jack MacGruder / FOXSportsArizona.com http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/mlb/arizona- diamondbacks/story/Pollock-Marte-giving-D-backs-tough- decis?blockID=890763&feedID=3607

D-backs take their shot at Kershaw By Jack MacGruder / FOXSportsArizona.com http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/mlb/arizona- diamondbacks/story/D-backs-take-their-shot-at- Kershaw?blockID=891119&feedID=3607 April 12, 2013 • MLB.com http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_index.jsp Jackie Robinson's lessons served Baylor well By Jack MacGruder / FOXSportsArizona.com http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/mlb/arizona- diamondbacks/story/jackie-robinsons-lessons-served-baylor- April 12, 2013 • Sports.yahoo.com w?blockID=891069&feedID=3607 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/morenews

D-backs' Hall: Upton 'worked out well' for both teams By Daria Del Colliano / ArizonaSports.com April 12, 2013 • MLB.com http://arizonasports.com/42/1626240/Dbacks-Hall-Upton-trade- http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions worked-out-well-for-both-teams

Arizona Diamondbacks - TeamReport By WBDJ7.com http://www.wdbj7.com/sports/sns-rt-bbo-diamondbacks- teamreportmtze94c4580os-20130411,0,3416954,full.story

A.J. Pollock Continues Strong Start From Outfield In Career Day By Thom Tsang / Rantsports.com http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/04/11/a-j-pollock-continues- strong-start-from-arizona-diamondbacks-outfield-in-career- day/?IPS7sOGE1DBMrEUp.99

Arizona Diamondbacks: 5 Players' Hottest Starts to the Season That Will Continue By Michael Dunlap / bleacherreport.com http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1600140-arizona-diamondbacks-5- players-hottest-starts-to-the-season-that-will-continue

Aces Downed by Bees, 6-4 By MiLB.com http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130412&content_id=4 4548424&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t2310&sid=t2310

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The Aces have a loaded pitching staff with the likes of Skaggs, Delgado, , and . D-backs have top prospects all over field By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com Some of the organization's top position-player prospects like Owings, http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2013041 and likely Gregorius -- when he's 1&content_id=44506066&vkey=news_ari&c_id=ari activated -- are also with Reno.

PHOENIX -- Balanced seems to be the best way to describe the D- Mobile has Holmberg and Spruill in its rotation, while Bradley, the No. backs' farm system these days. 7 overall pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, will start the year with Visalia. While once it was clear that pitching was the strength -- with some talent on the corners and a lack of depth up the middle -- Arizona now New kids on the block has prospects scattered throughout the diamond, including the premium When he was acquired in the deal that sent to the positions up the middle. Indians, Gregorius was viewed as the team's of the future. An elbow injury took him out of contention for making the D-backs' Where the D-backs' Top 20 prospects are starting the season: roster, but they certainly think he could be in the Majors at some point this year. 1 Reno AAA 2 Archie Bradley Visalia A+ A true shortstop, Ahmed saw a lot of time at second during big league 3 DL camp and could end up playing more there this summer depending on 4 Matt Davidson Reno AAA how the organization decides to divide up playing time. During the 5 DL spring, Ahmed, who was acquired from the Braves in the 6 Reno AAA deal, impressed with his work ethic and attention 7 Mobile AA to detail. 8 A.J. Pollock Arizona MLB 9 David Holmberg Mobile AA The D-backs liked what they saw from Spruill during last year's Arizona 10 Mobile AA Fall League, when he was still with the Braves. Acquired in the Upton 11 Extended ST deal, Spruill is a sinker- who has displayed good command. 12 Anthony Meo Mobile AA 13 Michael Perez Extended ST D-Backs rotation can be better; farm report; & other stuff 14 Jose Munoz Extended ST By Nick Piecoro / The Arizona Republic 15 Evan Marshall Reno AAA http://www.azcentral.com/insiders/nickpiecoro/2013/04/11/d-backs- 16 Visalia A+ rotation-can-be-better-farm-report-other-stuff/ 17 Evan Marzilli Visalia A+ 18 Visalia A+ If you want to pick nits about how the Diamondbacks have looked in 19 Visalia A+ the first week and a half, there’s really only one area of the club that’s 20 Chase Anderson Reno AAA even remotely concerning, and that’s the starting rotation. Through nine game, they have a 4.67 ERA, which ranks 11th among the 15 National Pitching still remains the strength, though, with left-handers Tyler League teams, and they have just four quality starts. Skaggs, David Holmberg and Andrew Chafin, along with righties like Archie Bradley, , Zeke Spruill and Anthony Meo. More than likely, if we look up in a few months and the Diamondbacks are still 11th in rotation ERA, they’re probably not going to be too far Acquiring middle-of-the-diamond players was a priority for Kevin above .500. So, more than likely, they’re going to need to improve in Towers when he took over as general manager a couple of years ago, that area. and that has led to the additions of Didi Gregorius, Nick Ahmed and Stryker Trahan, among others. And there’s reason to believe they will.

