With the Arizona Diamondbacks sitting at 26-41 and 12.5 games out of first place in the NL West, it is obvious that they will be sellers when the trade deadline arrives.
The Diamondbacks have already started trading players. They swapped Connor Jackson for minor league reliever Sam Demel on July 15.
Another player that the Diamondbacks are rumored to be looking to move is Kelly Johnson.
Johnson started off the year with a bang. He hit .313 with nine home runs and 18 RBI in the month of March. Over the past two months, he has come back down to earth, hitting .250 with four home runs and 16 RBI over that span.
Johnson is probably due for a bit more regression throughout the course of the season. His ISO is .250 this year. Kelly has never posted an ISO greater than .180. Then again, at age 28 ...
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Article written by Robert Knapel
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