Arizona Diamondbacks "Building A Dynasty" MLB Show 11

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Diamondbacks Franchise Records

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Depth Chart - 2011

• ***cher
• Miguel Montero
• Henry Blanco

• First Base
• Juan Miranda
• Russell Branyan

• Second Base
• Kelly Johnson
• Ryan Roberts

• Third Base
• Melvin Mora

• Shortstop
• Stephen Drew

• Left Field
• Gerardo Parra
• Xavier Nady

• Center Field
• Chris Young
• Willie Bloomquist

• Right Field
• Justin Upton

• Starting Pitcher
• Joe Saunders
• Daniel Hudson
• Zach Duke
• Ian Kennedy
• Armando Galarraga

• Relief Pitcher
• David Hernandez
• Zach Kroenke
• Esmerling Vasquez
• Kameron Mickolio
• Aaron Heilman
• Juan Gutierrez

• Closer
• J.J. Putz

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2011 Season Preview

The Dbacks are looking to improve after a 97 lost season in 2010, The team has a few bright spots in the big leagues. Justin Upton looks to showcase that he can be a franchise player after having a down second season in the big leagues. Stephen Drew and Chris Young look to take some leadership on this team, and hope to make this team a contender, Young who had a career high 91 rbi's in 2010 looks to improve that, Young had a career high of a .251 batting average he is hoping to improve on that again. First year manager Kirk Gibson thinks this team can win 78-84 games this season, Gibson said Upton had a great swing batting .451 with 3 homeruns and 12 rbi's, Miguel Montero returns after being injuried and had a steller swing also.

The pitching rotation has some new faces in Zach Duke and Armando Galarraga. Daniel Hudson will look to be the face of the pitching staff, after having 8 wins and a 2.45 era in his first year in Arizona. Kirk Gibson said Hudson will be on limited to 180.0 innings this season. Zach Duke a highly regarded prospect with Pittsburgh looks for a change of place to showcase his talents. The dbacks will be counting on Joe Saunders to take the leadership of the rotation after having a rockie first season in Arizona. The bullpen will be a huge question mark outside of set-up man Aaron Heilman and closer J.J. Putz. Rookie Zach Kroenke made the roster and will be the only lefty their.

Season Pediction l 78-84 4th in the west

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APRIL 1st 2011

ARI at COL - Coors Field
Apr 1, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona Diamondbacks (0-0)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	1
Colorado Rockies (0-0)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	0
W: Ubaldo Jimenez L: Joe Saunders S: Huston Street

Game Recap

Colorado got off to a quick start after Seth Smith and Troy Tulowitzki each hit a homerun in the 1st inning. The rockies added another run on a Seth Smith 2 out double in the 2nd inning to give Jimenez a 4 run lead, and Jimenez was on cruse control after giving up a single to Miranda in the 4th inning. Timely hitting was not on the side of the Diamondbacks, after getting 2 on in the 6th, Justin Upton had a chance to drive 2 runs in but was called out on a strike 3 curve ball. Ubaldo had 8 strike outs and yielding 1 walk, before giving the ball over to closer Huston Street. The diamondbacks look to rebound on saturday and having Daniel Hudson facing off with Jorge De La Rosa.

Player Stats

Arizona

Kelly Johnson l 3/4 ; 2 R ; 2 Doubles
Chris Young l 1/4 ; 1 RBI ; 1 K

Colorado

Seth Smith l 2/4 ; 1 R ; 3 RBI ; 1 K
Dexter Fowler l 2/4 ; 1 R