Jon Jay arrived from the Kansas City Royals to Arizona this year on June 6, in exchange for a couple of minor-league pitching prospects, right-hander Elvis Luciano and left-hander Gabe Speier. The need arose because of a slew of injuries to the D-backs’ outfield: both Steven Souza and A.J. Pollock had to hit the DL, with a right pectoral strain and fractured thumb respectively. GM Mike Hazen said, “We felt like every marginal move was going to matter, and it’s certainly mattering right now. Given that there’s still going to be some time between when we get a full complement of that team that we put together in Spring Training back together again, we felt like this was too important to sort of pass up.
Diamondbacks Free-agent Discussion, #7: Jon Jay
