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Diamondbacks Make Bold Moves with Montgomery, Pederson Options

Left-hander Jordan Montgomery exercised his $22.5 million option with the Arizona Diamondbacks, while Pederson opts out and becomes a free agent. Montgomery's option would have increased to $25 million if he had made 23 starts, but he only finished with 21. The team exercised options to retain Suárez and Kelly for 2025.

Diamondbacks extend winning streak to 6, beat Rockies 11-4 as Eugenio Suárez hits grand slam

PHOENIX — Eugenio Suárez hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs, Joc Pederson drove in two early runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks won their sixth straight game by beating the Colorado Rockies 11-4 on Wednesday. We didn’t play a very clean game.” Arizona stretched its lead to 6-1 after five innings, but Colorado rallied with two runs in …

Diamondbacks’ Christian Walker continues his Dodger Stadium rampage, hitting 2 more homers

LOS ANGELES — Christian Walker put on another power display at Dodger Stadium, igniting the Arizona Diamondbacks in his first two at-bats with his 18th and 19th home runs in 42 career games at the ballpark. “I hope Major League Baseball sees that and they find a way to put him on the team.” While his teammates erupted, Walker crossed …

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Diamondbacks hit 3 HRs, power way to 5-4 series-opening win over Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Gabriel Moreno and Joc Pederson hit homers against struggling Phillies starter Taijuan Walker to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over Philadelphia on Friday night. It was the first game between the teams since Arizona won the final two games of the National League Championship Series on the road last season en route …

PHOENIX — Christian Walker hit two homers, Joc Pederson added a late grand slam and the Arizona Diamondbacks coasted past the Los Angeles Angels 11-1 on Thursday night. “You get a chance with a couple guys on, to be able to make that count in the first, that’s good.” His 15th long ball came just two innings later when another …

PHOENIX — Joc Pederson watched the Arizona Diamondbacks’ surprise run to the World Series last fall and didn’t see a whole lot of luck. “They’ve always done the little things right and now they’ve added young superstars that are changing the game, stealing bases, hitting homers,” Pederson said. Arizona general manager Mike Hazen said adding a left-handed power bat like …