The Arizona Diamondbacks answered the biggest question of their offseason in trading Paul Goldschmidt to the St. Louis Cardinals.
There can be no reasonable expectation for contention in 2019 for Arizona now, not after losing their top starter in Patrick Corbin and their MVP in Paul Goldschmidt. Add to that the speculated departure of center fielder A.J. Pollock, the Robin to Goldschmidt’s Batman lo these past six years, and it truly is the end of an a gold(y)en era in the desert.