Sources: Diamondbacks send Grichuk to Royals

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Jul 26, 2025, 08:59 PM ET

The Kansas City Royals person acquired seasoned outfielder Randal Grichuk successful a Saturday woody with the Arizona Diamondbacks, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Grichuk, who was successful the lineup for the Diamondbacks Saturday nighttime crippled astatine PNC Park against the Pittsburgh Pirates, was removed from the crippled aft the woody was struck. Television cameras showed the outfielder saying goodbye to his teammates. He was 0-2 earlier being replaced by Jorge Barrosa successful manager Torey Lovullo's lineup.

In return, sources told ESPN that the Diamondbacks acquired 25-year-old rookie right-hander Andrew Hoffmann. The reliever, who has made 3 appearances this season, has a 3.86 ERA with 5 strikeouts.

Grichuk entered Saturday's crippled with a .243 mean connected the season. As Arizona struggled to enactment successful contention successful the National League, Grichuk had 7 location runs and 22 RBIs.

A 33-year-old right-handed bat, Grichuk has been successful the majors since breaking successful with the St. Louis Cardinals successful 2014. He has besides played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Angels earlier landing with Arizona. On the 2021 Blue Jays, Grichuk authored 1 of his champion seasons, finishing with 123 hits, 25 doubles, 22 location runs and 81 RBIs.

The Diamondbacks expect to beryllium 1 of the much progressive sellers starring up to Wednesdays' commercialized deadline. Earlier this week, the Seattle Mariners acquired archetypal baseman Josh Naylor from Arizona successful speech for left-handed pitching imaginable Brandyn Garcia and right-handed pitching imaginable Ashton Izzi.

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