Chad Qualls News

Coming off a season as bad as the one the Diamondbacks experienced this year, General Manager Josh Byrnes acknowledged that "it's hard to say you're in this great window of opportunity" to win in 2010.

A pair of new names popped up on the Diamondbacks' radar this weekend in reliever Matt Capps and second baseman Kelly Johnson, two players who were not tendered contracts by their previous teams, thus becoming free agents.

The Arizona Diamondbacks decided to non-tender first baseman Josh Whitesell, making him a free agent.

Along with his salary, the right-hander can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses.

In my first prediction-type column of the 2009 season, I ranked the Arizona Diamondbacks as baseball's sixth-best team heading into spring training.

Shortly after the postseason ended, the Arizona Diamondbacks made changes to their 40-man roster, designating players and moving them around, leaving the team with 35 on the roster.

Derrick Hall holds a monthly live Web chat with D-backs fans. MLB.com During a live Web chat with fans on Monday, D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall chatted about the club's offseason interests, gave rehab updates on Brandon Webb, Chad Qualls and Conor Jackson and discussed the new Spring Training facility, which broke ground that morning.

This will be an important offseason for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they try to rebound from a last-place finish in the National League West.

Arizona Diamondbacks It was a tough year in Arizona and it ended even worse when the D-Backs No.

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The Diamondbacks will have at least one hole to fill in their starting rotation for 2010, maybe two depending on what they do with injured ace Brandon Webb .

When Chad Qualls was told that assistant trainer Dave Edwards was going to pop his dislocated kneecap back into place a ' right on the mound a ' the Diamondbacks closer said he did not know what to expect.

Even if Juan Gutierrez is merely filling in as the D-backs closer for the final month of the season, the club has to like what it has seen so far from the young right-hander. Gutierrez converted consecutive save chances on Monday and Tuesday, pushing his total up to five saves since taking over the role when Chad Qualls went down with a dislocated ...

The first week with their revamped bullpen had been relatively quiet for the Diamondbacks, and quiet, of course, is a good thing in the world of relief pitching.

Mark Reynolds: Welcome to the 40-homer club. a With their lineup back at full-strength, the Arizona Diamondbacks looked -- for a weekend, at least -- like a team that could be dangerous in September.

Syndicates AZSnakePit August 31st September is just about here, and a disappointing 2009 season is winding down for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

It has been a strange year for Juan Gutierrez , who never would have guessed before the season that he might end up closing games for the Diamondbacks in September.

Closer Chad Qualls will undergo season-ending surgery on the left knee he damaged on the final play of Sunday's game, but manager A.J. Hinch wouldn't immediately name a ninth-inning replacement.

Usually when one team sweeps another in baseball it is cause for a celebration. Especially when the feat is done in front of the home crowd.

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