CTOD: Arizona Diamondbacks

Similar to their divisional neighbours, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the sun seems to be setting on what was one of the brightest young cores of talent in all of baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks. 2010 marked the second straight year the D-backs finished in the gutter of the NL West and a lack of depth on both the big league and minors roster seems to destine them to be there for some time.

Last season, pitching was the problem. Arizona allowed 836 runs, good for third worst in baseball, and they featured one of the worst bullpens in recent memory. Not just bad, epically bad. The Diamondbacks bullpen finished the season with an almost unfathomable 5.74 ERA, which was a full run more than the next highest bullpen. Combine that with a rotation that only had two starters (Ian Kennedy, Rodrigo Lopez) pitch more than 142 innings and it was a recipe for disaster.