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.
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Arizona made the move two days after kicking off deadline season by trading first baseman Josh Naylor to the Seattle Mariners.
Grichuk’s trade is 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.