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Due to the competitive nature of Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen and his management team, they will never admit publicly they’re gearing up to make sell moves. But if they are conducting their due diligence, which I am certain they are, they are looking at options to add to their minor league system or add players with some MLB experience who are cost controlled that can help them next year and the years beyond.
Any discussion of trade values has to begin with the simple acknowledgment that a player doesn’t have trade value until some other team wants the player. The trade value increases most when more than one team or multiple teams want the same player. Beyond that, every team has some method to assign value to players. Many factors are involved. How many years of team control remain? Is the player signed to a long term contract, or what are the projected earnings for the remaining years of arbitration control? What is the expected performance of the player? Is he an organizational and clubhouse “fit”. And many more.