The Arizona Fall League has long served as a finishing school for baseball’s rising talent, offering a bridge for players needing extra developmental reps, injury rehab or simply a test against advanced competition. For the Diamondbacks’ player development staff, the focus in the AFL extends beyond where the

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Patrick Forbes played both ways as a University of Louisville freshman and for one plate appearance as a Cardinals sophomore until a broken hand put an end to that, forcing him onto the mound full-time. The move paid off. He went to the D-backs with

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- No player has been born in Arizona, played high school ball in the state, been drafted by the Diamondbacks out of that program and gone on to debut with the hometown club. That all could change in 2027 as Nogales’ own Demetrio Crisantes knocks on

It's not always about how you start. It's about how you finish.

Amarillo, the D-backs' Double-A affiliate, took that to heart Wednesday, digging its way back during a winner-take-all Game 3 against Springfield. The Sod Poodles overcame a two-run deficit to take the Texas League crown in a 6-4

When Carlos Virahonda began the 2026 season, he was with Single-A Visalia, with whom he had finished the previous year. Viewed as an athletic and strong-armed backstop who had yet to see his power emerge during game action, the 20-year-old was literally half a country away from the

Druw Jones has spent the past four Minor League seasons establishing himself as one of the game’s premier defensive players. There’s a lot of hardware on his mantle, most recently having been named the 2025 MiLB Defender of the Year. And yet, baserunners are still tempted to try

Avery Owusu-Asiedu has long been a tantalizing prospect. Standing 6-foot-4 and checking in around 245 pounds, he destroys the baseball when he hits it and can run like the wind. But until a few weeks ago, things hadn’t come together all at once on the diamond.

And then the

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When the D-backs landed Dean Livingston with their fourth-round selection in the 2025 Draft, they were banking on his upside. Even at 6-foot-4, he hadn't entered the starting rotation at Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Ga., until his senior year. But he had the size and with a

David Hagaman closed the book on his High-A Hillsboro tenure with a flourish last Saturday -- a career-high 10 strikeouts across 6 1/3 frames of one-run ball. Next up: the Texas League.

Hagaman kept the good times rolling for Double-A Amarillo on Friday night, matching his career best in

Have a professional debut, Ryder Helfrick.

Helfrick, the 15th overall pick to the Diamondbacks in this year’s Draft, posted three hits in his first game with Single-A Visalia. That included a late, go-ahead home run en route to a 10-9 win over Fresno at Chukchansi

Prospect stocks are rising and falling in the D-backs’ farm system as the fourth month of the season comes to a close.

Ahead of the Trade Deadline, MLB Pipeline has undergone its first major changes to team Top 30 Prospects lists. This wasn’t a full rerank --

There’s been a cavalcade from the upper Minors to downtown Phoenix during 2026 with Ryan Waldschmidt, Tommy Troy, LuJames Groover, Mitch Bratt, Kohl Drake and others all making their Major League debuts in the past few months. But that upward mobility has also opened the door behind them for fast-rising

Almost exactly five months after the 2026 international signing period opened, the D-backs have landed another major signing. Jun-Sang Eom, a two-way player from South Korea, officially joined the organization in a ceremony at Chase Field on Tuesday afternoon, which he celebrated by taking batting practice on the field with

PHOENIX – The win may have been erased from his final ledger, but Kohl Drake's Major League debut will live on in his memory forever.

The lessons he learned on Tuesday will almost assuredly pay dividends for seasons to come.

PHOENIX -- Ryder Helfrick is already learning from the best.

The 21-year-old catcher took batting practice at Chase Field on Tuesday, not even two weeks after the Diamondbacks selected him at No. 15 in the 2026 MLB Draft. Added bonus: He was hitting along with third baseman Nolan Arenado,

PHOENIX -- It will be some time before the Diamondbacks know just how good their 2026 MLB Draft class will turn out to be, but as for the process they went through to make them, that was a success.

A year of flights and long car rides by their scouts, crosscheckers