Bleacher Report’s end-season power rankings<\/a> emphasizes exactly what was so frustrating about the year.<\/p>\nAccording to Joel Reuter, the D-backs end 2025 ranked 15th among 30 MLB clubs. That number is somewhat surprising, given the overall feeling of disappointment about Arizona’s season.<\/p>\n
Here’s what Reuter had to say:<\/p>\n
“The offseason addition of Corbin Burnes raised expectations for the Diamondbacks’ rotation, which also included Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly, and Brandon Pfaadt. Paired with the highest-scoring offense in 2024, hopes were high. Ultimately, a 29-24 finish brought the team close to a .500 record.”<\/p>\n
It’s easy to look at expectations and be extremely disappointed. Fans, coaches, players, executives (and even the owner) should feel that way. <\/p>\n
But in a strange way, the D-backs perfectly balanced two separate seasons, coming out ultimately around even.<\/p>\n
The D-backs simply played poor baseball for the first half of the year. <\/p>\n
They pitched poorly, they played poor defense, and they did not execute at the plate despite overall positive offensive numbers. They endured devastating injury after devastating injury.<\/p>\n
Arizona’s front office made the decision to salvage what they could from what looked like a lost season. They sold off veterans, fan-favorites and high-level contributors for prospects.<\/p>\n
But then, something began to happen. A team that was eight games below .500 to open August rallied in the absence of expectations. <\/p>\n
They went five games above .500 in their final two months despite finishing the season on a disappointing five-game losing streak. Young players began to show positive signs of development, both at the major and minor league levels.<\/p>\n
In truth, if there were no expectations on this team, there might have been a decent level of optimism about 2026, even with the injuries. The high-energy feeling from the 2023 and 2024 seasons felt like it made a comeback.<\/p>\n
For as dismal as the first half felt, the second half felt like a new team \u2014 a young, hungry team just a few pieces away<\/a> from truly contending. Add those two together, and 15th somehow feels about right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Diamondbacks completed an enigma of a 2025 season. For those who did not endure each and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-191755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}