Our All Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Diamondbacks had a good season, winning 89 Games, but they did not make the playoffs. As the team has only existed for 27 years, there is ample opportunity for new players to enter the list, which occurred in this cycle with three new entries.
As always, we present our top five, which saw a change based on the new structure:
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Based on our new system, Gonzalez overtook Schilling for the #4 spot.
Ketel Marte, who finished third in MVP voting, remained at #6, as the chasm was too large to surpass Schilling at #5.
Zac Gallen, who went 14-6 last season, shot up to #7 from #12.
First Baseman Christian Walker advanced to #16 from #22.
Merrill Kelly, who missed a large part of last season, still moved up two spots to #21.
Corbin Carroll did not have a good follow-up to his 2023 Rookie of the Year award, but he still moved up significantly from #38 to #28.
The three debuts are Infielder Geraldo Perdomo at #42, Catcher Gabriel Moreno at #45, and Outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. at #49.
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Our All-Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been revised to reflect the 2023 Season.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Arizona shocked the world by not only making the playoffs, but competing in the World Series, though they fell to the Texas Rangers in five Games. The 2023 Season, gave us one new entrant and several elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Infielder, Ketel Marte, continued his rise, inching up one spot #6.
Starting Pitcher, Zac Gallen, climbed to #12 from #21.
Of note, Infielder, Nick Ahmed, who was released in August, actually fell a spot to #19.
First Baseman, Christian Walker, rose from #31 to #22.
Another Starting Pitcher, Merrill Kelly, jumped from #36 to #23.
The lone new entrant is the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year, Corbin Carroll, who debuts at #38.
Relief Pitcher, Andrew Chafin, who returned as a Free Agent, only to be traded late in the season to Milwaukee, did enough to move up two spots to #42.
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Our All-Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been updated to reflect the 2021 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2022 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
The Diamondbacks did not make the 2021 Playoffs, but there are two new entries in the top 50, and minimal movement among other players, though nothing impacting the top five.
As always, we present our top five.
3. Brandon Webb
You can find the entire list here.
Outfielder, David Peralta, moved up two spots to #14.
Two-time Gold Glove Shortstop, Nick Ahmed, edged up one rank to #18.
Infielder, Eduardo Escobar had the biggest elevation, moving from #43 to #37.
Two Starting Pitchers enter the top 50 with Zac Gallen (#45) and Merrill Kelly (#49) respectively.
Andy Benes and Erubiel Durazo fell off the list.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
21. Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2010, but after four years in the minors, he never made the big leagues and was released after the 2014 Season. Kelly persevered, and went to Korea where he played for SK Wyverns for four seasons, winning a league title in 2018. After that, he gave the Majors another try, and he signed with the Diamondbacks, making the team out of Spring Training.
Kelly became a competent starter, throwing 183.1 Innings with a 4.42 ERA. He only had five Starts in 2020, though had an ERA of 2.59. Although his stats went back to his rookie year in 2022, he rebounded strong in 2023, with a 13-8 record and a 3.37 ERA and 177 Strikeouts. Going into 2023, he is one half a nice pairing with Zac Gallen, giving Arizona two arms to build on. They did not do that in 2023, but the bats came alive leading Arizona to the World Series. For his efforts, Kelly went 12-9 with a 3.29 ERA and 187 Strikeouts. Kelly also had a good post-season, winning 3 Games against 1 Loss with a 2.25 ERA, sub 1.000 WHIP and 28 Ks. Last year, Kelly only appeared in 13 Games due to shoulder issues (though he was effective with a 5-1 year), but he beging 2025 still in Arizona.
The question here is how much does the late bloomer have in him?