Diamondbacks trade Joakim Soria to Blue Jays

Just fitting under the wire at the trade deadline, John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports is reporting that Joakim Soria has been traded to the Blue Jays:

Soria signed as a free-agent on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Diamondbacks in January. However, he missed a month, almost at the beginning of the season, with a calf strain, and struggled on his return, Soria’s ERA reaching a 6.00 after his appearance on June 12. Since then, however, he has been better, with a 2.51 ERA over his final 15 games as a Diamondback, with a K:BB of 18:3 and six saves in seven opportunities. Per Nick Piecoro, the team will be getting two players to be named later in the trade, and will be saving about $1.27 million as a result of the move.

That appears to be the extent of the D-backs’ moves as the deadline. Thoughts of further trades, such as for Merrill Kelly, appear to have amounted to nothing at this point.