Cardinals - Diamondbacks Trade

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The Cardinals and the Diamondbacks would like to announce a trade.

Cardinals are sending:
Christian Walker
Dwight Smith Jr
Danny Salazar

Diamondbacks are sending
Johan Carmago
JoJo Romero
Yu Chang

Carmago fills an important role for the Cardinals giving us more options at SS/3B while looking to gain additional eligibility around the diamond this year. JoJo is a young lefty that might sniff the majors this year. And Chang is a young middle infielder who we are excited to have on board.

While Walker is the starter now, we have some depth at 1B with Nate Lowe waiting patiently for his time. Smith is doing well with his time in LF, however that's another position of depth for the Cardinals.

Thanks for the negotiations and glad we could come to an agreement. Best of luck.

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

The D-Backs accept this trade



We hated giving up good talent in Camargo, Chang and Romero, but you have to give to get and this deal boiled down to getting a couple controllable guys who were cheap and upgrades to our current roster. Walker is hot...hopefully he stays that way. Even if he just ends up to be only a solid 1B, he is useful to us, especially with his contract. Smith is off to a nice start, although he really wasn't on our radar. In this league if a guy plays LF, you take him when you can get him. If Smith keeps doing what he is doing he will be a nice addition for us. Even if he is just average, he will be nice depth at a very weak position leaguewide. Salazar is a shot in the dark. Being a Tribe guy, we watch him more closely than most and the evaluation is he was worth a flyer on. If he pays off, great!! We actually envision him as bullpen help in the not too distant future and if that goes well the possibility he could be late season help to our rotation.



Thanks to Joe & the Cardinals for fun negotiations and sticking with it long enough for us to get a deal done.

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

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