Arizona Diamondbacks Trade Didi Gregorius In Three Team Deal

The Arizona Diamondbacks continued to remake their roster today through trades by trading a once high valued prospect.

The Dbacks prized shortstop prospect will actually head to the Yankees. In return the Detroit Tigers send Left Handed Starter Robbie Ray and Low A-Ball prospect Domingo Leyba To Arizona.  The Detroit Tigers get back-end starter Shane Green in the process.

The Arizona Diamondbacks get a solid pitching prospect in Ray that was already the center of a blockbuster deal last season.  Prior to the 2014 season the Detroit Tigers traded Doug Fister to the Washington Nationals in return for Robbie Ray and two other players.  Ray was touted as a potential ace with an arm that could contribute immediately at the major league level.  But he never caught on with the Tigers recording just 1 win and a 8.16 ERA in 9 appearances with the Tigers last year.

A change of scenery and less pressure to produce right away could help Ray regain form in Arizona.

This move was a strategic one for the Diamondbacks. Dave Stewart was able to nab a couple young prospects to fill current and future need by dealing from one of the franchises deepest positions. With Robbie Ray the Diamondbacks get a close to major league ready arm with the potential to become a starter in the front end of the rotation.  Domino Leyba (18 years old) had a very impressive year in low A-ball but is more of a development project.

With Gregorius gone the Arizona Diamondbacks will likely platoon Chris Owning with the recently tendered veteran middle infielder Cliff Pennington. The 22-year-old Owings was the most productive of the team shortstops hitting .261 with 6 HR in 332 plate appearances.