Josh Bell traded to Diamondbacks from Marlins
Jul 30, 2024, 11:39 AM | Updated: 2:24 pm
Miami Marlins' Josh Bell, center, is congratulated by Nick Fortes, left, after hitting a three-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
The Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday agreed to trade for first baseman Josh Bell in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named later after Bell was designated for assignment by the Miami Marlins.
According to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, Arizona will owe Miami $2.25 million if it opts to pay for Bell.
The Miami Herald’s Craig Mish was first to report the trade.
The 31-year-old Bell was in his second season with the Marlins and is slashing .239/.305/.394 with a .699 OPS.
Bell has 34 walks to 88 strikeouts with 18 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 RBIs across 104 games this year.
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In the month of July, he has found the long ball, smacking five home runs in his last seven games.
The Bell acquisition comes less than 24 hours after the D-backs lost starting first baseman Christian Walker to an oblique injury that manager Torey Lovullo labeled with a concern level that is “not minimal.”
“He’s going to get some imaging tomorrow morning,” Lovullo told reporters Monday. “He’s a very tough player, and I blame myself in a lot of different ways for this because I asked him to go out there every day. He’s only had probably 18, maybe 24 innings off this year.
“I got to be better at managing him, and I will once he gets out of this situation. Hopefully, we get really good results tomorrow morning. If we do, he’ll avoid a stint on the IL, but we won’t know until tomorrow morning.”
The D-backs had already added left-handed reliever A.J. Puk from the Marlins for prospects Deyvison De Los Santos and Andrew Pintar, the former of whom plays first and third base.
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