In fact, when Gregorius is able to play the field after being shut down The thing that stands out to me is that the right guys are struggling in this spring with a strained right elbow, finding playing time for him, Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy. That sounds odd, but hear me Chris Owings and Ahmed will be a challenge. All three are true out. , which gives the team depth at a position that has grown scarce in the big leagues the last few years. Let’s say was getting knocked around. Or his velocity was down. Coming off the he had, there’d be all sorts of This year's farm teams will be hard pressed to equal last year's success, alarms going off, and everyone would wonder if his 2012 season – when Triple-A Reno, -A Mobile and Rookie-level Missoula each which came out of nowhere in a lot of ways – was really the outlier. won league championships. Or let’s say Pat Corbin hadn’t been pitching well. For a pitcher who as Fans can keep track of the D-backs' top prospects throughout the of a year ago very few saw as being more than a back-end starter, season on MLBPipeline.com and Prospect Watch. Get scores, stats, there’d probably be a lot of red flags being waved. news, schedules, tickets and more for all of Arizona's Minor League teams on MLBPipeline.com/D-backs. But Miley has had two strong outings, pitching effectively and rediscovering the velocity on his that he had somehow Stacked squads misplaced in spring training. And Corbin looked very good in his first In recent years, Triple-A has become a place where teams sign veterans outing, and he, too, has been throwing hard – harder, actually, than he to serve as insurance against injuries at the Major League level while did during his time in the big leagues last season. leaving their top prospects in Double-A. That's certainly not the case in Reno this year. As for Cahill and McCarthy, there doesn’t appear to be anything too alarming about their poor starts. Cahill has had some trouble throwing 3 strikes – this is not new – and he gave up a home to Matt Holliday On Wednesday, they belonged in an All-Star setting, as both rookies in his first start on a pitch that had no business being out of the had career games. ballpark. Pollock had his first three-hit game, his first two- game and McCarthy’s struggles have been a little more unusual, particularly given his first four-RBI game in the Diamondbacks’ 10-2 rout of the Pirates. what he’s said following his outings. That being, more or less, that he’s His three-run homer in the second inning gave Wade Miley a 6-0 lead, felt great about everything except his results. While he said there were a and he added a bases-empty home run in the fourth that led to a four- few adjustments he wishes he’d been quicker to make in his two starts, run inning for a 10-1 lead. Then there was his diving catch in center he compared it to a hitter going 2 for 10 with four line outs. field with a runner on second base and one out to take a run away from the Pirates in the first inning. “Things will trend back,” he said. “All I ever care about coming out of an outing is, I want to win – you always want to get results and throw Marte doubled in the final run in a three-run first inning and reached well – and have everything feel right. I don’t mean health-wise, but if base in his first four plate appearances, in four different ways. He also you feel like you’re able to do everything you want to do, then it singled, walked and was hit by a pitch. becomes just simple sequencing and putting it all back into place. The two give the D-backs the kind of outfield depth most major league “Everything is positive on that front. Sometimes a day just doesn’t go teams would envy, and with it they have been able to get off to a 6-3 your way and little things happen. But that’s what makes this so hard. start while playing through spring injuries to projected starters Ross and You can do everything right and sometimes it doesn’t work.” Adam Eaton.

Anyway, for both Cahill and McCarthy, their stuff appears fine. They’re The D-backs have led or been tied for the NL West lead ever since their healthy. They have track records of being successful major league Opening Day victory over the Cardinals. starting . The smart money is on better results from both. And while it has been only 10 days, both Pollock and Marte have given Perhaps there are other parts of the Diamondbacks’ first nine games every indication that they belong in the big leagues, which will make the that might not be sustainable, areas in which we’re probably going to upcoming decision even more difficult. Ross is tentatively scheduled to see some regression. But the starting pitching looks like it can be better. return from his left calf injury on the road trip that begins in We’ll see how it plays out. with an interleague series against the Yankees next Tuesday, the first time the D-backs will need a DH this season. *** Pollock, who had two homers in 31 games in his first major league time Farm report last year, has a professional’s understanding of the possibilities after yo- yo-ing between the D-backs and the minors five times last year. After Triple-A Reno: RHP Randall Delgado had a miserable day, giving up Chris Young got hurt, and Jason Kubel went on paternity leave, and eight runs on five hits and five walks in 1 2/3 innings as the Aces lost went on maternity leave, and as the designated 26th player the first game of a doubleheader. They dropped the second game, as for a doubleheader, and ... well, with LHP Joe Paterson taking the loss. SS Chris Owings went 4 for 7 in the two games and DH Didi Gregorius had a hit in each game. "The easiest way to deal with it is you’re in the lineup, you’re a member Gregorius is 3 for 12 with a pair of walks so far. Plans called for him to of the team and you’re expected to help the team win. If you do that possibly play in the field perhaps as soon as Sunday. Also, OF Cody enough, you don’t need to worry about the rest. It’s when you’re not Ross will head to Reno for games on Friday and Saturday and hopes to grinding it out for the team and competing for the team when it starts come off the disabled list early next week. to happen,” he said.

Double-A Mobile: The BayBears racked up 16 hits – four by 3B Nick “Someone will bring it up. That’s what they do. They think ahead. But Evans, who doubled twice – and the Mobile bullpen tossed five when you are a baseball player and you are in the thick of things during scoreless innings in a win over Pensacola. a season, there is a game today, and when that is done, there is another. If you are in there you are going to compete. When you are not, you are High-A Visalia: The Visalia rotation remained on a roll with RHP going to be the best bench player you can. That’s all you can do.” Archie Bradley turning in perhaps his most dominant outing as a pro: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K. That’s actually the first zero-walk start of his Marte has a similarly mature stance. career (not counting a one-inning start he had for rookie-level Missoula in 2011). Bradley said he was “very consistent” for the first time in his “I don’t think about it. that is something I can’t control. The only thing career, as Ashley Marshall writes. I can control is my game, and that’s all I am worrying about,” he said through teammate Martin Prado's interpretation. Low-A South Bend: Rained out. Marte had a career-high 20 home runs at Class AA Mobile last year, Pollock, Marte giving D-backs tough decision more than double the amount he had in any previous four minor league By Jack MacGruder / FOXSportsArizona.com seasons. He credited a top-hand approach suggested by then-Mobile http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/mlb/arizona- hitting Jay Bell, who was in the other dugout Wednesday after diamondbacks/story/Pollock-Marte-giving-D-backs-tough- becoming the Pirates’ hitting coach this season. decis?blockID=890763&feedID=3607 Pollock has been more of a doubles hitter in his career, with 41 to go PHOENIX -- In about a week, or whenever returns from with 36 stolen bases at Mobile in 2011. Not that his home runs the disabled list, the Diamondbacks likely will be forced to return either Wednesday were necessarily a surprise. A.J. Pollock or Alfredo Marte to the minor leagues. It is the curse of the young and optionable on a deep, veteran team. “For me, hitting home runs is not about power. It’s about hitting the ball correctly and you’re approach at the plate. It’s 340 feet down the line. It’s not like you need to hit it 600 feet to hit it out. It’s more about 4 getting the right pitch and taking the right swing in the right count,” he said. Jackie Robinson's lessons served Baylor well By Jack MacGruder / FOXSportsArizona.com “Just trying to be a competitor up there.” http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/mlb/arizona- diamondbacks/story/jackie-robinsons-lessons-served-baylor- D-backs take their shot at Kershaw w?blockID=891069&feedID=3607 By Jack MacGruder / FOXSportsArizona.com http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/mlb/arizona- PHOENIX — Don Baylor was hit by 267 major league pitches, some diamondbacks/story/D-backs-take-their-shot-at- thrown with malice. But nothing may have stung more than the hit he Kershaw?blockID=891119&feedID=3607 took one day in junior high in Austin, .

