Wilmer Flores officially signed, Jared Miller designated for assignment

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesNews broke last week that the Diamondbacks had signed infielder free-agent Wilmer Flores to a one-year deal with an option for 2020. However, with the additional signing of Tim Locastro from the Yankees, the Arizona 40-man roster was also full, meaning that the team would have to cut someone to free up space for Flores. There were several potential candidates considered at the time:

#Diamondbacks will have to DFA someone once their deal with Wilmer Flores is official. Candidates:

1B/OF Christian Walker

INF/OF Ildemaro Vargas

OF Socrates Brito

SP/RP Matt Koch

RP Jake Barrett

RP Robby Scott

— Jon Becker (@jonbecker_) January 16, 2019 However, in the end, the team went…