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Webb Expects To Return Before Break

Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb expects to return to the mound before the All-Star break in July.

"You can't just start going into games right away," he said. "You've got to build your arm up."

Webb played catch from 115 feet Tuesday, and called it his best throwing session yet.

He has only pitched once this season, on Opening Day.

Via Arizona Republic


Wife Of Scott Schoeneweis Found Dead

The wife of Diamondbacks reliever Scott Schoeneweis was found dead at their Fountain Hills home on Wednesday.

Gabrielle Dawn Schoeneweis, 39, was unresponsive when deputies arrived at the home a little after noon.

The couple's 14-year-old daughter called deputies after finding the mother of four on the floor of the master bedroom. Schoeneweis was pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigating is ongoing.

Via Arizona Republic


D-Backs' Ex-Pitching Coach Rips Manager Hiring

Former Diamondbacks pitching coach Bryan Price, who resigned upon Bob Melvin's firing, has ripped the hiring of A.J. Hinch.

"The hiring of A.J., I thought, was a poor decision," Price told the Marin Independent Journal, a Bay Area newspaper.

Hinch is a former catcher with no managerial experience.

"A.J. has worked hard to get his credibility in the business in that [player-development] side of the game, but he doesn't have any credibility between the lines as a manager," Price said of Hinch. "That, for me, just wasn't going to work."

Via ESPN


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