Let the intra-division play begin. After opening with NL Central teams “Where is the 18th parallel?” Baylor’s teacher asked, a question designed St. Louis, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, the Diamondbacks will begin a to humiliate. three-game series against big-spending NL West rival the at on Friday. The D-backs will not face right- The teacher bopped Baylor on the head with a rolled up paper when he hander , who signed a six-year, $147 million free agent did not know the answer, as if every seventh grader should recognize contract in the offseason, but will see Korean lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu, who the demarcation line between North and South Vietnam. signed a three-year, $36 million deal. “I had to refrain from jumping up and popping him,” said Baylor, now Pitching matchups: Friday -- LHP (1-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. the Diamondbacks hitting coach. LHP (2-0, 0.00). Saturday -- RHP (1-1, 4.15) vs. LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-1, 2.13). Sunday -- RHP Trevor Cahill At that minute, a tough decision was easy. (0-2, 5.90) vs. RHP Josh Beckett (0-1, 4.91). By his life, Jackie Robinson taught Baylor well. Who’s hot for the D-backs: , who has led off every game this season, is hitting .341 and is tied for the NL lead with 14 hits and As the movie “42” celebrating Robinson’s life opens to national five doubles. He is second with seven extra-base hits. ... Martin Prado, audiences Friday and baseball prepares to celebrate Jackie Robinson who has started all nine games at either third base or left field, is tied for Day on Monday, Baylor still takes inspiration from the story of the man second with 10 runs scored. ... is hitting .342 with who integrated with the Brooklyn Dodgers in four doubles. ... Relievers David Hernandez (five appearances) and Matt 1947 and was a hero in many African-American neighborhoods, Reynolds (four) have not given up a run. especially in the South.

Who’s not: The D-backs have received only one quality start -- six “Absolutely. I know he had some more-than-rough days," Baylor said. innings or more, three earned runs or less -- in six tries from Nos. 1-3 "When you are a pioneer, you are going to have those rough days. No starters Ian Kennedy, Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy. The first doubt about it. Everybody is not going to be with you. But he showed a two will pitch the final two games of the Dodgers series. Cahill has lot of determination, dignity." walked five and hit two in 10 2/3 innings “We are going to look back years and years from now and say one Who’s hot for the Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw has given up only six hits baseball player changed sports, really.” and one walk in his first 16 innings, all scoreless, while striking out 16. He shut out San Francisco, 4-0, on 94 pitches on Opening Day. ... New Baylor has spent almost 50 years in baseball, from the day he was leadoff hitter and left fielder Carl Crawford, who missed most of last drafted in the second round by the in 1967 through season with an elbow injury, was hitting .464 with .531 on-base his time as star player, coach and manager. percentage entering Thursday night’s game against San Diego. He led off Wednesday’s game with a home run and had six multiple-hit games. He was the American League MVP in 1979 with the California Angels; ... Adrian Gonzalez was hitting .393 with six RBIs in the he won three Silver Slugger awards, two with the first eight games. and one with the ; and he has a ring with the Minnesota Twins in 1987. He played for 19 seasons, finishing with Who’s not: Center fielder Matt Kemp had five hits in his first 30 at-bats, 338 homers, 1,276 RBI and 2,135 hits. He also swiped 285 bases — 52 with three doubles and two RBI. ... Third baseman Luis Cruz had two in 1976 — with the majority of them early in his career. hits in his first 22 at-bats. ... Josh Beckett has given up four home runs in his first 11 innings. Baylor was also the manager of the 1995 when they became the first major league expansion team to reach the playoffs in Notes, quotes, odds and ends: Kershaw, won the NL Cy Young award just their third season. He managed in the Mile High City for six in 2011 and was second last season, but he has not used the D-backs as seasons and skippered the from 2000-2002. a springboard. He was 1-3 agains the D-backs last season, and there is some history. Kershaw was ejected after hitting Parra with a pitch on He has seen about all there is to see in baseball, and his life is not so Sept. 21, 2011, and the two had words from their benches. Parra much different. probably will be the first batter Kershaw sees Friday. ... The D-backs had the upper hand last season, winning 12 of the 18 games and limiting Forget the 18th parallel. Baylor was occupied with other borders in the Dodgers to an average of 2.7 runs a game. ... The D-backs won 10 1961, when he and two childhood friends — one boy, one girl — chose of 18 in the series in 2011. ... Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez is to integrate O. Henry Junior High School, which was a 1½-mile walk expected to miss the first two months of the season with a torn from their Clarksville neighborhood. Their other option was to attend a ligament in his right thumb. junior high across town that required a downtown bus transfer and wasted hours in transit — not much of an option at all. They were the first African-American students at O. Henry, and they felt it.

