Is it possible the Diamondbacks could become a late entrant in bidding for Asdrubal Cabrera or perhaps Neil Walker?

Chris Owings, who plays regularly between second and shortstop for the Diamondbacks, suffered a fractured middle finger on his right hand. Arizona already had lost shortstop Nick Ahmed (fractured hand). That leaves them with Ketel Marte at short and Brandon Drury at second and Daniel Descalso as the depth — at least until Ahmed returns in about a month.

That seemingly would make Asdrubal Cabrera and Neil Walker potential pieces for Arizona. However, while one Diamondbacks official said the team is exploring possibilities, the strong likelihood was that they would stay as they are at the deadline. This is an area, they believe, that could be addressed in August if need be with players passing through waivers, possibly including Cabrera and Walker if they are not dealt by Monday’s non-waiver deadline.

Jonathan Lucroy has had a poor season, but it still is better (slightly) than what the Rockies have been getting out of their catchers.

So Colorado will hope a change of scenery helps him and what is now his new team after the Rockies obtained Lucroy from the Rangers.

Lucroy is in his walk year and Texas showed no indication it wanted to sign him long term, even after giving up significant prospects for him at the deadline last year. Lucroy has just four homers and a .635 OPS. But Colorado catchers have the majors’ fewest homers (three) and the NL’s lowest OPS (.617).

Using Fangraph’s version of Wins Above Replacement, six of the top 50 relievers already had been traded by late afternoon Sunday: Tommy Kahnle (7), Anthony Swarzak (8), Pat Neshek (9), Ryan Madson (21), Brandon Maurer (40) and David Robertson (46). And perhaps as many as eight more could go before Monday’s deadline: Brad Hand (12), Trevor Rosenthal (13), Jim Johnson (23), Joe Smith (26), David Hernandez (27), Addison Reed (31), Justin Wilson (38) and Brad Brach (39).