Maybe we all should have seen it coming. The "Baby Backs" that Valley baseball fans so adored just a couple of seasons ago have reached their awkward years. And a season that began with so much youthful promise has broken out everywhere in blemishes.
The team's ace, Brandon Webb, has a balky shoulder. Conor Jackson, among the club's better hitters, came down with valley fever. There's an ineffective bullpen, a change in managers, a lousy record at home and, predictably, disgruntled fans who are booing the home team.And it's not even the All-Star break.
So where do the Diamondbacks go from here, besides deeper into the abyss?
The non-waiver trading deadline is July 31, and reality has set in. There is no need to make postseason plans. Any moves Diamondbacks General Manager Josh Byrnes makes before the deadline will be made with an eye toward the future - and that could mean living with more growing pains.
"We have a core of players, a lot of our very best players, and they're going to be here for a long time," Byrnes said. "We still believe in them, and a lot of them are performing at a high level right now. So we're not going to reinvent our core.
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