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“That was an eye-opening experience, I tell you,” recalled Baylor, now 63. “It always seemed like there was something special in Don," said Seale, who is retired and living outside of College Station, Texas. "He was a “You were walking into an all-white school. The teachers were just as good athlete and a good person. He was not loud or vocal. He led by tough as maybe the students were. Kids are going to be kids. Kids in the example. He deserved it by his work ethic. He would come early and seventh grade are going to call you names. Call you the ‘N’ word. See stay late. He was the only black kid we had, but that didn’t make me any how far they could push you. I was going to take on anybody’s difference. They were all Austin Maroons." challenge, so I had to calm down.” Baylor and his younger brother, Douglas, visited the Seales last winter He managed, overcoming the overtly racist behavior that is so easy now to hunt and spend time together. to see for what it is. “It was like having two of our kids home for the holidays,” Seale said. The O. Henry football coach might not have been prejudiced, but he did not have enough football uniforms for the two new players who Said Baylor: “He was into helping kids, what coaches are made for." entered school that year. Baylor’s friend got one; Baylor did not. Baylor was a pioneer for his family. Douglas and cousins from the After watching Baylor play intramural flag football, the coach had a spot Clarksville neighborhood took the same path, to O. Henry and then for Baylor the next year, even though the uniform was the scruffiest of Austin High. Baylor made it easier for them all. the lot. Smart choice. Baylor proved so adept at the sport that Darrell Royal would later offer him a scholarship and the opportunity to One day in spring training years ago, Baylor saw Robinson at the become the first African-American player at the University of Texas. Baltimore Orioles complex. A young player, Baylor did not approach him, although as years passed he has become close to Robinson’s “He handled things really well. We laugh about it now. It wasn’t funny widow, Rachel, and their daughter, Sharon. then,” said Frank Seale, Baylor's high school baseball coach. “His hair was gray then. That’s stress, more than anything,” Baylor said. The administration at Stephen F. Austin High years later might not have been prejudiced, but when the group of cheerleaders known as the Red “I often think of Jackie, what he endured. I don’t know if I could have Jackets escorted the football players to class the Friday before every done that. Throwing a black cat on the field. Calling the names he was game, the black players walked by themselves. called. Sliding into second. Sliding into home. Guys really trying to hurt him. Especially when guys throw at your head. Without retaliation. Baylor understood what he was getting into at O. Henry — ironically, a writer who lived in Austin and is known for plot twists — but it was “The legacy that he left is unbelievable.” not in his blood to shy away. He learned that in Clarksville, a three- block by two-block patch of gravel streets that was settled by freed slave D-backs' Hall: Upton trade 'worked out well' for both teams Charles Clark in 1871 and has gone from throw-away neighborhood to By Daria Del Colliano / ArizonaSports.com a national historic district with homes that are valued at as much as http://arizonasports.com/42/1626240/Dbacks-Hall-Upton-trade- $600,000. It is the oldest surviving post-Civil War area settled by freed worked-out-well-for-both-teams slaves west of the Mississippi. The local Sweet Home Baptist Church is 131 years old. All eyes are on former D-backs Justin Upton, who is off to a scorching hot start in Atlanta. Baylor’s grandparents never owned or drove a car, and his grandfather lived until he was 80. When Baylor was going to school, he would see Upton has hit .353 with a major league-leading six home runs and nine his grandfather going to work at the only emergency hospital in Austin, RBI in nine games for the Braves. He's also ranked first in the National a job he held for 50 years. An uncle worked at Greyhound for 50 years. League with a .971 and a 1.365 OPS. Some of that must have rubbed off on Baylor, too. ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian told Arizona Sports 620's Burns & “That stay-with-it was kind of in my family, not to quit something,” Gambo on Thursday he didn't think Upton would have achieved the Baylor said. same success in Arizona that he has thus far in Atlanta.

“I was determined in seventh grade to get through it, do my homework. D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall echoed those sentiments to My dad went through the 11th grade. He would stand over the top of Arizona Sports 620's Doug & Wolf later Thursday afternoon, saying me, make me do my homework. It was a different look how they while he's happy for Upton's quick success he does think the looked at you going into an all-white school. I survived it and got environment change has been a factor in his fast start. through it.” "I would agree that ‘would he have had the same success here that he's Baylor grew so proficient at handwriting that he received a certificate. had [in Atlanta] to start off the season, maybe not' sometimes players need a change of scenery for it to happen," Hall said. "He's playing with In his junior year at Austin High, he was named captain of the baseball his brother, there's that little competitive fuel between the two of them. team by Seale, in his first year on the job. The families remain close to They push each other. He's surrounded in a lineup where there's a this day, and Seale and his wife, Ann, travel often to see Baylor. Seale home run threat all around him so that makes pitching to him a little bit brought his grandson, Bo, to spring training this year, and the Seales more difficult." already have planned their trip to Denver next week, when Baylor is to be inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame for the work he did Hall said that while Upton may have found his ideal fit in Atlanta, the in getting the expansion Rockies off the ground. D-backs have also gotten exactly what they were seeking for their team when they decided to trade their franchise star. Baylor was a natural fit for the captain’s role, Seale said, even if a few of the seniors on the team grumbled that the first African-American player "I think it's a situation where it was a perfect situation for him actually in Austin High history would get the job. and for us we got what we needed," Hall stated. "I mean this was just 6 two different teams that had two different needs and it worked out well contact and hit fewer home runs. That is okay with them. That is the for both, not to mention we still have four prospects that we're going to way manager Kirk Gibson and Towers apparently want to play it. be dealing with in the next few years." "That (criticism) doesn't bother me," Towers said. "All I worry about is When the D-backs dealt Upton they said they were changing the culture our club. There's a plan. There's a process. We knew what we were and philosophy of the team. They were searching for a new identity, doing. We don't worry about what other people think. I don't judge one in which they would no longer be built around one star but instead other people's trades, especially when they are made, because nobody put together a team of gritty players who scratch and claw for wins really knows, especially with all those minor league players in the deals." night in and night out. And if it costs an Upton and a Bauer? Hall said the cornerstone of the trade for the D-backs was third baseman Martin Prado, who the Braves reluctantly included in the deal. "We were very happy with the players we got back," Towers said. "It's The D-backs' president said Prado has been everything the team has not that we didn't care about losing (Upton, Bauer and the others), it hoped for and more, both on and off the field. was just about the players we got back in return. We think it is going to make us better this year and going forward." "When you look at your team, you analyze your team like we have the last couple years, we were looking for some missing ingredients ala The moves were not made in a vacuum. Told that many outsiders Martin Prado," Hall explained. "And maybe the only way you can get consider them a gamble, one D'backs executive said, "We don't believe him is to move a Justin Upton." that."

And while Hall knew the risk involved with trading a young player still Some of the criticism has been specious, almost to the point of absurd. in the prime years of his career, going as far as to say he understands the One in the algorithm set said that even if the D'backs win with their perception around the league that the D-backs were crazy to let him go, new configuration, their margin would have been greater with Upton et he's still more than satisfied with their return. al. That argument is as hard to follow as it is to defend.

"I think it was a good move for [Upton]," Hall said. "In the meantime, "So far, Kevin has had a pretty good track record," Diamondbacks we'll appreciate the production that we're seeing from Martin Prado and president Derrick Hall said. "Quite a few of the deals he has been the effect he's had on his teammates because he's a wonderful player criticized for have turned out just fine. He has a knack for that, and as and he's a great teammate and we like the prospects we got too. So I he said, character is very important to us. It's always been important to think this is one of those trades that is going to work out very well for him. And that also goes into factoring who he is trying to acquire." both teams. It has so far." MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - NOTES, QUOTES

