With the MLB trade deadline looming, the Arizona Diamondbacks have traded first baseman Josh Naylor to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for two pitching prospects. The Mariners sent their 13th-ranked prospect Brandyn Garcia and their 16th-ranked prospect Ashton Izzi in return, both pitchers.

The New York Yankees trade for third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies officially removes them from the chase for Eugenio Suárez. The deal, which sends pitching prospects Griffin Herring and Josh Grosz to Colorado,

Will ownership go all in at this year’s trade deadline? Eugenio Suárez sure would look good in a Reds uniform again.

This was hours before the game, in the cramped visitors’ clubhouse at Comerica Park. Eugenio Suarez, the former Tiger and current top available hitting talent on the trade market, tried to sort out all the different emotions roiling through him these days.

The Reds and Diamondbacks have indeed discussed Eugenio Suarez, but sources called it “a long shot” that a deal comes together. Arizona is shopping Suarez, Josh Naylor, Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, according to sources, as all are on expiring contracts.

DETROIT -- Eugenio Suárez still remembers June 7, 2014, the day he got his first MLB hit and first MLB homer with one swing of the bat against Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester. Suárez was 22 years old, a shortstop then, wearing the Old English D at Comerica Park.

Although a reunion with a fan favorite who is playing the best ball of his life is tempting, Suarez is the subject of a serious bidding war