The Diamondbacks traded away Luke Weaver for Emmanuel Rivera. Trading Luke Weaver was a bit of a surprise in the context that the Diamondbacks had some high impact players that were traded or might have been traded (like David Peralta, Ian Kennedy, and Christian Walker). Let’s look the Emmanuel Rivera trade.
The players will make an immediate Impact.
This view may be overly simplistic, but the trade immediately made both teams better. Basic reasons follow:
Royals: In July Luke Weaver had an ERA of 1.13 in 8 innings pitched for the Diamondbacks.