Stakes remain high for D-backs as season wanes

PHOENIX — Their postseason hopes evaporated long ago, but the last four weeks of the regular season will not just be about playing out the string for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nor does the organization have its eyes on its positioning in next year’s Draft, which would improve with more losses.

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If you have any doubts about this, you should spend a few minutes watching a game with chief baseball officer Tony La Russa, who is still living and dying with every pitch.

“Every victory you eke out is worth something,” La Russa said.

The D-backs added seven players to the roster — five callups and two players activated from the disabled list on Monday — and are expected to also activate Rubby De La Rosa before long.

Getting a look at those players is …

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