Michael McDermott already covered the basics of the trade that took place today between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Kansas City Royals in which they swapped reliever Luke Weaver for right handed hitting third baseman Emmanuel Rivera.
General Manager Mike Hazen met with the media via ZOOM to discuss the trade. His reasoning was straight forward. They wanted to get more right handed and they liked the player. But there was also some good Q&A about the struggles of Weaver, converting pitchers to relief roles, (or not), and some Corbin Martin discussion as well.