{"id":151728,"date":"2025-09-12T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/151728\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:24:08","slug":"snake-bytes-9-12-yahoo-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/151728\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake Bytes 9\/12 &#8211; Yahoo Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Team News<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Not out of it yet: Arizona Diamondbacks can bank wins vs dismantled Minnesota Twins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/2025\/09\/11\/arizona-diamondbacks-chase-wild-card-minnesota-twins\/86100945007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/2025\/09\/11\/arizona-diamondbacks-chase-wild-card-minnesota-twins\/86100945007\/;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/2025\/09\/11\/arizona-diamondbacks-chase-wild-card-minnesota-twins\/86100945007\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">D-backs taking look at some of their best young players<br \/>\u201cPart of what I told those guys is, \u2018Don\u2019t come in next year and say that you didn\u2019t have an opportunity to show us what you could do to prevent us from [acquiring] people [in the offseason] on top of you,\u2019\u201d Hazen said. \u201cAnd if he keeps playing the way he\u2019s playing \u2026 it\u2019s already happened with Jordan Lawlar, to a degree. Like Lawlar is up here, and Blaze is staying on the field, so that\u2019s already happened. The next step from that is, I go into this offseason and don\u2019t acquire somebody that\u2019s going to be getting his at-bats. He\u2019s got to keep going.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/dbacks\/news\/d-backs-young-players-progressing-this-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/dbacks\/news\/d-backs-young-players-progressing-this-season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/dbacks\/news\/d-backs-young-players-progressing-this-season<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ESPN lists Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo as possible hot seat candidate this offseason <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/espn-lovullo\/3595521\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/espn-lovullo\/3595521\/;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/espn-lovullo\/3595521\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How far back are the Diamondbacks from a postseason spot with 15 games left?<br \/>\u201cWe were three games up with seven to play last year, and I had to watch everybody dance in the postseason,\u201d Lovullo said. \u201cSo we\u2019re gonna fight. We\u2019re gonna keep fighting.\u201d <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/wild-card\/3595578\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/wild-card\/3595578\/;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/wild-card\/3595578\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Insider Reveals Recovery Timeline for Diamondbacks\u2019 Outfielder <br \/>\u201cLourdes Gurriel Jr. underwent ACL surgery on his right knee this Thursday. The Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder will face a recovery period of 9\u201310 months,\u201d Romero wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">No longer are ACL tears a year-plus-long process. Still, Gurriel will face a lengthy amount of downtime, and will certainly require a significant ramp-up period before he is able to play at full speed in the outfield again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-news\/insider-reveals-recovery-timeline-diamondbacks-outfielder-gurriel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-news\/insider-reveals-recovery-timeline-diamondbacks-outfielder-gurriel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-news\/insider-reveals-recovery-timeline-diamondbacks-outfielder-gurriel<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Diamondbacks\u2019 Affiliate Clinches Playoffs<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects\/diamondbacks-affiliate-clinches-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects\/diamondbacks-affiliate-clinches-playoffs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects\/diamondbacks-affiliate-clinches-playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">These 3 Diamondbacks\u2019 Pitchers are Hot on the Mound<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis\/3-diamondbacks-pitchers-hot-rodriguez-saalfrank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis\/3-diamondbacks-pitchers-hot-rodriguez-saalfrank;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis\/3-diamondbacks-pitchers-hot-rodriguez-saalfrank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">These 3 Diamondbacks Hitters are Hot at the Plate<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis\/3-diamondbacks-hitters-hot-plate-moreno-perdomo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis\/3-diamondbacks-hitters-hot-plate-moreno-perdomo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/arizona-diamondbacks-analysis\/3-diamondbacks-hitters-hot-plate-moreno-perdomo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Anything Goes<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This day in history: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/april-12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/april-12;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/april-12<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This day in baseball: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/september-12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/september-12;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/september-12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists used to believe there were little people inside sperm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In the 1600s, \u201cpreformationism\u201d was a widely believed theory: People believed that tiny, fully-formed humans were curled up in sperm cells or egg cells. Sounds like a surrealist horror concept, if you ask me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The red-billed quelea is the most common bird on Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You may have never seen one in your community, but that doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t building a legion. These birds are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they\u2019re considered \u201cagricultural pests\u201d because their flocks can destroy entire crops. Their population fluctuates between 1 to 10 billion queleas, which makes scientists conclude that they are the most abundant birds on Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team News Not out of it yet: Arizona Diamondbacks can bank wins vs dismantled Minnesota Twins https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/2025\/09\/11\/arizona-diamondbacks-chase-wild-card-minnesota-twins\/86100945007\/ Advertisement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2317,93399,2326,363,99,35998],"class_list":{"0":"post-151728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","9":"tag-jordan-lawlar","10":"tag-minnesota-twins","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-torey-lovullo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}