One of the most fearsome hitters in the National League West has left the division — and one team standing in the way of a seventh consecutive division title for the Dodgers has stepped aside for 2019.
In the first step of a teardown, Arizona shipped franchise pillar Paul Goldschmidt to St. Louis in exchange for a package of players in their early 20s: pitcher Luke Weaver, catcher Carson Kelly and infielder Andy Young, along with a pick in the compensatory round of next year’s draft.
Goldschmidt, 31, leaves the Diamondbacks a year ahead of free agency.