[The Athletic] The Diamondbacks explored trading Goldschmidt two years ago. What if they’d followed through? - According to multiple sources, in August of 2016 the front office of former GM Dave Stewart endorsed a five-year plan that would have involved trading Goldschmidt that offseason, among other rebuilding moves. The goal was to create sustainability and restock what has been for the past several years one of the game’s weaker farm systems... One source indicated that the Diamondbacks would have held on to their pitching – including Zack Greinke and Patrick Corbin, although both were coming off poor seasons that would have limited their trade value – and also would have explored an extension with second baseman Jean Segura, who had two years of team control remaining.
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