Josh

Grosz

Grosz heads to Arizona just a few months after arriving in Colorado from the Yankees as part of the Ryan McMahon deal at the trade deadline. The 23-year-old righty was an 11th-round pick back in 2023 and spent all of last season at the High-A level where he fanned 135 batters over 125 1/3 innings of work. He’s an interesting pitching prospect for the Diamondbacks’ front office to sink their teeth into considering McCarthy was out of options and likely to be on the move at the end of spring training.

McMahon was a near lock to be flipped before the trade deadline so the Rockies found a deal that was to their liking, adding a pair of starting pitching prospects in return. Grosz, 22, was an 11th-round selection from the 2023 draft class. He has spent the entire season thus far at High-A Hudson Valley where he registered a 4.14 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and a 94/35 K/BB ratio across 87 frames in his 16 appearances (15 starts).