Blaze Alexander Traded

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Kade Strowd - 26.1 inning with a 1.71 ERA

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[Dback Jon]

Noooooooo

 

[Dback Jon]

OK - now that i have calmed down, looks to be a great move

 

[RON_IN_OC]

This one bums me out. I'd rather move Lawlar.

 

[Adrian]

Diamondbacks Prospects
@dbacksprospectz
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29m
BREAKING: The #Dbacks acquire RHP Kade Strowd for UTIL Blaze Alexander.

Strowd is a fun arm with impressive velocity. Cut-fastball is disgusting, and pairs well with impressive breaking ball shapes on his sweeper and curveball.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

John Gambadoro
@Gambo987
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9m
Diamondbacks will be looking trade/free agency for a Blaze Alexander replacement - someone who can play 3B/2B. Could also be looking for LF help with Blaze's departure - as of now have Jordan Lawlar, Tim Tawa, Alex Thomas and Jorge Barrosa to man outfield positions with Corbin Carroll until Lourdes Gurriel returns. Gurriel is making good progress could be back sooner than originally anticipated.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Arizona Diamondbacks | Stats & Info
@DbacksStatsInfo
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25m
RHP Wellington Aracena, 21, 2.25 ERA over 92 IP in Low-A & High-A in 2025. 114 SO, 1.09 WHIP. Orioles No. 26 prospect (via
@MLBPipeline
), No.

INF Jose Mejia, 20, hit .274 in Rookie Ball last year (2 HR, 23 RBI, 27 BB, 8 SB); Can play 2B, 3B, and LF.

 

[Adrian]

Arizona Diamondbacks | Stats & Info
@DbacksStatsInfo
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31m
New #Dbacks RHP Kade Strowd, 28, appeared in 25 G for Baltimore in '25 (1.71 ERA, 5 holds, 26.1 IP, 16 H, 5 ER, 1 HR, 13 BB, 24 K).

He allowed 1 barrel over 406 pitches in '25; Throws cutter, 4-seam, sinker, curve & sweep; Cutter is his bread & butter pitch; Sinker tops 96 mph.

 

[Adrian]

Diamondbacks Prospects
@dbacksprospectz
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32m
The last piece of the #Dbacks deal is Jose Mejia, a 2B prospect who impressed in his CPX league stint:

.274 AVG / .418 OBP / .411 SLG (.829 OPS)
.416 wOBA | 132 wRC+
16.5% BB% | 10.1% K%
84.8% Contact% | 5.7% SwStr%

An extremely tools contact hitter!

 

[AZ Native]

This one bums me out. I'd rather move Lawlar.

Lawler has trade value?

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Lawler has trade value?

Gambo was crapping all over Lawlar in the afternoon. He's going to compete with Waldschmidt in LF.

Going to take a bit to recover from Lawlar, Druw Jones, and Slade Caldwell as first round picks.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Hazen should have dumped Lawlar last year when we were in our window. Went out and got a real closer.

 

[Adrian]

Alex Weiner
@alexjweiner
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17h
Mike Hazen: "I think Blaze obviously was gonna play a role on our team in a number of different ways ...  we feel like we're gonna need to replace some of that externally ... and there are some internal guys that will step into some of those roles."

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Alex Weiner
@alexjweiner
·
17h
Mike Hazen: "I think Blaze obviously was gonna play a role on our team in a number of different ways ...  we feel like we're gonna need to replace some of that externally ... and there are some internal guys that will step into some of those roles."

It's mind numbing we have dumped real draft capital into SS (Lawlar) and 2B (Troy) and both aren't even in the discussion of replacing a utility infielder

 

[AZJ]

It's nice to get a good bullpen arm (how long he stays good or healthy is our neverending question here) but it does suck to lose Blaze. Especially given his versatility and it looked like he was starting to put things together after his call up last year.

I hope he thrives like Varsho has and hopefully Strowd works out.