Diamondbacks Pursued Luis García Jr. At Trade Deadline

The Nationals were shopping first baseman Luis García Jr. at the deadline and eventually traded him to the Yankees. Joel Sherman of The New York Post reports that the Diamondbacks were the runners-up for García. Sherman then speculates about the Yankees now dealing García to Arizona for a reliever such as Juan Morillo . It’s not surprising that the Diamondbacks were involved. They were in the Wild Card race in the National League but were getting subpar production from both the first base position and the designated hitter spot.