Suárez hopes D-Backs don't trade him: 'I don't want to leave Arizona'
Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez hopes he'll be wearing the same uniform after the July 31 trade deadline.
"I don’t want to leave Arizona," he told The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.
"Obviously, we know how the business of baseball is. But right now, I feel comfortable. I feel every time we win a game, we've got a chance to make the playoffs. Every time we lose, maybe something like that pops in my mind. Which is not good for me. I don't want to get traded."
Suárez is having a terrific campaign. The 33-year-old is tied for fourth in the majors with 26 home runs and leads Arizona in RBIs. His .874 OPS is also his highest since receiving downballot MVP consideration in 2019 when he played for the Cincinnati Reds.
The veteran's production makes him a valuable trade piece for the D-Backs, who remain in the postseason picture but have been ravaged by injuries.
Arizona's general manager Mike Hazen has said he would like to be a buyer as the trade deadline approaches, but the next few weeks will be a big factor in the team's direction.
"I'm hopeful this is going to turn around and we put ourselves in the conversation to be buying," Hazen said June 10, according to MLB.com's Steve Gilbert.
"I hope the players put us in a conversation to be buying a month from now, month-and-a-half from now, but we gotta get going."
Suárez is owed the remainder of his $15-million salary for this season before becoming a free agent at the end of the campaign.