With the MLB trade deadline looming, the Arizona Diamondbacks have traded first baseman Josh Naylor to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for two pitching prospects. The Mariners sent their 13th-ranked prospect Brandyn Garcia and their 16th-ranked prospect Ashton Izzi in return, both pitchers.

This was not a playoff team in October. Or a contender in September. This was the bad-bullpen, meh-lineup Nationals playing for nothing in July.

The Cincinnati Reds’ deadline search for a big bat could find the team reuniting with Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez, who played for the Reds from 2015 to 2021. According to major-league sources,