D-Backs are still rebuilding, Gallen struggled a bit today with too many walks/hits, though he's young and should develop into a solid middle of the rotation guy. Ketel is a great player, had a terrific season last year, Escobar is not terrible, I'm trying to think of what I know about them. Archie Bradley should be a reliable closer, his numbers aren't eye popping but he's pretty reliable. Still it will be a few more years before Arizona comes back.
As to the national anthem, its hard for me to say because there is a major connection with the game and the anthem, I mean people joke around saying play ball at the end of it when its used in non-baseball contexts. Though I would say that does make sense because is it really necessary to play it before every game, even with only currently one international team. European soccer is interesting to me the way there are a million teams and relegation and home town squads with home grown talent, baseball is very different with so many Hispanic players from places like the DR and Cuba starting to dominate the game. So to me it would make more sense that as it has become more international to move away from using the American anthem.