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- Updated: July 18, 2016
PHOENIX — In two weeks, the D-backs’ roster may look different than it does now. They got an early start on making moves when they sent closer Brad Ziegler to the Red Sox on July 8. Before the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline, there could be more coming.
Sitting in last place in the National League West, 13 games below .500, the D-backs are likely to be sellers this year, looking to get some return for their more sought after players.
With trade rumors continuing to swirl, even more so as the Deadline approaches, it could be easy to think that may be in the back of the minds of players whose names are in those conversations. Arizona reliever Tyler Clippard said that’s not the case.
“As players, we’re so routine-oriented and we have the ability to put the cleats on every day, go out there and focus on the task at hand each individual day,” Clippard said. “All the other stuff that’s outside what’s right in front of us on a day-to-day basis is something that we don’t really process, for the most part.”
Clippard knows what it’s like to be …
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