| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 07/22/2008 | 17 | 16 |
| Remember the Simpsons episode where Homer pounded on the TV set, demanding that it "be more funny!"? Anytime I watch the Diamondbacks, I attack my set with similar gusto. I have no clue how they have regressed so suddenly ... Haren and Webb, then pray for (paging through rhyming dictionary) ... uh, greb? Deb? Never mind ... They have plenty of games left against the dregs of their division, so it's still possible that they could win the 86 they'll need to make the postseason. |
| 07/09/2008 | 16 | 14 |
| They were better at this point last year, but their rotation is too good on the front end to not lead the sub-.500 division, the worst in baseball. Eventually the young hitters will find themselves, even if catalyst Eric Byrnes (hamstring) is out for the season. |
| 07/01/2008 | 14 | 13 |
| Eric Byrnes was going to be a catalyst to get them going again offensively, but he went right back on the DL with another hammy injury. Rough. The good news is they still have some potentially dominant starting pitching and will be able to feast on the weakest division in baseball in the second half. |
| 06/24/2008 | 13 | 12 |
| Brandon Webb and Randy Johnson are struggling mightily of late. That shouldn't last -- as long as they are healthy, of course. The good news is their leader and catalyst Eric Byrnes is back from a long DL stay. They were just 10-17 without him, but at least the NL West hasn't proven capable of whipping past them. |
| 06/18/2008 | 12 | 11 |
| They have really been exposed outside of their division (17-26). Good thing for them, though, no one in the NL Worst looks capable right now either. |
| 06/10/2008 | 11 | 9 |
| A saving grace from their long, long slump is the fact no one in the NL West looks capable of catching up. The Giants and Padres are hot, but they don't have the offensive juice to sustain it. |
| 06/03/2008 | 9 | 10 |
| They are just 5-11 since mid-May, but you had to expect a cooling-off period for their young hitters. Their front-line starting pitching makes them capable of getting through the low spots of the season relatively consistently. |
| 05/27/2008 | 10 | 3 |
| They don't deserve to be downgraded this low, but they don't have a great case right now over the NL teams above them. Brandon Webb will get back to his Cy Young form in short order and the streaky young bats will heat back up again. |
| 05/20/2008 | 3 | 4 |
| If Randy Johnson pitches like this and a lightning arm like Max Scherzer is working in relief, the NL West will be the biggest runaway in baseball. |
| 05/13/2008 | 4 | 2 |
| We said we would get a better idea of where they stand during their non-division stretch. It hasn't been all that impressive -- just 3-7 against expected contenders Mets, Phillies and Cubs. |
