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Arizona Diamondbacks trade rumors: Jose Fernandez discussion with Miami Marlins

The winter meetings are under way, and the Diamondbacks are still looking to upgrade their rotation.

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Not content with signing Zack Greinke, the Diamondbacks have talked with the Florida Marlins about acquiring their young ace, Jose Fernandez. The price for such a pitcher will not be cheap, however, and according to Ken Rosenthal, the odds are still against being worked out:

Of course, the chances of the Diamondbacks signing Greinke would have been set as "slim" on Friday morning... But  it's worth exploring, with Fernandez clearly a better pitcher than Corbin: three years younger and with an ERA+ of 160 to this point, compared to Corbin's 106. Both pitchers appear to have made a full recovery from their Tommy John surgery, and also have three years of team control left. It would depend what the "+" happened to be in that deal. One would imagine it would need to be significant, and long-term, given a straight Corbin for Fernandez swap wouldn't seem to be in the Marlins' best interest, given their apparent punting of 2016.

Arizona are, naturally, far from the only team interested - the Dodgers, in particular, are also reported to be in on Fernandez, no doubt their desire heightened by the loss of Greinke. To give you some idea, this is what the Marlins wanted from Los Angeles:

That's a high price. But there's no doubt that getting Fernandez would go a long way to addressing the Dodgers' pitching needs, in the wake of Greinke's departure/