{"id":81762,"date":"2024-07-30T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81762"},"modified":"2024-07-30T17:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T21:26:44","slug":"report-diamondbacks-acquire-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/30\/report-diamondbacks-acquire-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Acquire Former All-Star Slugger from Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arizona Diamondbacks reportedly acquired first baseman <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/belljo02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Bell<\/a> from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday, according to SportsGrid\u2019s <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CraigMish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Mish<\/a>. Bell was placed on waivers on Sunday, opening a period where the Marlins could trade him. Miami is receiving cash considerations for the 31-year-old to help cover his remaining salary. The deal comes after consistent Arizona first baseman <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkech02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Walker<\/a> left Monday night\u2019s contest with oblique tightness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marlins have traded Josh Bell to the Diamondbacks per source<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Craig Mish (@CraigMish) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigMish\/status\/1818350985422753905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Diamondbacks Acquire Former All-Star Slugger From Marlins<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite being placed on waivers this season, Bell still showed some spark this year in Miami. His average dipped to .239, but he smacked 14 home runs and recorded 49 RBI in 104 contests. He ranked second in Miami in homers and doubles (18) and sat third in RBI. His OPS+ of 92 is below league average, but Bell has been surging lately. He\u2019s batting .429 with a 1.515 OPS and five home runs in his last seven matchups. Bell\u2019s last week is the best stretch of his 2024 campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Josh Bell hits his 5th HR in his last 6 games. \ud83d\udd25 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qv2QdAiRcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qv2QdAiRcc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1817367667008823575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trade marks the third consecutive year that Bell is dealt at the deadline. The switch-hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/08\/02\/padres-trade-for-juan-soto-josh-bell-in-blockbuster-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">moved from the Washington Nationals to the San Diego Padres<\/a> in 2022. The following season, Bell was traded to Miami from the Cleveland Guardians. After being dealt, he played much better in 2023, batting .270 with a .818 OPS in 53 games. With the uncertainty surrounding the extent of Christian Walker\u2019s injury, acquiring Bell provides a safety blanket for the Diamondbacks. Arizona marks the sixth team Bell has played for in his nine-year career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The move comes after the Marlins&#8217; horrid start to 2024. Miami currently sits at 39-67, good for last in the National League East. The Marlins started their selling nature early this season, trading Luis Arraez to the Padres early on. Since then, Miami has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/27\/yankees-acquire-chisholm-marlins-andrew-wagner\/\" target=\"_self\">also moved on from<\/a> outfielder <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chishja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jazz Chisholm<\/a>, starter <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rogertr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Rogers<\/a>, and reliever <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pukaj01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.J. Puk<\/a>. It\u2019s not out of the question for the Marlins to continue dumping off pieces, with closer <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/scottta01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanner Scott<\/a> generating interest around the league.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks reportedly acquired first baseman Josh Bell from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday, according to SportsGrid\u2019s Craig Mish. Bell was placed on waivers on Sunday, opening a period where the Marlins could trade him. Miami is receiving cash considerations for the 31-year-old to help cover his remaining salary. The deal comes after consistent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5152,"featured_media":81768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,20,1071],"tags":[2035,2517,1129,3384,5660,1376],"class_list":["post-81762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamondbacks","category-marlins","category-mlb","tag-a-j-puk","tag-christian-walker","tag-josh-bell","tag-luis-arraez","tag-tanner-scott","tag-trevor-rogers"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}