{"id":527715,"date":"2026-01-19T15:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/527715\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:10:16","slug":"arizona-diamondbacks-news-1-19-blast-from-the-past-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/527715\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Diamondbacks News, 1\/19: Blast from the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

[MLB] From World Series winner to sausage meister: A visit to Byung-hyun Kim\u2019s German restaurant<\/a> – \u201cWhen I was playing in the States, any time families and friends would come, I would take them out to a restaurant that I recommended. I saw the joy that people felt from having good food,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThat\u2019s where it all started.\u201d He began with three sushi restaurants in San Diego \u2013 today there is only one, Umi Sushi \u2013 before he followed his teenage dream and opened a handful of burger and hot dog joints, with two of the locations inside KBO stadiums at the Gocheok Sky Dome and Changwon NC Park. \u201cThe inspiration was Gonzo\u2019s Grill in Arizona at Chase Field,\u201d Kim said. \u201cI saw that and I really wanted to replicate it and have a burger joint at a baseball stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

[AZ Big Media] Merrill Kelly returns to the Diamondbacks for his family<\/a> – His family\u2019s thrilled to be back in the Valley. Korean cuisine has become an occasional stop, indulged in \u201cprobably a little more than we should,\u201d Kelly joked. \u201cWe don\u2019t venture out much unless we have to,\u201d he said at first. \u201cI\u2019m a big golfer. If I do go somewhere, at least on my own, it\u2019s usually the golf course. \u201cWe found a couple spots that we really like. There\u2019s a place in Mesa, Jin BBQ, [near Mekong Plaza] that we like. There\u2019s an H Mart, which is a big Korean grocery store. It\u2019s good to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Dbacks.com] Marte plan unchanged in face of Bregman, Su\u00e1rez signings<\/a> – If you\u2019re holding your breath on them bringing in a bona fide closer at this point, well \u2026 don\u2019t. \u201cWould I like to have somebody that has a clear pedigree of pitching in the eighth and ninth inning?\u201d Hazen said. \u201cThat\u2019s an easier answer. I\u2019m not sure what we\u2019ll have access to in that way. I think if we continue to build out talent in the bullpen, this bullpen is going to be good in time as we move through the season. We\u2019re going to obviously be getting guys back as we move through the season, so I think the talent is naturally going to improve as we move through the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

[New Baseball Media] 2025 MLB Farm Review: Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> – There is a new #1 atop the Diamondbacks\u2019 farm system. It\u2019s close between Waldschmidt and Caldwell, two different outfielders. Both are fantastic at getting on base and swiping bases, Caldwell more than the former. However, Waldschmidt is a formidable power hitter, moreso than Caldwell. After that, we\u2019ll go with Cunningham at #3. Kohl Drake, acquired last summer as part of the Merrill Kelly<\/a>, was a strong swing-and-miss pitcher in the Rangers\u2019 organization. has a diverse & modern pitch arsenal, regularly using both a four-seamer and two-seamer.<\/p>\n

[Just Baseball] Top 20 MLB Free Agents With Contract and Team Predictions<\/a> – Zac Gallen – Two-year, $54 million deal, opt-out after 2026, Orioles, we now have Gallen signing with a team that has been very aggressive this offseason. My initial contract prediction has aged well, as the market has stalled on Gallen and he could be forced to take a two-year deal with an opt-out. Paul Goldschmidt – One-year, $5 million, D-backs. Goldschmidt is looking like a great fit in Arizona. With the left-handed hitting Pavin Smith set to start at first base, Goldy could form a platoon there, or could even push Smith to DH some if they wanted him to play every day. If this is the last season of Goldschmidt\u2019s career, there would not be a better place for him.<\/p>\n

[MLB Trade Rumors] Elly De La Cruz Declined Franchise-Record Offer From Reds<\/a> – While details were sparse at the time, president of baseball operations Nick Krall revealed today the team made an official offer that would have topped their 10-year, $225MM franchise-record deal with Joey Votto. \u201cWe made Elly an offer that would\u2019ve made him the highest-paid Red ever,\u201d Krall said (link via C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic). \u201cThat\u2019s not where he is and you respect that. It\u2019s their career. You keep going and you keep working on what you can do today.\u201d De La Cruz opted not to go into specifics, telling fans at Redsfest only that he leaves contractual matters to his agent, Scott Boras.<\/p>\n

[NY Post] Jazz Chisholm Jr. joining Great Britain for 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a> – Jazz Chisholm Jr. has committed to suit up for Great Britain, as WBC reporter Shawn Spradling reported Friday, giving the Yankees [and former D-back!] second baseman a chance to play on the big stage this spring. Great Britain delegation head Gary Anderson and manager Brady Marcelino said last month at the Winter Meetings that there was strong interest in having Chisholm \u2014 who is entering his walk year \u2014 on the team; it was just a matter of working through eligibility and insurance, which has evidently been approved. The Bahamas native played for Great Britain in the WBC qualifiers as an 18-year-old in 2016.<\/p>\n

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Dir: Joe CarnahanStar: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stephen Yuen, Scott Adkins<\/p>\n

a.k.a. Cops Yelling: The Movie. Or perhaps it just seems that way, because nobody here seems to use their inside voice. However, it\u2019s still decently entertaining, in a \u201cSaturday night and I just want something mindless\u201d way\u2026 It\u2019s nice to see Damon and Affleck working together again: they\u2019re the Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee of contemporary urban thrillers. Carnahan, too, has certainly come a long way since Blood Guts Bullets & Octane. Probably inevitably, the Netflix sausage machine has knocked off the rough edges of personality, in favor of smooth, slick and ultimately forgettable product. Though, as ever, the \u201cbased on real events\u201d tag is more marketing than reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[MLB] From World Series winner to sausage meister: A visit to Byung-hyun Kim\u2019s German restaurant – \u201cWhen I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,14273,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-527715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks-news","11":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-diamondbacks","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}