<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-goes-full-randy-johnson-bird-ahead-game-vs-athletics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen goes full Randy Johnson on bird ahead of game vs. Athletics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Diamondbacks-news-Zac-Gallen-goes-full-Randy-Johnson-on-bird-ahead-of-game-vs-Athletics.jpg"></figure><h1>Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen goes full Randy Johnson on bird ahead of game vs. Athletics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-17T13:48:32-07:00">May 17th, 1:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-17T13:48:32-07:00">May 17th, 1:48pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-diamondbacks-could-target-starting-pitcher-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> could only hope that starting pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-nl-cy-young-leaderboard-spencer-strider" rel="noopener">Zac Gallen</a> has as much success for the team as Randy Johnson did decades ago.</p><p>Gallen is off to a great start this season, and he did something that Johnson is famous for during a throwing session on Wednesday before a game against the Oakland Athletics. Gallen hit a bird during his throwing session, bringing back memories of Johnson doing the same thing in Spring Training back in 2001.</p><p>Here is <a href="https://twitter.com/BALLYSPORTSAZ/status/1658919001983164416?s=20" rel="noopener">the video</a> of Zac Gallen hitting the bird in his throwing session, via Bally Sports Arizona.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Zac Gallen really hit a bird with a curveball. <a href="https://t.co/T6XOZudoMH">pic.twitter.com/T6XOZudoMH</a></p><p>— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/BALLYSPORTSAZ/status/1658919001983164416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Props to the camera crew catching the moment. As noted by the broadcast team, the bird is no longer with us, and Gallen took a moment to take that in, before heading back in from his throwing session and telling everyone what happened.</p><p>It does not appear that he hit the bird as directly as Randy Johnson. Another difference is Johnson did it during a game. If you need a refresher, here is <a href="https://twitter.com/TodayInSportsCo/status/1374689594822815744" rel="noopener">the video</a> of Johnson hitting the bird in a Spring Training game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">20 years ago today.     💥⚾️</p><p>Randy Johnson struck a bird with his pitch during a Spring Training game.   </p><p> <a href="https://t.co/CyimSKTnA9">pic.twitter.com/CyimSKTnA9</a></p><p>— TodayInSports (@TodayInSportsCo) <a href="https://twitter.com/TodayInSportsCo/status/1374689594822815744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>As you can see, Johnson hit the bird flush.</p><p>It is a bit eerie that both of these pitchers did this as members of the Diamondbacks. Johnson hit the bird in Spring Training in 2001, and Diamondbacks fans know what happened that year. Johnson had a great season, winning one of his five Cy Young Awards, and the Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series in seven games.</p><p>Zac Gallen is off to an incredible start for a young and talented Diamondbacks team that is 24-19 to start the season in 2023. Maybe this is a sign of good things to come for Arizona.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen goes full Randy Johnson on bird ahead of game vs. Athletics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-nl-cy-young-leaderboard-spencer-strider');   ga('set', 'title', 'Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen tops NL CY Young leaderboard after strong start to campaign');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-17-at-3.17.04-PM.png"></figure><h1>Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen tops NL CY Young leaderboard after strong start to campaign</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-17T12:48:14-07:00">May 17th, 12:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-17T12:48:14-07:00">May 17th, 12:48pm</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondback-news-zac-gallen-contract-extension" rel="noopener">Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen</a> has <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb?tab=player-awards" rel="noopener">emerged as the latest favorite</a> for the NL Cy Young Award according to FanDuel Sportsbook.</p><p>Gallen is listed at +190 odds to win the award, overtaking <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/braves-news-spencer-strider-0-2-counts-50-percent-hitters" rel="noopener">Atlanta Braves star Spencer Strider,</a> who now sits at +260. There is a massive dropoff after those two, with a pair of Los Angeles Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw and Julio Urias, rounding out the top four.