Team News
Pfaadt looks like different pitcher since returning from Triple-A stint
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-brandon-pfaadt-earns-win-in-another-rout-of-dodgers
Diamondbacks’ Brandon Pfaadt outduels Dodgers All-Star Yoshinobu Yamamoto in emphatic win
D-backs Offense Explodes as Pfaadt Out-Duels Yamamoto https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/d-backs-offense-explodes-pfaadt-out-duels-yamamoto
Tommy Troy Exits D-backs Game with Injury Making Great Catch https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/tommy-troy-exits-d-backs-game-injury-making-great-catch
D-backs thrilled that their top Draft target was available with No. 15 pick
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/ryder-helfrick-selected-by-d-backs-with-no-15-pick
Diamondbacks select Arkansas C Ryder Helfrick in 1st round of 2026 MLB Draft https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ryder-helfrick-drafted
Why The Diamondbacks Drafted Each of Their Day 1 Picks https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/why-diamondbacks-drafted-helfrick-bryant-dowd-kerce-mcdevitt
Other Baseball
UCLA’s Roch Cholowsky taken No. 1 overall in draft by White Sox https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49335387/ucla-roch-cholowsky-taken-no-1-overall-draft-white-sox
2026 MLB draft: Day 1 winners and losers, names to know for Day 2 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49306849/2026-mlb-draft-analysis-winners-losers-day-1-preview-day-2
Draft Day 1: Pick-by-pick rundown, analysis
https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-mlb-draft-day-1-complete-coverage?t=mlb-draft-coverage
Athletics place All-Star Nick Kurtz on IL with thumb issue; White Sox CF Tristan Peters will take 1B’s spot on AL roster
Zack Wheeler rejects All-Star Game invite after snubs: ‘Not gonna be the fifth option’ https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49342179/zack-wheeler-rejects-all-star-game-invite-snubs-not-gonna-fifth-option
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-12
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/July_12
You have a one in 2 billion chance to live over 100 years old.
Only one person out of two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Burying a sardine is a Spanish tradition.
You read that right: Holding a funeral for a sardine is a custom in Spain. The Burial of the Sardine symbolizes a fresh start through burying the past. The sardine burial is usually done during lent and the advent period.
Dead women can still give birth.
In a phenomenon called “Coffin Birth,” a pregnant woman may deliver a child spontaneously after her death. Post-mortem birth occurs due to the gases that build up in the abdominal area forcing the baby out of the womb.
