Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in

PHOENIX -- The D-backs have been devastated by injuries this year, with all but one of their projected members of the Opening Day rotation spending time on the injured list, and yet they find themselves holding a postseason spot if the season ended today. The role their Minor League system

PHOENIX -- Adrian Del Castillo knew it the moment the ball left the barrel of his bat. He pointed to the sky triumphantly, peering in the direction of the D-backs’ dugout as his slow saunter out of the batter’s box turned into a light trot, the ball sailing a Statcast-projected

PHOENIX -- The D-backs wrapped up the 2024 MLB Draft on Tuesday by selecting 10 players to bring their total to 22 picks, which matches the biggest Draft class in the Majors, thanks to a pair of extra picks. “I think coming into this we had the opportunity to make

PHOENIX -- After using all four of their picks Sunday night on position players, the Arizona Diamondbacks took five pitchers with the eight selections they had during Monday’s second day of the 2024 MLB Draft.

• Carroll's latest contribution: Top-30 Draft prospect Thanks to a pair of compensation picks, the

PHOENIX -- As he was chasing the NL Rookie of the Year Award last season, D-backs outfielder Corbin Carroll wasn’t so much focused on what winning it would mean to him personally. Instead, he knew that because of the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and players, since he

PHOENIX -- It was a busier than usual first day of the 2024 MLB Draft for the Arizona Diamondbacks who had four picks, their own first and second round picks, along with a Competitive Balance Round A pick and a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick they received when Corbin Carroll won

Whether it’s Daulton Varsho or Alek Thomas or Corbin Carroll, the D-backs have had success in the MLB Draft in selecting players that some consider undersized. So they had no qualms about taking high school outfielder Slade Caldwell with their first pick (No. 29 overall) in the 2024 Draft, which

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PHOENIX -- Monday night started out well for the D-backs thanks to Yilber Diaz. The 23-year-old dazzled in his big league debut allowing just one run over six innings, showing maturity beyond his years as he left with the D-backs leading and seemingly on the way to a victory over

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This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert’s D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PHOENIX -- The D-backs were excited when they acquired right-hander Cristian Mena from the White Sox in exchange for outfielder Dominic Fletcher on Feb.

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Jordan Lawlar came up Aces in his return to Triple-A. With his rehab assignment complete following a seven-game stint in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, MLB's No. 8 prospect picked up where he left off with Reno last year prior to his Major League debut. Lawlar homered, doubled and drove