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Diamondbacks monthly mailbag: Blaze Alexander's potential, upcoming milestones and more

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Jesse Friedman
April 1, 2024
Diamondbacks Blaze Alexander (62) looks for a pitch to hit against the Rockies during a game at Chase Field.

In each of my first two years on the Diamondbacks' beat, I have found myself dreading the transition from spring training to the regular season.
Why? It is not because I love baseball games that mean nothing, outrageous concessions prices or driving more than 80 miles a day, an unavoidable feature of the baseball writer's schedule during spring training. (Surely, I do not envy the Grapefruit League beat writers whose travel schedules are far more unpleasant.)
It's because I love March weather in Arizona and I love Salt River Fields, the Diamondbacks' spring training facility that just so happens to be the best one in the sport, Cactus League or otherwise.
This year, though, I have found myse...

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