RECORD: 6-3 Arizona Diamondbacks - TeamReport By WBDJ7.com STREAK: Won one. http://www.wdbj7.com/sports/sns-rt-bbo-diamondbacks- teamreportmtze94c4580os-20130411,0,3416954,full.story NEXT: Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw, 2-0, 0.00) at Diamondbacks (Patrick Corbin, 1-0, 3.00) Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers hasn't been afraid of living on the edge, and at no time has his perch been more PLAYER NOTES: dissected than this offseason. --LHP Patrick Corbin danced out of trouble in his first start Sunday, a Towers has made some remarkable deals in his almost 20 seasons as a 6-2 victory at Milwaukee in which he gave up six runners but only two major league general manager with San Diego and Arizona. With the runs in the first two innings. Corbin, 5-8 with a 4.54 ERA in his rookie Padres, he acquired Adrian Gonzalez and Chris Young from Texas and season in 2012, is 1-1 with a save and a 1.88 ERA in three career Heath Bell from the . They helped turn San Diego into appearances against the Los Angeles Dodgers, his opponent Friday. an West winner. --CF A.J. Pollock set career highs with four hits, two home runs and His decisions to trade Justin Upton and Trevor Bauer in two of the four RBIs while hitting in the No. 2 hole for the first this season in the biggest and splashiest moves over the winter -- trades that will define 10-2 victory over Pittsburgh on Wednesday. It was the first two-homer the D'backs this season and for the foreseeable future -- were met with game of his career and equaled his total in 81 at-bats in 2012. "For me, almost universal disapproval. Not that he is losing any sleep over it. hitting home runs is not about power. It's about hitting the ball correctly and your approach at the plate," Pollock said. "It's 340 feet "I've always felt like I've been on a limb my whole life. That's the way down the line. It's not like you need to hit it 600 feet to hit it out. It's I've always approached the job. I've never felt comfortable. To me, I more about getting the right pitch and taking the right swing in the right kind of cherish that. I don't mind sitting out there on a limb. Hopefully count." I stay on top of it," Towers told foxsportsarizona.com. --2B was held out of the lineup Wednesday after being The D'backs received third baseman/outfielder Martin Prado and struck in the left hand by a fastball in the fifth inning of a 6-5 loss to prospects from Atlanta in a package for Upton and . For Pittsburgh on Tuesday. "I hate it," Hill said of the start off. X-rays taken Bauer, considered one of the best pitching prospects in the game, they after the game showed no break, the D-backs reported, and Hill is got shortstop prospect Didi Gregorius and reliever in a expected to be available for the opener of a three-game series against three-team deal that also included Cincinnati. the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. He walked and popped out in his last two plate appearances Tuesday. With Upton, Chris Young and Johnson to be replaced by rookie Adam Eaton, Prado and free agent Cody Ross, the D'backs will make more --LHP Wade Miley has made two of the D-backs' four quality starts this season after giving up two runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings 7

Wednesday. He struck out five while lowering his ERA to 2.13. "Every Sure, the team will deal with that too. After having what was supposed one of us wants to go out and give the team a chance to win every time to be a ‘too many men for the three outfield positions’ situation turn out. I was getting ahead of guys early. Mainly it's about getting ahead into something a whole lot less pleasant thanks to injuries to two of and controlling at-bats. They were putting the ball in play, and the their starters, the Diamondbacks outfield is doing just fine. defense was making plays," Miley said. In fact, they’re doing just better than fine, as A.J. Pollock can probably --LF Alfredo Marte extended his hitting streak to three with an RBI attest to. The 25-year old rookie center fielder had himself a career double in a three-run first inning Wednesday, when he reached base outing on Wednesday, busting out of a five-game hitless streak with a 3- four times. He also singled, walked and was hit by a pitch. A rookie who for-5 day against the , including a pair of home runs has not played above Class AA, Marte is hitting .308 while starting coming off of Jonathan Sanchez offerings. against left-handers. "Even if I am not playing, I go to the cages and try to get my timing. I'm feeling pretty comfortable and mentally ready to His trio of hits — all of the extra-base variety — and four RBIs not play," Marte said through a translator. only established single-game career-highs, with his two homers matching the output from his 93 PA cup of tea in the bigs in 2012, but QUOTE TO NOTE: "For me, hitting home runs is not about power. it also helped the Diamondbacks to a 10-2 rout (also ruining Sanchez’s It's about hitting the ball correctly and your approach at the plate." -- day). CF A.J. Pollock, whose two homers led Arizona to a 10-2 victory over Pittsburgh Wednesday. More impressively, it elevated the Pollock’s early-season OPS over the .900 mark. While his lowly .412 OPS headed into play on Wednesday MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - ROSTER REPORT shows just how far the small sample size numbers at this time of the year can be skewed with just one very good day at the plate, the .909 MEDICAL WATCH: that he ended the game with does put him in the club with the rest of the team’s . --2B Aaron Hill (left hand) was held out of the lineup April 10 after being struck in the left hand by a fastball April 9. X-rays taken after the Yes, even without Eaton and Ross, and having traded two former All- game showed no break. Hill is expected to be available for the opener Stars in the offseason, the Diamondbacks’ outfield is still collectively of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 12. one of the best in the bigs, with all members of the crew currently sitting at a .900-plus OPS. --OF Cody Ross (strained left calf) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 22. He played four games for Single-A Visalia the It’s not a run that’s likely to last, and the defensively-minded Pollock first week in April and was to continue his rehab assignment at Triple-A knows that he’s not out there being expected to crush homers. Reno over the weekend. He could rejoin the D'backs for the first game of a three-game road series against the New York Yankees on April 16. That said, the former first-round pick and top-10 organizational prospect turned more than a few heads on Wednesday, and while he’s --SS Didi Gregorius (strained right elbow) went on the 15-day disabled almost certainly Triple-A-bound by the time the outfield returns to list retroactive to March 30. He has been hitting since the second week health, taking full advantage of his opportunity now will go a long way of spring and throwing across the diamond for two weeks. The D'backs in carving a role with the Diamondbacks as a utility outfielder. are targeting April 15 for his return at Triple-A Reno. Arizona Diamondbacks: 5 Players' Hottest Starts to the Season --CF Adam Eaton (left elbow ligament) went on the 15-day disabled list That Will Continue retroactive to March 27. He is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks after By Michael Dunlap / bleacherreport.com an MRI revealed a slight tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. Eaton http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1600140-arizona-diamondbacks-5- missed the final week of last season with a fractured hand, but he is players-hottest-starts-to-the-season-that-will-continue completely recovered from that injury. He hit off a tee for the first time April 4. Heading into the 2013 season, nobody was giving the Arizona Diamondbacks much of a chance to compete in the tough National --INF/OF Willie Bloomquist (right intercostal strain) went on the 15- League West division. Yet, after eight games, here they are at the top of day disabled list retroactive to March 27. An MRI revealed a Grade 2 the standings with a 5-3 record. strain, and he is expected to miss between two and four weeks. Though it was the pitching that most expected would be the strong --RHP (Tommy John surgery in July 2012) went on the point for the Diamondbacks, it's actually been their hitting that has 60-day disabled list Feb. 20. His rehab was progressing well as of late fueled their success . They currently rank No. 3 in the National League March, and he hopes to return at midseason. He is scheduled to throw in batting average, No. 5 in on-base percentage and No. 3 in slugging. batting practice at the minor league facility April 16. They've also been excellent in the field. They've turned 27 double plays, which is best in the National League. Of course, that also means they've A.J. Pollock Continues Strong Start From Arizona Diamondbacks put a lot of men on base, which is playing with fire. Outfield In Career Day By Thom Tsang / Rantsports.com Let's take a look at five individuals who have had hot starts that will http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/04/11/a-j-pollock-continues- continue through the season. strong-start-from-arizona-diamondbacks-outfield-in-career- day/?IPS7sOGE1DBMrEUp.99 Gerardo Parra has yet to really get his shot in the majors. He's always been there to fill in when someone gets hurt (as he's doing now with No Justin Upton, and no Chris Young? No problem, said the Arizona Adam Eaton on the shelf), but he's never come into the season as Diamondbacks. someone expected to be the full-time starter.

