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D-Backs' Brass Look For Turnaround Year After Several Disappointing Seasons On The Field

D-backs Managing General Partner Ken Kendrick and President & CEO Derrick Hall met with the media last Friday, and Kendrick said there is "real potential for a turnaround" heading into the '17 season, according to Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. Hall said the club's payroll is around $102M, but Kendrick has "always been open, willing to listen to other needs and generous enough to stretch if need be." Hall said of recent seasons on the field, "Obviously, we've had a couple of years that we haven't been pleased with." The D-backs last season posted a 69-93 mark, but Hall said that ticket sales are "ahead of where they were at this time last year." Hall: "It's a reset, a restart. They felt really good about this team before. You've basically got the same pieces, plus we've added to it. ... I'm encouraged by the sales so far" (MLB.com, 2/20). 

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