An [MLB.com article](https://www.mlb.com/news/top-trade-pieces-getting-hot-before-mlb-trade-deadline?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share) discussed Alexis Diaz as a potential trade deadline candidate for teams generally. I didn’t know much about him, but after an extremely thorough 5 minutes of low-effort “research,” I’m thinking he might be a good fit to beef up the pen for the following reasons, if we were willing to pay the likely hefty price in prospects:
* Currently making league minimum
*Under team control through 2027
*Fastball/Slider combo, with fastball spin and extension in the 98th and 100th percentiles respectively, per Baseball Savant (I think Snyder would enjoy working that that, ha)
*Weakest aspect of game seems to be high walk rate—who better than Snyder and co. to help him get comfortable pounding the zone and elevating his game?
*Last name is spelled the same as Yandy, further deepening our roster’s pool of same-spelled surnames (Kelly/Kelly, Lowe/Lowe, lmk if I’m missing any)
Thoughts?