Trade Deadline Activity: Rotation and Bullpen Targets

The Diamondbacks are in buy mode but constrained by luxury tax ($6-7M from threshold). Targets include Freddy Peralta (Mets), Robbie Ray, Josh Lowe, Luis Arraez, and Luis Garcia Jr. (Nationals). Peralta's $2.5M salary fits and his xERA suggests rebound; Mets scratching him signals a deal may be close. Bullpen remains a crisis with Sewald demoted to committee. No blockbuster expected. A podcast segment reinforces the conservative approach.