Okay, what about no Adam Eaton and Cody Ross too? Now he's making it extremely difficult on manager Kirk Gibson to even consider benching him at all. Parra is leading the team with a .361 8 average and his 1.078 OPS is better than any regular on the squad. He's never had 455 at-bats in a season, but he definitely deserves to eclipse I'm not a fan of closer-by-committee, but the Diamondbacks have been that number for the first time. trending that way. Of the seven guys in the bullpen, every single one has finished a game, with only of all people finishing two. Parra hasn't disappointed in the leadoff spot this year. He's already got five doubles, a triple, a home run and two stolen bases to his credit in just eight games. Obviously he's not going to get 100 doubles this year, but he's on a terrific pace and there's no reason to believe he won't keep Aces Downed by Bees, 6-4 it up. By MiLB.com http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130412&content_id=4 Aaron Hill is fresh off winning the in 2012 and was 4548424&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t2310&sid=t2310 a finalist for the Gold Glove at second base in the National League. He's carried the momentum he had last year into the start of the 2013 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Brad Snyder extended his season hitting season and there's no reason to believe he's slowing down. streak to eight games, but the Aces fell 6-4 against the Salt Lake Bees on Thursday night in the finale of a four-game series, and an eight game Through his first eight games, he's hitting .294, but he's also got a road trip. tremendous slugging percentage of .529. He's compiled two doubles, two home runs and maybe most importantly, he's walked five times With the loss, the Aces fell to 3-5 on the season, while the Bees with just one . advanced to 6-2.

This is a team that has been plagued by for years. Mark A two-RBI double by Kila Ka'aihue gave Reno a 2-0 lead in the top of Reynolds, Justin Upton and Chris Young were the major culprits and the first, but the Bees countered with four runs of their own in the they're all gone. Hill is setting the example for the rest to follow. Put the bottom of the frame. Salt Lake Chris Snyder went 4-for-4 on ball in play, and good things will happen. the night, with five RBI and two runs scored. His three-run homer in the first inning gave the Bees their first lead of the game, 4-2. The bullpen was supposed to be a big strength for the Arizona Diamondbacks, so it's no surprise to see David Hernandez on this list. Chris Snyder continued to fuel the Salt Lake offense, adding a solo shot He's a 28-year-old fireballer who has been lights-out so far in the 2013 to left field in the fourth to extend the Bees' lead to 5-2. season. Brad Snyder's single in the sixth, sandwiched between singles by Through five appearances, he's thrown five innings and has given up Ka'aihue and Tyler Bortnick, ensured he had at least one hit in each of just three hits. He hasn't walked anyone and has struck out seven the Aces first eight games of the season. singled to drive hitters. Will he finish the year with a 0.00 ERA? Of course not, but with home Ka'aihue and Brad Snyder, bringing Reno within one, down 5-4. the depth of this bullpen, he won't get overworked and he'll continue to dominate. Salt Lake's Chris Snyder again came to the aid of his team in the seventh, plating Luis Jimenez for an insurance run to bring the final Keep an eye on the closer situation. If J.J. Putz and Heath Bell continue score to 6-4. to struggle, they could move Hernandez into that role. He seems fit for the spot, but maybe manager Kirk Gibson wants to ease him in instead Reno RHP Chase Anderson was charged with the loss in his second- of throwing him directly in the fire. straight start of the season. Anderson gave up five runs-all earned-on seven hits across 6.0 innings. He recorded nine strikeouts on the night. For a lot of athletes, signing a long-term extension means they can settle down a bit and take the pressure off. Not for Paul Goldschmidt. He's RHP Billy Buckner earned the win for Salt Lake, giving up four runs on reacting to his extension like he still needs to play for it, and that's a 7 hits through 5.2 innings. Reliever Mitch Stetter, who came on to retire great thing. the last Aces batter in the ninth, was credited with a save.

Goldy is slugging .636 with four doubles and two home runs in eight The Aces return to Aces Ballpark for their first homestand of the games. He's also hitting .333, and while his strikeouts are up a bit (11), season on Friday, with two, four-game series against the Sacramento his on-base percentage of .395 more than makes up for it. He hasn't River Cats and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. RHP Charles Brewer (0- gotten a chance to steal bases, but keep an eye on him because it's in his 0, 1.50 ERA) gets the nod for Reno, while the River Cats will counter arsenal. with LHP Justin Thomas (0-1, 3.38 ERA). First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. PT. The night will be highlighted by a magnet schedule giveaway He isn't talked about defensively very often, but Goldschmidt is vastly for 9,000 lucky fans, as well as the first Saint Mary's Fireworks Friday underrated at first base. Every year he's been above the league average presented by KRNV News 4 with fireworks immediately following the in , and he's had a perfect start to 2013. While his game. range factor per nine innings is extremely poor at 8.44, that's a stat that can be skewed by many factors.

If you're a right-handed hitter and you see Brad Ziegler come to the mound, you're probably going to record an out. Over his career, Ziegler holds righties to a .217 batting average with a .268 on-base percentage and a .267 slugging percentage.

