2006 Arizona Diamondbacks season
| 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks | |
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| Owner(s) |
Ken Kendrick Jeff Moorad |
| General manager(s) | Josh Byrnes |
| Manager(s) | Bob Melvin |
| Local television |
FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Matt Williams, Tom Candiotti, Mark Grace, Joe Garagiola) |
| Local radio |
KTAR (620 AM) (Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Matt Williams, Tom Candiotti, Mark Grace, Joe Garagiola, Jeff Munn) KSUN (Spanish) |
| Stats |
ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 77-85 record from 2005. They looked to contend in what was once again a weak National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 76-86, a fourth place tie with the Colorado Rockies in the division.
During the 2005 off-season, the Diamondbacks made several key moves to bolster a disappointing pitching staff and improve the team defensively. Highly regarded pitching coach Bryan Price (who was already a resident of nearby Scottsdale) was hired not long after he resigned from the Seattle Mariners after 19 years with that organization, the last six as pitching coach; he served with Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin when he was manager at Seattle in 2003 and 2004.
Key player acquisitions included catcher Johnny Estrada; right-handed pitchers Orlando "El Duque" Hernández and Luis Vizcaíno; outfielder Chris Young; second baseman Orlando Hudson (a Gold Glove Award recipient in 2005 with the Toronto Blue Jays), for whom Troy Glaus was traded; right-handed pitcher Miguel Batista (previously a member of the Diamondbacks from 2001–2003, including the 2001 World Series team); free-agent outfielder Eric Byrnes and veteran free agent pitcher Terry Mulholland (who would go on to spend two separate stints on the disabled list and get released in late June).
On December 8, 2005, future all-star Dan Uggla was drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2005 minor league draft. In January, the Diamondbacks signed highly touted 18-year-old shortstop Justin Upton, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, to a $6.1 million contract that included a trip to Spring training as a non-roster invitee. Upton began the regular season at Class A South Bend.
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