[AZ Central] Diamondbacks trade Segura to Mariners for Walker - "It’s not one of those guys that you’re able to acquire all the time with the state of the game now with pitching and the premium, especially on starting pitching," Hazen said. "We felt like this was an opportunity we needed to take at this moment in time... He’s sort of a prototypical starting pitcher that you want to have in your rotation. Good stuff, throws strikes, can eat a lot of innings – all those thing that we’re looking for. I think he’s still growing, in terms of his repertoire, he’s still growing into his abilities as a starting pitcher.
The Jean Segura-Taijuan Walker trade: What they said
