Dan Haren News

In the end, the D-backs felt the risk of not picking up Brandon Webb's contract option for 2010 was greater than using more than 10 percent of their payroll on a pitcher coming off shoulder surgery.

RoyalsWithCheese.com: Looking Back/Looking Forward - Left Field Our Royals correspondent, Kyle Elfrink reviews/previews the club's left field position.

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.

The Diamondbacks have a lot of work to do this off-season. Lucky for them, it looks as if they will have something north of $28 million to spend on 2010 payroll.

Ita s time to wrap up our early 2010 rankings with the starting pitchers. A Therea s an extremely fine line between many of these pitchers, so look for things to really move around as we get closer and closer to draft day.

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Arizona manager A.J. Hinch says third base coach Chip Hale and first base coach Lorenzo Bundy will not return.

Say bye-bye to Chad Tracy, who's pretty much done as a Diamondback. - This is how the Arizona Diamondbacks' abortion of a season ends, not with a whimper but a bang: The bungling boys in Sedona red took two of three from the Chicago Cubs over the weekend in the Windy City to bring a merciful end to their wretched 2009 season, including a 12-3 ...

The Rays' Opening Day starter looked like his old, reliable self in his final outing of the season, surviving an eighth-inning uprising by the Orioles to secure a 5-3 Tampa Bay win.

Arizona Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. have been ejected from a game against the San Francisco Giants.

Chad Tracy is in his final week as an Arizona Diamondback, and to say the 2009 season has been a frustrating one for him is an understatement.

About the Diamondbacks: The Giants are 49-29 at AT&T Park and would be guaranteed to finish with no worse than a tie for the best home record in the NL if they win at least two of three in their final series at China Basin.

Where: Chase Field . Pitchers: RHP Dan Haren vs. Padres LHP Wade LeBlanc . TV/radio: No TV/KTAR-AM , KSUN-AM . Notes: This will be Haren's second-to-last start.

Dan Haren hoped to be pitching Arizona into the playoffs. Instead, he is just trying to get the club out of the National League West basement.

Dan Haren is smart, competitive, edgy. He's one of the better pitchers in baseball.

Jason Giambi is having the time of his life. Or, at the very least, the veteran slugger is thoroughly enjoying the latest chapter.

Ubaldo Jimenez rediscovered himself Sunday afternoon in the desert, and in the process, the Rockies took a giant leap toward the postseason.

Blowing leads has been an uncomfortable trait of the Colorado Rockies lately. They did it again Saturday night, only this time, they came back in a hurry and went on to pound the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 and open a little breathing space in their wild-card race.

John Hester went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a run batted in, as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Houston Astros, 4-3, to complete a three-game sweep at Chase Field.

Reynolds hit his 42nd homer on a 3-1 pitch from Bell into the left-field stands to give the Diamondbacks their second straight win after having dropped nine of their previous 10.