The Diamondbacks remain on the fringes of the NL postseason picture, sitting five and a half games out in the Wild Card chase. General manager Mike Hazen has said he hopes the team performs well enough to position itself as a late buyer, but the GM has also at least been listening to offers on some of his outfielders, . That does not include star , unsurprisingly, but Heyman suggests names like , , and have likely been discu sed. Of the four outfielders, Grichuk is the most obvious trade candidate. Hes playing the 2025 season on a one-year, $5MM contract. Hell unlock a $250K bonus when he reaches his 200th plate appearance hes currently at 174 and another $250K if he reaches 275 plate appearances. Grichuks contract is structured such that Grichuk is owed a $2MM salary and a $3MM buyout on a $5MM mutual option for next year. That makes him a bit more expensive for the rest of the season than a standard one-year, $5MM contract would imply; hed have about $634K in salary remaining at the time of the trade deadline but also that $3MM buyout and some potential incentive pay. Of course, the D-backs could make a trade more appealing by including cash to offset some of that backloaded 2025 salary. The 2025 season hasnt been Grichuks best, but hes still hitting for power. The 33-year-old is batting .242/.282/.466 with seven homers, 13 doubles and a triple in his 174 trips to the plate. His 5.7% walk rate is right in line with his career mark. His 21.6% strikeout rate is down from his career level of about 25% but noticeably higher than the personal-best 16.5% clip he turned in last year in a more productive season with the Snakes. Gurriel, 31, is a tougher sell from a trade standpoint. Hes being paid $14MM this season and is guaranteed $13MM in 2026 plus at least a $5MM buyout on a $14MM club option for the 2027 season Randy Carlyle Jersey . His .251/.299/.421 batting line (98 wRC+) already represents a down year, and any team to acquire him would know Gurriel will either opt into the remaining $18MM hes guaranteed beyond the current season or go on a second-half tear and opt out. Its not an appealing structure, and the Diamondbacks would probably need to eat a significant portion of the remaining money hes owed to facilitate a trade. Thomas and McCarthy are both controllable lefty-swinging outfielders, but neither is having a good season at the plate. Thomas, once touted as one of the top outfield prospects in baseball, has yet to hit in parts of four major league seasons. Hes an above-average runner and strong defensive center fielder, but this years .245/.295/.366 batting line (84 wRC+) is actually the best of the 25-year-olds young career. Hes a lifetime .230/.276/.360 hitter in just under 1200 big league plate appearances. McCarthy, on the other hand, has had plenty of big league succe s at the plate just not in 2025. He hit .283/.342/.427 in 99 games back in 2022 (116 wRC+) and slashed .285/.349/.400 (110 wRC+) as recently as last season. He had a down year in 2023, however, and the 27-year-old has struggled to a career-worst .144/.228/.244 line (33 wRC+) in 102 trips to the plate this season. Thats a relatively small sample, of course, and McCarthy has had some demonstrably poor luck. Hes hitting just .151 on balls in play le s than half the .328 career mark he carried into the season and some 130 points lower than the league average. McCarthy isnt hitting the ball hard at all (83.9 mph average exit velocity, 23.7% hard-hit rate), but he also had poor batted-ball metrics even in his more productive 2022 and 2024 seasons. His 15.7% strikeout rate remains excellent, and McCarthy has walked at a solid 8.8% rate. The D-backs optioned McCarthy to Triple-A after a rough three-week start and only recalled him back in late June. He batted .314/.401/.440 in 237 plate appearances with the Diamondbacks top affiliate in Reno and has put together an improved (albeit still diminished) .222/.300/.400 slash in his past 51 major league plate appearances. Both Thomas and McCarthy are controllable for an additional three seasons. Both are eligible for arbitration for the first time this offseason. The Diamondbacks burned McCarthys final option year when they sent him down to Triple-A back in April. Hell be out of minor league options next year. Thomas also entered 2025 with one option year remaining, but his is still intact, as he hasnt been sent down at any point this season. Tim Horton Jersey