D-backs acquire Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Gabriel Moreno from Blue Jays

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and C Gabriel Moreno from the Toronto Blue Jays for OF Daulton Varsho. The D-backs designated C Ali Sánchez for assignment. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. MLB bio

• Last season with the Blue Jays, appeared in 121 games and hit .291 (132-for-453)/.343 OBP/.400 SLG with 32 doubles, 1 triple, 5 homers, 52 RBI and 31 walks.
• Played left field (105 games/104 starts), designated hitter (13 G/13 GS) and first base (8 G/2 GS).
• Among left fielders in 2022, his 3 defensive runs saved were third to Steven Kwan/CLE (21) and Ian Happ/CHI (13).
• From 2020-22, his 22 outfield assists are fourth among all outfielders behind Hunter Renfroe (28), Charlie Blackmon (25) and Teoscar Hernández (23).
• Was an American League Gold Glove finalist in left field in 2020-21.
• In 5 seasons for the Blue Jays, played in 468 games and hit .285 (491-for-1724)/.329 OBP/.468 SLG with 101 doubles, 5 triples, 68 homers, 254 RBI and 106 walks.
• His brother, Yuli (Yulieski), spent the last 7 seasons with the Astros.

Gabriel Moreno MLB bio

• Entered 2022 as the Blue Jays’ No. 1 prospect and the No. 7 overall prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline and Baseball America.
• Made his Major League debut in 2022…in 25 games, hit .319 (22-for-69)/.356 OBP/.377 SLG with 1 double, 1 homer, 7 RBI and 4 walks while seeing action at catcher (19 games/17 starts), left field (1 G/1 GS), second base (1 G), third base (1 G) and designated hitter (2 G).
• In 62 games at Triple-A Buffalo last season, hit .315 (75-for-238)/.386 OBP/.420 SLG with 16 doubles, 3 homers, 39 RBI and 24 walks.
• In 5 Minor League seasons with the Blue Jays (2017-19, ’21-22), played in 253 games and hit .310 (298-for-962)/.365 OBP/.479 SLG with 64 doubles, 9 triples, 27 homers, 189 RBI and 73 walks.
• Signed by the Blue Jays in August 2016 as a non-drafted free agent.

Varsho played parts of the last 3 seasons for the D-backs (2020-22) and in 283 games hit .234 (214-for-916)/.306 OBP/.432 SLG with 45 doubles, 7 triples, 41 homers, 121 RBI, 88 walks and 25 stolen bases.