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[Dbacks.com] Could Carroll be ready by Opening Day? ‘Yeah, I’m pushing for it’ – Less than 24 hours after his surgery, Carroll was back at camp and working on his throwing and other exercises that did not involve using his right hand. Carroll then began taking one-armed swings in the batting cage, and like with everything he does, there was a specific purpose behind it. “I think I’m someone who tends to be a little bit more front-arm dominant [with my swing],” Carroll said. “And so just using it as an opportunity to kind of build up this back arm and work on how I’m entering the zone. I think that that was kind of the goal.”
[Arizona Sports] Diamondbacks reassign 8 to minor league camp in series of roster moves – Arizona reassigned right-handed pitchers Daniel Eagen, Derek Law, Alfred Morillo and Landon Sims, left-handed pitcher Tommy Henry, infielders Ben McLaughlin and Ivan Melendez and outfielder Druw Jones. Players sent to minor league camp are still allowed to play in Cactus League competition and the healthy players among the group are still expected to feature for Arizona, especially with the World Baseball Classic getting underway this week. [Jones’s] bat has also impressed this spring. He is slashing .333/.333/.500 and has two doubles in 12 plate appearances.
[AZ Central] Merrill Kelly receives back injection – Kelly received an injection last week to treat his tight back and he remains hopeful that he can avoid the injured list to open the season. “Little bit of that (cortisone), little bit of lidocaine,” Kelly said. “Hopefully it will calm down the nerve back there.” Kelly was tabbed as the club’s Opening Day starter but has since been scratched from that assignment because of the back issue, which forced him to pause his throwing progression last weekend. He is dealing with intercostal nerve irritation, the team said. Kelly sees a path to potentially starting in the second series of the season against the Detroit Tigers, which begins on April 1 at Chase Field.
[SI] D-backs’ Michael Soroka Had Blunt Reaction to Rough Outing – Sunday was not the type of outing Arizona diamondbacks right-hander Michael Soroka would have been hoping for, even if the ultimate final score would not count. Soroka threw 1.2 innings at Salt River Fields against the Cleveland Guardians, and struggled to find the strike zone. He gave up three earned runs as a result of four hits (including a solo homer) and three walks. He only managed to land 22 of his 47 pitches for strikes. Sunday’s outing will also be the last start he makes for Arizona this spring before departing for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
And, elsewhere…
[SI] The Rockies Are Finally Embracing Analytics to Solve MLB’s ‘Most Interesting Puzzle’ – “I think part of the calculus of coming to a place like this,” says assistant pitching coach Gabe Ribas, “Is solving the most interesting puzzle in baseball.” That starts with being realistic. They understand that they are playing catch-up: Walker Monfort, son of owner Dick Monfort and team vice president, admitted this winter that the Rockies had “probably lost sight of innovation.” DePodesta, famous for his role helping build the Moneyball A’s of the early 2000s, left the sport in 2015 to run the Cleveland Browns. You might say he and the Rockies both missed the last decade of baseball.
[USA Today] Must‑see minor league baseball towns in US that are worth the trip – America’s pastime transcends the legendary moments and Hall of Fame talents throughout MLB history. For every home run, no-hitter, World Series title, even for every “cup of coffee,” somewhere a town adds to the legacy of being part of the origin story. That’s the grand beauty of Minor League Baseball, and where USA TODAY Network editors and writers turned their attention as the 2026 season hits the field across the U.S. So, grab your peanuts and Cracker Jack, as we look at the 50 best minor league baseball towns in the U.S.
[MLB.com] Skenes once caught PCA & Winn’s combined no-no – Pete Crow-Armstrong and Masyn Winn on the mound. A combined no-hitter. And Paul Skenes … catching?! No, it’s not some alternate reality. Long before they were Major Leaguers — Crow-Armstrong as a center fielder for the Cubs, Winn as a shortstop for the Cardinals and Skenes as a pitcher for the Pirates — the three were teammates on Team USA’s under-12 squad. Crow-Armstrong was part of the 12U National Team that earned silver at the 2014 COPABE Pan American Championships in Mazatlán, Mexico. During that trip, he and Winn tossed a combined no-no — with Skenes behind the plate.
[Reddit] Spring training prices in AZ are INSANE this year – I’m gonna old-man-yells-at-cloud. Lawn tix on a Saturday afternoon at Scottsdale Stadium are $75 EACH. Resales are over $100. For a piece of wet grass and mud to sit your bum on. The only thing worse is the $300 tee times and $18 Bud Light cans. Shrink the game /s (but not really) [Jim: Lots more examples in the comments. This is why Spring Training is basically dead to me. I may be forced to write up something along these lines]