The Arizona Diamondbacks are open for business.
The club continued what is expected to be a considerable sell-off at the MLB trade deadline by sending outfielder Randal Grichuk to the Kansas City Royals, according to MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert. Reportedly going back to the D-backs is relief prospect Andrew Hoffman.
Arizona made the move two days after kicking off deadline season by trading first baseman Josh Naylor to the Seattle Mariners.
Grichuk enjoyed a career season in 2024, his first with the D-backs, with career highs in all three slash line numbers at .291/.348/.528 in limited action as a right-handed platoon bat. This season has been far less successful, but his power is still somewhat present.
His trade is a smaller move than Naylor’s, but it strengthens the expectation that the D-backs will be a markedly different team by Aug. 1, the day after the trade deadline. With a record of 51-53 entering Saturday, the D-backs aren’t an awful team, but they are four games back from a wild-card spot and in a highly competitive NL West.
This article will be updated with more information.