The 2013 campaign has started well for Ziegler, as he's allowed only four hits and a solo home run in 5.1 innings for a 1.69 ERA. His five strikeouts and one walk make him a very important piece to the Diamondbacks' bullpen, especially against those hitting from the right side. 9

 Pirates, Reds set to renew testy rivalry 2:00 am EDT (The SportsXchange)  Rangers 4, Mariners 3 2:00 am EDT (The SportsXchange)  Greinke ends up with broken collarbone after brawl 1:59 am EDT (The )  's Morse suffers small fracture in hand 1:57 am EDT (The Associated Press)  Baseball results 1:51 am EDT (Reuters)  Zack Attacked 1:46 am EDT (Rotoworld)  Anticipated relief hasn't arrived yet for Sox 1:35 am EDT (Comcast SportsNet New England)  Baseball-Highlights of Thursday's MLB games 1:34 am April 12, 2013 • sports.yahoo.com/mlb/morenews EDT (Reuters) http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/morenews  A's 8, Angels 1 1:30 am EDT (The SportsXchange)  Report: Baseball pays for clinic documents 1:09 am EDT April 12, 2013 (The Associated Press)  Dodgers lose Greinke to broken collarbone in brawl  Braves-Nationals Preview 1:02 am EDT (The Associated 10:24 am EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) Press)  Mariners' Morse breaks bone in hand 10:20 am EDT  Pratt's Instant Replay: A's 8, Angels 1 12:55 am EDT (The SportsXchange) (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)  Greinke breaks collarbone in brawl with Padres 9:08 am  Report: MLB pays to gain access to clinic documents EDT (Comcast SportsNet New England) 12:50 am EDT (The SportsXchange)  Red Sox DH David Ortiz pain-free in rehab game 5:37  White Sox-Indians Preview 12:32 am EDT (The am EDT (The Associated Press) Associated Press)  Quentin: Greinke's comment precipitated brawl 4:50 am  IBB to Harper proves costly for White Sox 12:26 am EDT (The SportsXchange) EDT (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic)  Dodgers-Padres brawl leaves Zack Greinke with a  Haren gets win as Nats sweep White Sox 12:26 am EDT broken collarbone and baseball with a blood feud 4:04 (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) am EDT (Yahoo! Sports)  Rays-Red Sox Preview 12:26 am EDT (The Associated  Kemp confronts Quentin as players leave ballpark 3:25 Press) am EDT (The Associated Press)  Zimmerman delivers, Nationals top White Sox 7-4 12:23  Rockies-Padres Preview 3:20 am EDT (The Associated am EDT (The Associated Press) Press)  Boston's Ortiz begins rehab assignment 12:20 am EDT  Greinke breaks collarbone in brawl 3:10 am EDT (The (The SportsXchange) SportsXchange)  Grady Hatton, former 3B who managed Astros, dies  Astros-Angels Preview 3:08 am EDT (The Associated 12:14 am EDT (Comcast SportsNet ) Press)  Orioles head to Yankee Stadium for three 12:12 am EDT  Tigers-Athletics Preview 3:03 am EDT (The Associated (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) Press)  Orioles continue dominance of Red Sox with 3-2 win  AP PHOTOS: $147 million pitcher injured in brawl 2:47 12:10 am EDT (The SportsXchange) am EDT (The Associated Press)  Orioles-Yankees Preview 12:09 am EDT (The  Dodgers-Diamondbacks Preview 2:44 am EDT (The Associated Press) Associated Press) April 11, 2013  Rangers-Mariners Preview 2:42 am EDT (The  Davis and Jones lift Orioles past Red Sox 3-2 11:45 pm Associated Press) EDT (The Associated Press)  A's beat Angels for eighth straight win 2:40 am EDT  Haren, Nationals finish off sweep of White Sox 11:40 pm (The SportsXchange) EDT (The SportsXchange)  Griffin comfortable in So-Cal as A's sweep Angels 2:34  Mariners place Saunders on 15-day disabled list 11:21 pm am EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) EDT (The Associated Press)  Baseball standings 2:30 am EDT (Reuters)  Nationals 7, White Sox 4 10:51 pm EDT (The  Rangers edge Hernandez, Mariners 4-3 2:30 am EDT SportsXchange) (The SportsXchange)  Orioles 3, Red Sox 2 10:51 pm EDT (The  A's complete sweep of Angels with 8-1 win 2:26 am EDT SportsXchange) (The Associated Press)  Bullpen falters, Red Sox fall to Orioles, 3-2 10:34 pm  Rangers get best of King Felix in 4-3 win over M's 2:21 EDT (Comcast SportsNet New England) am EDT (The Associated Press)  Orioles win second straight, 3-2 over Red Sox 10:29 pm  Red Sox notes: Aceves 'solid' in first start 2:18 am EDT EDT (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) (Comcast SportsNet New England)  White Sox swept away by Nationals 10:26 pm EDT  Westbrook's 99th win ranks among his best 2:00 am (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) EDT (The SportsXchange) 10

