How The Arizona Diamondbacks Win The NL West

The Arizona Diamondbacks have resisted the “rebuild” label all winter, and if you squint hard enough, there’s actually a chance they win the NL West.

GM Mike Hazen spends a lot of time busily fighting against the presumption that the Arizona Diamondbacks are entering a full blown rebuild. That’s the public stance. This is not a teardown.

But here’s the actual story of the offseason thus far: (1) they traded the best offensive performer the team has ever seen, (2) they let their lefty Cy Young candidate from a year ago sign with an NL contender, (3) they’ve made no attempt or indication to re-sign their All-Star centerfielder, (4) they are shilling hard to move Zack Greinke, a high-character…