{"id":656986,"date":"2026-04-01T16:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656986\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:43:15","slug":"diamondbacks-tigers-mlb-news-jose-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656986\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks, Tigers, MLB news, Jose Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azcentral.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fmlb%2Fdiamondbacks%2F2026%2F03%2F31%2Farizona-diamondbacks-rookie-jose-fernandez-home-run-detroit-tigers%2F89415045007%2F%3Fgnt-cfr%3D1%26gca-cat%3Dp%26gca-uir%3Dtrue%26gca-epti%3Dz115838p004550l004450c004550e1166xxv115838d--66--b--66--%26gca-ft%3D232%26gca-ds%3Dsophi\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who Is Jose Fernandez?<\/a><br \/>Jose Fernandez burst onto the scene with a strong spring training and then played the role of saviour as part of his big MLB debut last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/The Venezuelan became only the seventh player in MLB history -- and first Diamondbacks player -- to hit two homers in his debut,\" rel=\"nofollow\">Back-to-Back History in the Desert<\/a><br \/>Michael Soroka had himself a stellar debut on Monday night. Jose Fernandez followed that performance with a historic debut of his own, launching two homers against the Tigers, including a go-ahead blast against all-star closer, Kenley Jensen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/onsi\/arizona-diamondbacks-news\/diamondbacks-back-doing-best-comeback-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diamondbacks Back to Doing what They Do Best<\/a><br \/>After a rough series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles, the Diamondbacks have rediscovered their swagger at home against the Tigers, where they are finding ways to come back when being counted out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48356211\/2026-mlb-ace-rankings-best-starting-pitchers-skenes-skubal-crochet-yamamoto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Ace Rankings<\/a><br \/>Kiley McDaniel assembles his list of the top-11 starters in the game. Unsurprisingly, Arizona is not represented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/03\/mariners-colt-emerson-agree-to-contract-extension.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariners Sign Colt Emerson to Eight-Year Extension<\/a><br \/>The Mariners announced the signing of top shortstop prospect Colt Emerson to an eight-year extension that includes a club option for the 2034 campaign. Emerson, an ACES client, is reportedly guaranteed $95MM \u2014 a record for a player who has yet to make his MLB debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/03\/cardinals-have-shown-interest-in-jj-wetherholt-extension.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinals Attempting to Extend JJ Wetherholt<\/a><br \/>Wetherholt was the seventh overall pick in the 2024 draft. The University of West Virginia product mashed throughout his first full minor league season, batting .306\/.421\/.510 between the top two levels. He\u2019s a consensus top prospect whom the Cardinals carried on the Opening Day roster and have immediately plugged in as their leadoff hitter. Wetherholt can play shortstop but is ticketed for second base work in St. Louis thanks to Masyn Winn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s simply not fair MLB, such a mean April Fool\u2019s joke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who Is Jose Fernandez?Jose Fernandez burst onto the scene with a strong spring training and then played the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,14273,4314,5,38,42021,4,3537,39029],"class_list":{"0":"post-656986","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-diamondbacks-news","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-mlb-news","17":"tag-snake-bytes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116330457092392422","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656986","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=656986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}