A day before the trade deadline, the Royals moved on from Emmanuel Rivera, trading him to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitcher Luke Weaver. Rivera, 26, had been with the organization since 2015. He showed potential at the plate, especially in 2021 and this year, during stops in Northwest Arkansas and Omaha, when he posted a .921 and a .908 OPS.
Over those same two years, he appeared in 92 games (87 at third base) for the big league club, accumulating just over 300 plate appearances. He slashed .243/.298/.378 for an OPS thirteen percent league average.
Now he’s gone, traded to the desert for a former promising arm.