Arizona Diamondbacks announce unfortunate news on former Toronto Blue Jays top prospect Gabriel Moreno

Righty Christian Montes De Oca was transferred from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL to open a 40-man spot for Garcia, who returns just nine days after being outrighted off the 40-man roster.

Moreno originally hurt his hand while trying to block a wild pitch earlier this month. He's played just three games in 12 days since taking that errant pitch off his hand.

Arizona was clearly hoping to avoid an IL stint, but things have reached a point where they'll sit him down for the next week and get another catching option on the roster to complement Jose Herrera.

The 25-year-old Moreno is enjoying another solid all-around year. The former top prospect's .270/.324/.414 batting line isn't elite but is firmly above league average (106 wRC+).

That's big production from any catcher, a position that is regularly manned by below-average hitters, but it's especially nice for a player with Moreno's elite defensive grades.

He draws plus marks for his framing, blocking and throwing alike. Since 2023, he ranks as the game's third-best defender behind the plate, by measure of the Defensive Runs Saved metric, and the seventh-best in MLB according to Statcast.

In December of 2022 Toronto sent Gabriel Moreno and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to the desert for Gold Glove centerfielder Daulton Varsho.

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