Well, you asked for starting pitching. And Mike Hazen duly delivered, with two deals for starters to join Arizona, sliding just under the wire on trade deadline day. Of course, there was also the one which sent a shockwave through baseball, as the most expensive player in franchise history, Zack Greinke, was dealt to Houston for prospects. That was a stunning move. For we’d heard throughout the period leading up to the deadline, how difficult it would be to move Greinke, both due to his salary, and the no-trade clause, giving him the right of veto on any trade to more than half the teams in the league.
Surveying the Arizona Diamondbacks landscape, post-Greinke
