Diamondbacks 2023 Top 54 Player Reviews Links Hub

One place where you can find links to stories summarizing each player participating in D-backs magical run to the World Series

The Diamondbacks won the National League Championship in 2023 in a magical postseason run for the ages. Advancing to the World Series for the first time since 2001, they fell just short of winning it all. 

It was a season of many twists and turns, and we here at Inside The Diamondbacks helped to chronicle the year all along the way.  We present here links to stories summarizing each player's year, counting down one a day by reverse ranking in aWAR, which is the average of Baseball Reference and Fangraphs WAR. 

No matter the ranking, every player that appears here  had a chance to participate in a most successful season. It takes an entire organization  of players pulling in the same direction to get as far as the Diamondbacks did. Here are their stories.

7: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2.56

8: Geraldo Perdomo 2.46

9: Kevin Ginkel 1.29

10: Tommy Henry 0.89

11: Alek Thomas 0.80

12: Dominic Fletcher 0.67

13: Ryan Thompson 0.45

14: Andrew Chafin 0.41

15: Drey Jameson 0.38

16: Ryne Nelson 0.37

17: Andrew Saalfrank 0.32

18: Slade Cecconi 0.30 

19: Miguel Castro 0.30

20: Tommy Pham 0.30

21: Evan Longoria 0.29

22: Emmanuel Rivera 0.29

23: Jake McCarthy 0.27

24: Joe Mantiply 0.18

25: Bryce Jarvis 0.16

26: Paul Sewald 0.12

27: Kyle Nelson 0.12

28: Seby Zavala 0.12

29:Luis Frias, 0.12

30: Tyler Gilbert, 0.10

31: Nabil Crismatt, 0.08

32: Anthony Misiewicz 0.01

33: Scott McGough 0.00

34: Buddy Kennedy, -0.01

35: Austin Adams, -0.01

36: Diego Castillo, -0.01

37: Peter Strzelecki, -0.01

38: Brandon Pfaadt, -0.03

39: Nick Ahmed, -0.06

40: Carlos Vargas, -0.06

41: Jose Ruiz, -0.12

42: Cole Sulser, -0.13

43: Jordan Lawlar, -0.13

44: Carson Kelly, -0.14

45: Dominic Canzone, -0.14
46: Josh Rojas, -0.18 
47: Justin Martinez, -0.35 (Still rookie eligible in 2024, see prospects list)

48: Zach Davies, -0.35
49: Peter Solomon, -0.36
50: José Herrera, -0.45 
51: Kyle Lewis, -0.47
52: Madison Bumgarner, -0.55
53: Jace Peterson, -0.58
54: Pavin Smith, -0.8

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