Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday, which means teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The moves have already started, as the Mariners recently acquired Josh Naylor from the Diamondbacks while the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have been an active team at the MLB trade deadline, and Merrill Kelly or Zac Gallen could be the next to leave.

The look on starter Merrill Kelly looking out onto the field with his arms folded across the top of the dugout railing said it all. It what might have been his

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As the Arizona Diamondbacks prepare to face the Pittsburgh Pirates this weekend, the club made a pair of key roster moves that further signal their shift toward selling at the upcoming trade deadline. Right-hander Trevor Richards has been designated for assignment, while left-hander Brandyn Garcia has been recalled from Triple-A Reno.

Garcia is a 25-year-old left-hand relief pitcher the Diamondbacks just acquired from the Seattle Mariners as part of a trade that sent Josh Naylor to Seattle. Arizona also acquired right-hand starter Ashton Izzi in the deal, but he is in High-A Hillsboro to start his Diamondbacks career.

The RBI Arizona Diamondbacks, with five Yuma County athletes, continued its terrific performance in Seattle on Saturday. The team made up of some of Arizona's best high school baseball players pulled out a 12-2 win in the morning to advance to the west regional semifinal game.

The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to make it two straight against the Pirates on July 26 in the second game of their series in Pittsburgh.