The Diamondbacks have agreed to a deal to acquire righty Cody Hall from the Giants, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports on Twitter. Hall was designated for assignment recently.
Hall, 28, reached the majors last year with San Francisco, though he only worked 8 1/3 innings. He entered the year as a top-twenty organization prospect, per Baseball America, after averaging double-digit strikeout rates in his minor league career. Hall spent most of 2015 at Triple-A — his first attempt at that level — and posted a 3.46 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 3.5 BB/9.
Arizona could allow Hall an opportunity to compete for one of its final pen slots, though perhaps the likelier scenario is that he ends up back in the minors as a depth piece. Hall was only added to the 40-man last winter, so he has options remaining.
It’s probably just for cash considerations or a PTBNL. However, this is Arizona we are talking about so it could very well be for their top 2 prospects.
Probably for Goldshmidt with the DBacks adding Pollock as a throw in.
Two prospects and a dozen D-Bats, because Cueto’s been wanting to try them.
Also, what does it say about Hall’s future that the Giants, who a) always seem to be willing to give slightly older-than-level players extra chances and b) face their top three relievers becoming free agents after the season, are willing to trade Hall to a division rival? My guess is something along the lines of “has very little future as an MLB player” …