Jayson Stark asked five GMs who they thought had the potential to make the World Series. Arizona was the only NL West team chosen by all five.

Keith Law ranks the top 50 players under the age of 25 in MLB. He has 3 Diamondbacks on his list: Justin Upton at #1, Daniel Hudson at #34, and Gerardo Parra at #36.

Note that you have to be an "Insider" subscriber to view the entire article, but you can read the first few paragraphs without a subscription.

Jerry Crasnick has a piece over on ESPN that talks about the offensive improvement of the team this season. Considering the (sometimes legit) complaints about ESPN ignoring the team, I thought it was worth a post. Also on that note, the MLB page has the D'Backs & Webb's improvement to 6-0 as the main story today.

And, just for Dahlian, he talks about Conor Jackson's improving ability to let things go instead of dwelling on defensive mistakes. Did someone mention CoJack dwelling on defensive mistakes, particularly when TC was here as a replacement? Nah... ;)

He no longer takes his defense to the plate with him, and he's a much calmer presence in the box.