The D'Backs and INF Ryan Roberts avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2.0125 million contract. Roberts requested $2.275 million and was offered $1.65 million from the Diamondbacks when arbitration figures were exchanged earlier this month. It took a couple of weeks for the two sides to work toward a middle ground. The 31-year-old third baseman is under team control through the 2015 season.

Ryan Roberts requested $2.275 million and was offered $1.65 million from the Diamondbacks when arbitration figures were exchanged Tuesday. Roberts, who is arbitration-eligible for the first time, is in line for a nice raise after hitting .249/.341/.427 with 19 homers, 65 RBI, 18 stolen bases and a .768 OPS with the Diamondbacks last season. Assuming they eventually settle around the midpoint, he's likely looking at a salary around $2 million for 2012.

Ryan Roberts launched a first inning grand slam on Wednesday, helping to lead Arizona to a 10-6 Game 4 NLDS win. It was Roberts' second grand slam in his last six games. He finished 1-for-5 with a pair of strikeouts, and now has an impressive six hits and six RBI in the series' first four games.

Ryan Roberts hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday against Dodgers closer Javy Guerra to complete a wild 7-6 victory. This was one of the strangest comebacks of the season. Both clubs managed only one run through nine innings, but the Dodgers quickly tacked five on reliever Micah Owings in the top of the 10th. Blake Hawksworth retired the first two batters in the bottom half of the frame before Arizona's offense exploded and Los Angeles simultaneously imploded. Hawksworth gave up a pair of singles and a walk to load the bases. An Aaron Miles error that should have ended the game plated Arizona's first run of the inning. Javy Guerra entered with the bases loaded and a four-run lead. He walked Aaron Hill to cut the deficit to three before serving up Roberts' homer. Owings improved to 8-0 -- you're reading that correctly -- despite allowing five runs (four earned) in an inning while Guerra blew just his second save opportunity of the season.

Ryan Roberts was 0-for-1 with two steals in Arizona's 4-1 win over San Diego on Thursday. The swipes give him 18 on the season, which is fairly impressive considering he had only seven steals in 398 major league at-bats entering this season. When adding in his 18 homers, Roberts has been an unexpected boon to Arizona's lineup.

Ryan Roberts launched his 17th home run in Monday's win over the Rockies. Roberts got the D'Backs off on the right foot with a blast to left field to lead off the bottom of the first. The 29-year-old journeyman has managed to remain relatively productive for the bulk of the season, batting a solid .259/.353/.441 to go along with 17 longballs and 16 steals.

Ryan Roberts hit a three-run shot Saturday in the Diamondbacks' 6-4 victory over the Mets. The Giants also won, so Arizona merely maintained its two-game lead in the National League West standings. Roberts scored two runs and bumped his home run total to 16. He hadn't gone deep yet in the month of August.

Ryan Roberts hit a two-run homer on Monday evening, helping the Diamondbacks to a 3-0 win over the Brewers in a game that took just two hours and 14 minutes to complete in Arizona. Roberts' two-run shot off of Randy Wolf in the sixth inning would be more than enough offense for the Diamondbacks on a night where Josh Collmenter was absolutely dealing. He's now homered in back-to-back games, and three of his past five, bringing his season total to 13 through 84 games.

Ryan Roberts' two-run, second-inning homer provided the Diamondbacks with their only runs in a 4-2 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Roberts' 11th home run of the season was his first in 25 games. Slowly but surely, Roberts' early season luster is fading, though he is batting .318 through his first 22 at-bats of July ater hitting just .218 in June.