Diamondbacks Are World Series Dark Horse If They Sneak In
September 17, 2025
4,610
By
Hunter Mulholland is a Newsweek contributor based in St. Louis, Missouri. His focus is MLB Content. Hunter has been with Newsweek since April 2025 and previously worked at Fansided and STL Sports Central. He is a graduate of Westminster College (MO). You can get in touch with Hunter by emailing h.mulholland@newsweek.com.
Hunter Mulholland
Contributing Sports Writer
news article
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.
Share
✓ Link copied to clipboard!
English (Original)
Español
中国人
Français
Deutsch
Portuguese
हिन्दी
Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.
🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have clawed their way into the heat of a playoff race as the New York Mets continue to collapse down the stretch. This is coming after the Diamondbacks traded away five players at the trade deadline, including Eugenio Suarez, who has smacked 45 home runs during this season.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 15: James McCann #8 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates his two-run home run with Jordan Lawlar #10 in the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field on September… PHOENIX, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 15: James McCann #8 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates his two-run home run with Jordan Lawlar #10 in the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field on September 15, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images
The Diamondbacks fell short to the Texas Rangers in five games in the 2023 World Series before taking a step back last season and missing the playoffs entirely. The Diamondbacks retained much of their young core that led them to the World Series as a wild-card team, and they are shaping up for a chance to do it again.
Entering Tuesday with less than two weeks remaining in the season, the Diamondbacks sit 1 1/2 games out of the final wild card spot. The Mets have stopped their skid for the moment, but with two sets against the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs coming up, the Mets could be in danger of an early vacation.
Geraldo Perdomo has been electric all season and has sparked the Diamondbacks’ turnaround of late, hitting .304 with four home runs in his last 15 games. If he stays hot, he could propel the Diamondbacks’ offense as the team looks to get hot at the right time and go on a run.
The team is littered with experience from their World Series run, and a date with the division rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wild Card Series could create a Cinderella in the desert as the team embarks on a chance to capture the franchise’s second World Series Championship.
A legjobb élmény biztosítása érdekében olyan technológiákat használunk, mint a cookie-k az eszközadatok tárolására és/vagy eléréséhez. Ha beleegyezik ezekbe a technológiákba, akkor olyan adatokat dolgozhatunk fel ezen az oldalon, mint a böngészési viselkedés vagy az egyedi azonosítók. A hozzájárulás elmulasztása vagy visszavonása bizonyos funkciókat és funkciókat hátrányosan érinthet.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
