Mündliche Prüfung »   Diamondbacks Series Preview #1: Diamondbacks vs. Cubs

Opening Day!Its finally arrived. We made it through the long, dark offseason. We made it through Spring Training, which is never as fun as we tell ourselves it will be in December. Now its here. A day where, for almost all teamshope springs eternal. Hope that your team will live up to expectations. Hope that your team will defy expectations. Today, it doesnt matter, for we finally have baseball and all again is right in the Diamondbacks will start their season against the aspiring Chicago Cubs. After a mediocre season in a weak division, the North Siders made a slew of moves, including trading Cody Bellinger to the Yankees and bringing Kyle Tucker and Ryan Pressley to Chicago from the Astros. The end result is a much improved Cubs team that stands to make some noise in the still weak NL youre reading this, Im sure youre familiar with the moves the Diamondbacks made in the past few months, the biggest of which, of course, was their surprise signing of Corbin Burnes, arguably the best pitcher on the market. That marks the second year in a row that theyve pulled off a similar surprise like that. Hopefully, injury and other bad luck will allow that to turn out differently this time 1, 3/27 7:10PM: Zac Gallenvs Justin Steelevs. Jameson Taillonvs. Shota Imangavs. TBDWhen Rodriguez looks back on his career, I dont think hell spend too much time on his 2024 season. Injuries prevented him from making a single start until August 7th, and he was inconsistent at best, if were being generous, after that. He only had two starts where he didnt give up multiple runs and gave up five runs three different times. Needless to say that was not what he, Hazen, or us as fans were expecting from the marquee offseason acquisition. Leaving spring training healthy is a great start for him in this 2025 season, and we look forward to seeing if he can living up to his billing in Season foresee several well pitched baseball games in our future this weekend. The Diamondbacks offense will have its work cut out for it on their quest to repeat as the best offense in baseball. Conversely, it will also be interesting to see how the Diamondbacks starting pitching fares on their comeback tour. My prediction is that we see a series split. Slightly disappointing, but a solid start to the 2025 Dbacks!