Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of one of the most plugged-in Arizona Diamondbacks fans and followers throughout the nation. Join here to join the weekly emailed in the week, I asked you to choose the one group on the 2025 Diamondbacks, whom you held most in charge of losing out on the playoffs, and the eventual losing record. Right here, in rising order of votes obtained, are the : 2% Practically entirely absolved of blame were the hitters, though the D-backs scored 95 fewer runs than 2024. The OPS visited twenty points, yet what did collapse was their production in the clutch. In 2024, the D-backs had the very best OPS with joggers in racking up position in baseball, at. 852, forty-three factors much better than anyone else. This year, similar actors were over a hundred factors worse with RISP -. 744, sufficient only for eighteenth and nearly specifically at league average. 745 ). It definitely seems to suggest that clutch" is not a reproducible skill. If the 2025 D-backs had actually been as good there as the previous year, Arizona most likely makes the : 7% To be reasonable, Ken Kendrick did open the pay-roll to a record degree this year. Yet you can still criticize him for how it was utilized. He approved full duty for a nightmare signing: If any individual wants to criticize anyone for Jordan Montgomery being a Diamondback, you're speaking with the person that should be criticized because I brought it to their attention. " That was $22. 5 million which might not be successfully utilized this year in other areas, finishing what was definitely the worst two-year bargain in franchise business background. Ideally, the lesson has been found out that, in some cases the most effective thing a proprietor can do is quit meddling, and finish of more knowledgeable throwing: 12% I'm a little stunned this was so reduced. Nevertheless, the D-backs' turning ended up 19th in ERA and 21st in fWAR. Unusually, they were third for innings pitched on 885. 2 innings. Every various other team to obtain 880 innings or even more from their starters, mosted likely to the playoffs. They did publish a winning record, going 55-47. Once more, the various other five teams to obtain that many turning W's, finished up in the post-season. Yet in Zac Gallen, Eduardo Rodriguez and Brandon Pfaadt, the D-backs were the single group to have 3 pitchers toss 150+ innings, each with an age+ below 90. The Nationals and Cardinals were the only opposite sides to have greater than one this / Instructors: 20% This is a little bit of a catch all" group, incorporating every little thing from the GM, with the front workplace, to the manager and down onto the fear which was Shaun Larkin at third-base train. But it's difficult to discover much unbiased information for this group. Though with regard to Larkin, the D-backs 21 outs in the house was top 5 in the majors - their basepath outs in other places were listed below MLB standard. Yet I assume most individuals were likely leaning in the direction of either Mike Hazen, for failing to create a tough roster, or Torey Lovullo, for inadequate in-game selections, such as reliever usage Pavin Smith Jersey. Though it appears his flexibility in such choices might be a lot more constrained than fans throwing: 59% This is my very first unsurprised face of the off-season. The bullpen has been an Achilles heel for Hazen, for close to a years, and this year was.. yeah, again, it misbehaved. The 4. 82 ERA they published was ahead just of the headache which was 2021 5. 08 ), over Hazen's tenure as GM. The exact same opts for the team's 114 closure appearances, a number which ranked dead-last in the majors. Their Success Probability of -409% was in advance just of the White Sox - which due just to Chicago publishing a -47. 5% in their penultimate game. Four home-runs by Suarez? Ten-run inning? There appeared no chance Arizona's bullpen was not prepared to waste. Here's to better in 2026! Please?Brought to you by FanDuel