As everyone knows by now, the Diamondbacks traded Paul Goldschmidt to the St. Louis Cardinals today for a package of young players, including Catcher Carson Kelly, Starting Pitching Luke Weaver, and minor league utility man Andrew Young. While such a move has been in the cards (no pun intended) for some time, it still comes as a shock to realize that we will no longer see Paul Goldschmidt in a Diamondbacks uniform.
As reported by Nick Piecoro late this afternoon prior to the call,
“The Diamondbacks had discussed a contract extension with Goldschmidt, who had one year remaining on his contract before free agency, but were unable to reach an agreement.