The 2025 season has not gone the way the Arizona Diamondbacks (60-63) had anticipated, who hoped to be a contender just two years removed from an unexpected National League pennant. However, the D-backs lost the 2023 World Series, 4-1, to the Texas Rangers, missed the postseason in 2024 and are on their way to a second consecutive year without playoff baseball in Arizona. That said, injuries and a poor month of July, in which they went 9-16, have the D-Backs in a hole that feels too significant to climb out of. Arizona is 4.5 games back of the final NL wild-card spot as of Saturday afternoon. While the campaign feels lost, second baseman Ketel Marte has continued to shine offensively. The 31-year-old is batting .297 with 23 home runs and 56 RBI in 90 games this season. Despite his steady production, The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro (h/t MLB Trade Rumors) reported on Friday that locker room issues have arisen due to the number of games the three-time All-Star has missed this year. Marte has been sidelined
