A Diamondbacks Alternate Reality Starting on July 30th

Drew Ellis, Reno Aces Thirdbaseman Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The pages and comment sections of AZSnakepit have been filled with lively, informed debate about the potential future of the Diamondbacks. Much of that discussion has been framed by James Attwood’s excellent series Of Prospects and Rosters. As we head to the trade deadline, which is 2 days away as of this writing much of the debate has specifically centered around who should or shouldn’t be moved , and who should take their place and why.

My thoughts are already well known on the subject, but I wanted to clean them up a bit, and take a closer look at what I’ve been proposing would actually look like. I titled this…