</p><p>After a breakout campaign in 2022 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-reasons-diamondbacks-legitimate-threat-dodgers-padres-nl-west" rel="noopener">with the Diamondbacks, Gallen</a> picked up right where he left off for a brilliant start this season. He has a 2.35 ERA and 70 strikeouts in nine games, six of which have been quality starts. He ranks third in the NL in ERA and second in strikeouts, trailing only Strider in the latter.</p><p>Strider’s numbers are similar to Gallen’s, though his strikeout stats are more impressive. Strider has a major-league leading 77 strikeouts in 46.2 innings, striking out eight or more hitters in every start and reaching double digits in three of his last four trips to the mound. He carries a 2.51 ERA through eight starts.</p><p>Gallen and Strider’s situations are different which could be a factor in the new odds. Gallen is the bonafide lead <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-diamondbacks-could-target-starting-pitcher-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">arm in the Diamondbacks rotation,</a> fully expected to give a quality start every time out for a team that is at best a fringe playoff contender.</p><p>Strider on the other hand is at the top of a very talented Braves rotation that has three pitchers currently ranked in the top 10 in ERA in the National League. That doesn’t include Braves Opening Day starter Max Fried.</p><p>With the potential for 20 starts or more remaining this season, the race for the NL Cy Young Award between Zac Gallen and Spencer Strider should be an enjoyable one to watch.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen tops NL CY Young leaderboard after strong start to campaign

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/diamondback-news-zac-gallen-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Zac Gallen drops honest take amid contract extension buzz with Diamondbacks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-12-at-1.36.28-PM.png"></figure><h1>Zac Gallen drops honest take amid contract extension buzz with Diamondbacks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-12T10:47:14-07:00">May 12th, 10:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-12T10:47:14-07:00">May 12th, 10:47am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-news-diamondbacks-zac-gallen-drops-truth-bomb-cardinals-trade" rel="noopener">Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen</a> is one of the most feared pitchers in baseball. He’ll likely be one of the highest-paid pitchers in the league soon, though he’s <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2023/05/10/diamondbacks-zac-gallen-underrated-pitcher/70203735007/" rel="noopener">not thinking about that.</a></p><p>Though he’s not set to hit the open market until after the 2025 season, the Diamondbacks would be foolish not to engage in contract extension talks with the horse of their pitching staff sooner rather than later. In the meantime, Gallen just wants to focus on continuing his dominance on the mound.</p><p>“I haven’t had the opportunity to even think about (an extension), really,’’ Gallen said. “Honestly, I’d rather just focus on the season now. There’s for the off-season.”</p><p>After a rocky start to the season which saw him give up 10 runs in his first two starts, Gallen has allowed four runs in six starts since, five of which were quality starts. He also had a stretch of 28 straight scoreless innings during that span.</p><p>Gallen finished fifth in NL Cy Young Award voting last season on the back of a 2.54 ERA and the best WHIP in the NL. The Diamondbacks won 19 of the 31 games he started in 2022 and are 6-2 in games he’s been on the bump this season.</p><p>Some team is going to pay Gallen. The Diamondbacks have the advantage for the next three seasons to lock him up and keep him as the ace of their rotation for a long time. Arizona handed rookie Corbin Carroll $111 million dollars after he played in just 32 major league games. Zac <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-makes-mlb-modern-era-history" rel="noopener">Gallen should be the next Diamondback</a> to strike a nine-figure deal.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zac Gallen drops honest take amid contract extension buzz with Diamondbacks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-news-diamondbacks-zac-gallen-drops-truth-bomb-cardinals-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen drops truth bomb on Cardinals trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MLB-news-Diamondbacks-ace-Zac-Gallen-drops-truth-bomb-on-Cardinals-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen drops truth bomb on Cardinals trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-11T13:34:10-07:00">May 11th, 1:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-11T13:34:10-07:00">May 11th, 1:34pm</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondbacks-news-arizona-calls-up-dominic-fletcher-amid-corbin-carroll-injury" rel="noopener">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> have loved everything they have gotten from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-makes-mlb-modern-era-history" rel="noopener">ace Zac Gallen</a> since bringing him to the desert. Gallen began his career with the St. Louis Cardinals before being traded to the Miami Marlins in a deal that sent Marcell Ozuna to St. Louis.