{"id":635548,"date":"2026-03-21T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/635548\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:01:16","slug":"snake-bytes-3-21-yahoo-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/635548\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake Bytes 3\/21 &#8211; Yahoo Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Diamondbacks News<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/onsi\/arizona-diamondbacks-news\/d-backs-soroka-regular-season-ready-white-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Soroka Sharp Against Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Soroka Sharp Against Sox&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Soroka Sharp Against Sox<\/a><br \/>Michael Soroka looked to be in mid-season form in his final spring outing. The bounce back candidate had a strong outing against the lowly White Sox as he made his case for a place in the rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/onsi\/arizona-diamondbacks-news\/diamondbacks-reschedule-game-padres-record-heat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Diamondbacks Game Pushed Back;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Diamondbacks Game Pushed Back&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Diamondbacks Game Pushed Back<\/a><br \/>At this point, it is mostly a reminder that all mid-day Cactus League games have been rescheduled due to the continuing heat wave hammering the Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/zac-gallen-spring-training-2\/3615217\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gallen Discusses Final Start of Spring;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gallen Discusses Final Start of Spring&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Gallen Discusses Final Start of Spring<\/a><br \/>Zac Gallen\u2019s Friday start was the last outing he will have before the games start to count. The next time he takes the bump will be against Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers in the season opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/burncitysports.com\/2026\/03\/20\/d-backs-fans-ques-closer-paul-sewald\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:As Opening Day Looms Bullpen, Closer Questions Remain;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;As Opening Day Looms Bullpen, Closer Questions Remain&quot;}\" class=\"link \">As Opening Day Looms Bullpen, Closer Questions Remain<\/a><br \/>It is hard not to believe that this winter\u2019s drastic jump in the cost of pitching did not play a major factor in the roster that Mike Hazen wound up with. Paul Sewald continues to make fans nervous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/2026\/03\/20\/diamondbacks-brewers-mlb-latest-news-spring-training\/89254227007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z114226p000850l004550c000850e1114xxv114226d--65--b--65--&amp;gca-ft=241&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eduardo Rodriguez Returns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eduardo Rodriguez Returns&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Eduardo Rodriguez Returns<\/a><br \/>Eduardo Rodriguez has returned from the Diamondbacks after leading his home nation of Venezuela to the WBC crown.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Other Baseball News<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/03\/padres-to-select-walker-buehler.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Padres Select Walker Buehler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Padres Select Walker Buehler&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Padres Select Walker Buehler<\/a><br \/>The former Dodgers ace has managed to earn himself another chance to see if there is anything left in the tank after multiple Tommy John surgeries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/03\/red-sox-to-use-marcelo-mayer-as-starting-second-baseman-kristian-campbell-optioned-to-triple-a.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marcelo Mayer Named Red Sox Starting Second Baseman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Marcelo Mayer Named Red Sox Starting Second Baseman&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Marcelo Mayer Named Red Sox Starting Second Baseman<\/a><br \/>In what has been pretty much a foregone conclusion for a few weeks now, Marcelo Mayer has been named by the Red Sox as their Opening Day starter at second base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48251150\/mlb-2026-spring-training-takeaways-lessons-mcgonigle-mclain-skubal-lombard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buster Olney\u2019s Takeaways from Spring Training;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Buster Olney\u2019s Takeaways from Spring Training&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Buster Olney\u2019s Takeaways from Spring Training<\/a><br \/>No big surprises here, though some interesting predictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48262144\/rookie-andrew-painter-makes-phillies-opening-day-roster-fifth-starter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrew Painter Makes Phillies\u2019 Rotation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Andrew Painter Makes Phillies\u2019 Rotation&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Andrew Painter Makes Phillies\u2019 Rotation<\/a><br \/>The 6\u20197\u201d right-handed Painter will break camp as a member of the Philadelphia rotation. The young man turns 24 on 10 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks News Soroka Sharp Against SoxMichael Soroka looked to be in mid-season form in his final spring outing.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[5161,146,22,4314,5,52,38,39,756,57406,1248,1353,4,372,144,40,89,53500,33559,151,115,396,313,86],"class_list":["post-635548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-andrew-painter","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-diamondbacks","tag-dodgers","tag-eduardo-rodriguez","tag-kristian-robinson","tag-marcelo-mayer","tag-michael-soroka","tag-mlb","tag-paul-sewald","tag-philadelphia","tag-phillies","tag-red-sox","tag-salt-river-fields-at-talking-stick","tag-scottsdale","tag-spring-training","tag-walker-buehler","tag-white-sox","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto","tag-zac-gallen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116267770574681389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635548","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=635548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}