D-backs bolster ‘pen with Sewald, acquire Peterson from A’s

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Published 31.07.2023
D-backs bolster ‘pen with Sewald, acquire Peterson from A’s
Paul Sewald traded to D-backs

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9 minutes in the past

SAN FRANCISCO — The D-backs received their nearer on Monday as they acquired right-hander Paul Sewald from the Mariners.

In change, Arizona will ship infielder Josh Rojas, outfielder/first baseman Dominic Canzone (Arizona’s No. 19 prospect) and infielder Ryan Bliss (No. 29 prospect) to Seattle. The groups haven’t confirmed the deal.

In a smaller transfer on Monday night, the D-backs acquired infielder Jace Peterson and money concerns from the A’s for Minor League right-hander Chad Patrick.

Peterson offers Arizona some wanted depth within the infield following the commerce of Rojas and the harm to 3rd baseman Evan Longoria. Longoria, who was positioned on the IL on Saturday with decrease again discomfort, is just not anticipated to overlook a protracted time frame.

Patrick, who was chosen by the D-backs within the fourth spherical of the 2021 MLB Draft, was pitching for Double-A Amarillo this season.

Finding backend bullpen assist was a precedence for the D-backs on the Trade Deadline, which is ready for 3 p.m. MST on Tuesday. Closing out video games has been an issue in an in any other case profitable season for Arizona with supervisor Torey Lovullo mixing and matching right-handers Miguel Castro, Kevin Ginkel and Scott McGough, together with lefty Andrew Chafin, in save conditions.

“It’s probably one of the worst-kept secrets in terms of what our goals were coming into the Deadline,” common supervisor Mike Hazen mentioned. “We wished to proceed to assist the bullpen. I feel the bullpen has pitched fairly properly.

“In the middle month there, we’ve struggled to close out some games in the ninth inning. It’s probably some of the difference between where we’re standing today and where we were standing a month ago.”

The D-backs had dropped 18 of their final 26 video games and 11 of 14 within the second half of the season heading into Monday’s sequence opener towards the Giants at Oracle Park.

Arizona has not had a shutdown nearer since Fernando Rodney saved 39 video games for the 2017 membership that received the National League Wild Card.

Lovullo has not wished to place the nearer label on anyone reliever this season, however he was pleased to take action when he received the news that Sewald was coming.

“This certainly made a big statement,” Lovullo mentioned of the acquisition. “They’re all in and they’re pushing this thing in the right direction in the best way they know how.”

Sewald has had a wonderful season for Seattle, selecting up 21 saves with a 2.93 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 43 innings. Sewald, 33, received’t be a free agent till the tip of the 2024 season. He has a 4.09 ERA with 55 saves in 319 Major League innings over seven seasons.

One of the largest appeals in dealing for Sewald is the truth that he’s beneath membership management for the remainder of this season and 2024 as properly.

“We looked out on the horizon, into the offseason, and I didn’t really want to be dealing with this issue in the offseason, either, because it was going to pop right back around on us,” Hazen mentioned of discovering a better. “We were going to hopefully solve a problem for this year and next. Two playoff runs at it instead of one.”

Hazen mentioned the reliever market has been gradual to type itself out with the D-backs not discovering out the asking worth till the previous few days.

Discussions with the Mariners about Sewald began to choose up steam on Friday when the 2 golf equipment opened a three-game sequence at Chase Field. It lastly began to warmth up Sunday and into Monday because the deal started to return collectively.

Sewald is predicted to reach in San Francisco on Tuesday and be accessible for that night’s sport towards the Giants.

“They’ve been doing great,” Sewald mentioned of the D-backs. “They simply had a foul July. Mike [Hazen] known as me and mentioned, ‘You know, we’re sinking a little bit, we need some help.’ And I’m going to go do what I can to attempt to solidify the ninth inning, and hopefully give them a jolt of vitality.

“Hopefully everyone in the bullpen can just relax and fall into where they’re supposed to be and, we can kind of right that ship.”

Rojas, 29, is a profession .252/.330/.367 hitter with 22 homers, 77 doubles and 43 steals in 381 MLB video games, all with the D-backs. He’s performed largely third base within the Majors (150 video games), however he has additionally performed second, shortstop and each nook outfield spots.

Canzone, 25, has posted a .661 OPS with one homer since making his MLB debut on July 8, however he is received a .933 OPS with 60 homers in 4 Minor League seasons, whereas Bliss tore by way of Double-A this yr to the tune of a 1.008 OPS (12 homers, 30 steals), although it has been rougher getting in 13 Triple-A video games.

The 23-year-old Bliss was poised to make a giant leap on MLB Pipeline’s checklist of the D-backs’ Top 30 Prospects within the midseason re-rank set to be unveiled subsequent week.