</p><p>Gallen has become the ace for the Diamondbacks since joining the team in 2019, and he’s fresh off a 12-4 campaign that includes a 2.54 ERA. However, Gallen recently <a href="https://twitter.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1656737690232946690" rel="noopener">discussed</a> some insight into the trade that sent him from the Cardinals to the Marlins during an episode of Foul Territory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"On the way home, they traded me … You know the Cardinals, you know they got their certain ways about how they go about some things."<a href="https://twitter.com/zacgallen23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@zacgallen23</a> talks about the potential reason he was traded from St. Louis. <a href="https://t.co/kHSCMCw4T9">pic.twitter.com/kHSCMCw4T9</a></p><p>— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1656737690232946690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I don’t know. If you know the Cardinals, you know they have their certain ways about how they go about some things…It was an interesting 72 hours.”</p><p>Gallen mentions that the Cardinals hold winter camps, and he missed one of them, which he believes might have been a reason for his being traded to Miami. The camps aren’t mandatory, and Gallen reveals he had just finished up the minor league season, so missing the camp is certainly understandable.</p><p>All in all, the Marlins then traded Gallen to the Diamondbacks on the MLB deadline day in 2019. This trade featured the Marlins landing talented infielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-news-jazz-chisholm-barry-bonds-type-2023-season" rel="noopener">Jazz Chisholm</a> in a win-win scenario for both sides.</p><p>Gallen has now found a home in Arizona, and he has been the top guy on the staff for quite some time in the desert. In 2023, he is 5-1 with a 2.36 ERA with 64 strikeouts and just six walks. 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Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen drops truth bomb on Cardinals trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-makes-mlb-modern-era-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen makes MLB modern era history with tremendous start to 2023 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Diamondbacks-news-Zac-Gallen-makes-MLB-modern-era-history-with-tremendous-start-to-2023-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen makes MLB modern era history with tremendous start to 2023 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-26T16:40:38-07:00">April 26th, 4:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-26T16:52:30-07:00">April 26th, 4:52pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Arizona Diamondbacks SP Zac Gallen is one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondbacks-news-zac-gallen-reaches-unreal-feat-that-not-even-jacob-degrom-clayton-kershaw-reached" rel="noopener">most underrated players in baseball</a>. The D’Backs ace has continued to impress despite not receiving much attention in 2023. Most recently, Gallen <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1651357187980029952" rel="noopener">made MLB modern era history</a>, per OptaSTATS on Twitter.</p><p>Gallen is the <i>only </i>pitcher in the modern era to record 40-plus strikeouts with a WHIP of under 0.50 while allowing no runs over a four-start span. In other words, Zac Gallen has practically been unhittable over the course of his past four outings for Arizona.</p><p>Gallen currently leads the league in WHIP and innings pitched. He also owns a strong 2.59 ERA as of this story’s publication. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/diamondbacks-hot-start-2023-three-overreactions" rel="noopener">Arizona is near the top</a> of the National League West standings, narrowly trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers. The odds of the Diamondbacks keeping pace with the Dodgers and San Diego Padres all season long are slim, but Zac Gallen may provide them with an opportunity to make a run at the playoffs.</p><p>As mentioned earlier, Gallen tends to get consistently overlooked. He’s been in the big leagues since 2019, and has only posted an ERA of above 3.00 once. He’s fresh off a superb 2022 campaign that saw him finish the season with a 2.54 ERA and league-leading 0.913 WHIP. Despite his incredible performance, Gallen finished just fifth in NL Cy Young voting, while he very well could have been a top three finalist.</p><p>It is becoming difficult for Zac Gallen to be ignored. It is clear that he’s one of the most talented and reliable aces in the sport. If Arizona falls out of competition by the July trade deadline, Gallen will be a hot commodity on the trade market. If the D’Backs remain competitive, then Gallen could make a legitimate Cy Young case while leading Arizona.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
49	8.27	10	1.90	1

2023 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
49	8.27	10	1.90	1

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