{"id":723744,"date":"2026-06-12T05:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/723744\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:21:12","slug":"d-backs-activate-jordan-lawlar-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/723744\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Backs Activate Jordan Lawlar – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diamondbacks will activate\u00a0Jordan Lawlar<\/a> from the 60-day injured list for Friday\u2019s series opener in Cincinnati, reports John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports<\/a> and 98.7 FM. The Snakes will need to make corresponding active and 40-man roster moves tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Lawlar returns from a two and a half month absence. He broke his right wrist when he was by a pitch from then-Atlanta righty\u00a0Osvaldo Bido<\/a> on April 3. Arizona almost immediately moved him to the 60-day IL. It was particularly brutal timing, as the injury occurred both on the same night that Lawlar hit his first MLB home run and when the D-Backs were already down 12-1.<\/p>\n

The injury also interrupted Lawlar\u2019s transition to the outfield. He\u2019d made five starts in left field and one in center, his first regular season outfield work. The D-Backs have used him exclusively in the outfield during a brief minor league rehab assignment, confirming they\u2019ll stick with that arrangement for the former top shortstop prospect.<\/p>\n

Lawlar has still only managed 128 career plate appearances at the big league level. He spent most of the 2024 season on the minor league injured list after undergoing right thumb surgery. Last year, it was a Grade 1 hamstring strain in Triple-A that cost him almost two months between June and August.<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s outfield has been carried almost entirely by an MVP-caliber start from\u00a0Corbin Carroll<\/a>. Left and center field, question marks coming into the season, haven\u2019t been good. They moved on from\u00a0Alek Thomas<\/a> last month, turning center field over to rookie\u00a0Ryan Waldschmidt<\/a>. The former supplemental first-rounder has hit .267 over his first 31 MLB games, but he has struck out 38 times in 114 plate appearances. Waldschmidt has fallen into a .214\/.250\/.286 slump with a team-high 17 punchouts over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n

Tommy Troy<\/a>, another rookie, has gotten the recent run in left field. Troy has shown solid plate discipline but without much impact, hitting .240\/.345\/.340 across his first 58 plate appearances. The D-Backs could get Lourdes Gurriel Jr.<\/a> back from a hamstring strain within the next few weeks. He also struggled after making a quicker than expected return from ACL surgery. They just added<\/a>\u00a0Max Kepler<\/a> for the MLB minimum, and his performance-enhancing drug suspension will be lifted in a couple weeks. Kepler isn\u2019t eligible for postseason play, so even if he hits well, the D-Backs will need other outfielders to step up.<\/p>\n

Assuming they expect\u00a0James McCann<\/a> back within the next month, Arizona doesn\u2019t have any clear candidates for a move to the 60-day injured list. Out of options fourth outfielder\u00a0Jorge Barrosa<\/a> has hit .172\/.241\/.313 this season. If they want to keep him on the bench, they could designate someone else for assignment and option any of Waldschmidt, Troy or\u00a0Adrian Del Castillo<\/a> to Triple-A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Diamondbacks will activate\u00a0Jordan Lawlar from the 60-day injured list for Friday\u2019s series opener in Cincinnati, reports John…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,543,4],"class_list":["post-723744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-jordan-lawlar","tag-mlb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116735461486255410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}