Royals acquire Randal Grichuk as Diamondbacks’ trade deadline sell-off continues

The Diamondbacks continue to be sellers.

Arizona shipped off outfielder Randal Grichuk to the Royals, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed on Saturday.

Right-handed pitcher Andrew Hoffman is going back to Arizona.

Going into Saturday’s play, Grichuk has a .243 batting average with a .742 OPS with 15 doubles through 69 games this season.

Grichuk, 33, signed a one-year deal with Arizona worth $2 million in February after having a successful 2024 campaign as he posted a slash line of .291/.348/.528 through 106 games with Arizona.

This deal comes just two days after the Diamondbacks sent All-Star first baseman Josh Naylor to the Mariners in exchange for minor league arms Ashton Izzi and Brandyn Garcia.

With a 51-53 record — and in fourth place in the NL West — the Diamondbacks were projected to be sellers headed into this year’s trade deadline, per Heyman.

Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall said Thursday that the team plans to be “responsible” sellers at the deadline.

“I think it’s time for us to be responsible enough to improve our team with what we have and with that, let’s enhance our future,” Hall said during an interview with Arizona Sports. “Let’s bring in more assets for us. Let’s rebuild that farm system that has gotten better and better over the years.”

The Grichuk trade also could make it more likely that Arizona could trade away two-time All-Star third baseman Eugenio Suarez, who has 36 home runs and is leading MLB with 87 RBIs.

The Yankees initially showed interest in Suarez before acquiring Ryan McMahon from the Rockies, a move which manager Aaron Boone praised ahead of Friday’s game against the Phillies.

“I know there’s real offensive potential in there,” manager Aaron Boone said before Friday’s series-opener against the Phillies at Yankee Stadium. “I know he’s had offensive success as well as some struggles there over the last calendar year or two. It seems like over the last month, he’s really started to swing the bat like he’s capable of, because he can impact the ball, he can control the strike zone. He’s had some swing-and-miss that has probably hurt him a little bit.

“But then he can really defend over there. The handful of times that we’ve played against him and I watch him, you’re like, ‘That’s what it should look like.’ He moves really well and has that prototypical good third baseman [look].”