Arizona Diamondbacks 2023 Season Preview
A youth movement is afoot out in the desert and the Arizona Diamondbacks head into this season with a lot of optimism and a really interesting collection of players. Nobody is expecting miracles in a division with the Dodgers and Padres, but last year’s 22-win improvement over the complete debacle that was the 2021 season appears to be a sign of things to come.
This was one of the youngest teams in baseball on the position player side last season with an average batting age of 26.5 per Baseball-Reference, which accounts for actual age, but also the distribution of playing time. This year’s group, led by recently-minted millionaire Corbin Carroll, is going to be fun to track and follow, not only at Major League level, but also the minor league levels.
Will the infusion of talent and upside lead to wins right away? Time will tell, but this is certainly one of the National League’s most intriguing and highest-variance teams for the 2023 season and I’m looking forward to watching it all play out.