 Instant Analysis: Nats 7, White Sox 4 10:24 pm EDT  Red Sox notes: Ortiz begins rehab assignment (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) 6:32 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet New England)  Yankees, Indians rained out again 10:10 pm EDT (The  Rangers officially recall RHP Grimm from Triple- SportsXchange) A 6:28 pm EDT (The Associated Press)  LIVE: A's vs. Angels 10:00 pm EDT (Comcast  SportsNet Bay Area) Orioles try Markakis to break DH slump 6:23 pm  Blue Jays-Royals Preview 9:58 pm EDT (The Associated EDT (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) Press)  White Sox 2B Beckham needs surgery on left  Giants-Cubs Preview 9:52 pm EDT (The Associated wrist 6:23 pm EDT (The Associated Press) Press)  Baggs' Instant Replay: Giants 7, Cubs 6 6:14 pm  Teixeira could be swinging for Yankees soon 9:51 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) EDT (The Associated Press)  Giancarlo Stanton to the Philadephia Phillies?  Reddick takes BP, has no doubt he's ready 9:46 pm Really? 6:11 pm EDT (Yahoo! Contributor EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) Network)  Rockies trade RHP Aaron Harang to Mariners 9:39 pm EDT (The Associated Press)  Farrell: Hanrahan's still our closer 6:06 pm EDT  Slumping offense leads to poor start 9:20 pm (Comcast SportsNet New England) EDT (The SportsXchange)  Goat's head delivered to 6:04 pm  Braves prepare for first showdown with Nats 9:20 pm EDT (The Associated Press) EDT (The SportsXchange)  Cubs prospect Soler suspended 5 games 5:50 pm  Sandoval, Crawford help Giants rally for win 9:19 pm EDT (The SportsXchange) EDT (The Associated Press)  Tigers stay hot, leave Blue Jays in cold 5:41 pm  Yankees, Indians postponed by rain again 9:16 pm EDT EDT (The SportsXchange) (The Associated Press)  Tigers run past Blue Jays 11-1 in the cold 5:37 pm  Mets-Twins Preview 9:12 pm EDT (The Associated Press) EDT (The Associated Press)  Extra Baggs: A hat trick in Noonan's first start 9:05 pm  The St. Louis Cardinals Need a Break from EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) Contract Talk After Signing Adam Wainwright  David Ortiz begins rehab assignment in Pawtucket 9:00 5:33 pm EDT (Yahoo! Contributor Network) pm EDT (The SportsXchange)  New York Yankees April: Lots of AL East Action  Lance Berkman: In Lineup Thursday 8:46 pm EDT on Tap 5:30 pm EDT (Yahoo! Contributor (Rotowire.com) Network)  Gordon Beckham: Out Six Weeks 8:45 pm EDT  (Rotowire.com) White Sox-Nationals Preview 5:29 pm EDT (The  Michael Saunders: (Sprained Shoulder) Placed On 15- Associated Press) Day DL 8:45 pm EDT (Rotowire.com)  Beckham (broken hamate) out at least six weeks  : Moving To No. 2 Spot In Order 8:30 pm 5:16 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) EDT (Rotowire.com)  Brewers-Cardinals Preview 5:05 pm EDT (The  Orioles starting P Tillman in very minor accident 8:30 Associated Press) pm EDT (The Associated Press)  Expect Giancarlo Stanton to Jump Ship 4:54 pm  Sergio Romo off to an All-Star start 8:30 pm EDT EDT (Yahoo! Contributor Network) (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)  MLB Wrap: Greinke injured in Dodgers' brawl-filled win 8:25 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia)  New York Mets Still Trying to Catch the 8:19 pm EDT (Yahoo! Contributor Network) April 12, 2013 • MLB.com  For Phillies, beating up on Marlins is a must 8:01 pm http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions EDT (Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia)  MLB roundup: Cubs prospect suspended 8:00 pm EDT (The SportsXchange) Last updated: Fri, April 12, 2013, 03:04 EDT  Vogelsong, Giants find second wind at Wrigley 7:55 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)  Giants come back from 5 runs down to top Cubs 7:50 pm EDT (The SportsXchange) Friday, April 12, 2013  Game Night: Red Sox vs. Orioles 6:37 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet New England) TEAM PLAYER TRANSACTION  A's lineup: Reddick still out, Young hitting second 6:36 pm EDT (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)  Are the A's really this good? 6:34 pm EDT Chicago White Gordon Placed on 15-Day DL, (Fractured (Comcast SportsNet Bay Area)

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Sox Beckham hamate bone, left wrist) Baltimore Chris Purchased From Minors

Orioles Dickerson

Thursday, April 11, 2013 Boston Red Removed from 7-Day DL,

Stephen Drew

Sox (Concussion) TEAM PLAYER TRANSACTION

Boston Red Placed on 15-Day DL, (Right

Boston Red

David Ortiz Sent to Minors, For Rehabilitation Sox biceps strain)

Sox

Boston Red

Seattle Michael Placed on 15-Day DL, (Sprained Alex Wilson Called Up from Minors

Sox

Mariners Saunders right shoulder)

Cincinnati Logan Seattle Called Up from Minors

D.J. Mitchell Designated for Assignment Reds Ondrusek

Mariners

Cincinnati Placed on 15-Day DL, (Left

Seattle Sean Marshall

Kameron Loe Designated for Assignment Reds shoulder tendinitis)

Mariners

Cleveland

Seattle Called Up from Minors

Endy Chavez Purchased From Minors Indians

Mariners

Los Angeles Seattle Traded From, Colorado (for RHP Brad Hawpe Signed to a Minor League Contract

Aaron Harang Angels

Mariners Steven Hensley and cash)

Los Angeles Removed From 15-Day DL, (Right

Texas Rangers Justin Grimm Called Up from Minors Chad Billingsley

Dodgers index finger contusion)

Placed on 15-Day DL, (Inflamed

Texas Rangers Matt Harrison Los Angeles Recalled From Minors, Rehab

nerve in lower back) Chad Billingsley

Dodgers Assignment

Placed on 60-Day DL, (Recovery

Texas Rangers Justin Miller Oakland

from right elbow surgery) Andy Parrino Called Up from Minors

Athletics

Texas Rangers Justin Miller Called Up from Minors Oakland Placed on 15-Day DL, (Torn left

Scott Sizemore

Athletics ACL - out for season) Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Seattle

Lucas Luetge Sent to Minors

TEAM PLAYER TRANSACTION Mariners

Traded From, Baltimore (for LHP Seattle Bobby

Atlanta Braves Luis Ayala Called Up from Minors

Chris Jones) Mariners LaFromboise

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Toronto Blue Acquired Off Waivers From, Milwaukee

Casper Wells Blake Lalli Purchased From Minors

Jays Seattle Brewers

Toronto Blue New York

Alex Burnett Designated for Assignment Clay Rapada Signed to a Minor League Contract

Jays Yankees

San Diego Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Brandon Allen Signed to a Minor League Contract

Padres

TEAM PLAYER TRANSACTION

Texas Rangers Nick Tepesch Purchased From Minors

Boston Red

Jose Iglesias Sent to Minors Texas Rangers Julio Borbon Designated for Assignment Sox

Toronto Blue Cleveland Placed on 15-Day DL, (Cervical Miguel Batista Signed to a Minor League Contract Jays Indians neck strain)

Cleveland Toronto Blue Dave Bush Outrighted to Minors Called Up from Minors Jays Indians

Cleveland

Carlos Carrasco Sent to Minors

Indians

Cleveland

Omir Santos Purchased From Minors

Indians

Los Angeles Dane De La Purchased From Minors

Angels Rosa

Los Angeles Transferred to 60-Day DL, (Left Andrew Taylor

Angels labrum tear)

Los Angeles Placed on 15-Day DL, (Broken left

Jered Weaver Angels elbow)

Los Angeles Tim Sent to Minors

Dodgers Federowicz

Milwaukee Transferred to 60-Day DL,

Corey Hart

Brewers (Recovery from right knee surgery)

Milwaukee Placed on 15-Day DL, (Sprained

Chris Narveson

Brewers middle finger)

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