Stewart: Diamondbacks Want Goldschmidt To Be a Lifetime Dback

Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Dave Stewart says the team wants superstar first baseman, Paul Goldshcmidt, to remain with the team for life.

Paul Goldschmidt has emerged as the best first baseman in baseball. Taking strides in his career each season, Goldschmidt is on the cusp of his best season of hitting to date, as the slugger is swinging around a .340 clip. It’s no secret that when the team signed him to a 5-year/$32 million contract extension, the team got Goldschmidt on a steal of a deal.

They have team control on him through 2019, when he will turn 32-years-old. At that point, he will probably be the most sought after player in free agency, unless the Diamondbacks and him come to…